Tips on Makeing your own gun markings?

rockafella · November 1st, 2007, 17:00

I was wondering if anyone here has any sugestions on how I can put my own marking on my M4. I have a TM M4 and I want to put "property of the Canadian Armed Forces" and the PPCLI logo on the magwell. You know how you can get metal bodies with the Navy Seals or Blackwater logo's well that waht I want to do but Canadian style. Any sugestions?

Schwag · November 1st, 2007, 17:07

Sticker or stencil. Those are your choices amigo

Naglfar · November 1st, 2007, 17:10

Or dremel if you're good and trust yourself

Mr. G36! · November 1st, 2007, 17:14

Uh, on a plastic receiver? It'll probably look like shit if you try to carve one in, and you probably don't want to just paint/draw/etc. one on. I say buy a metal receiver and have it engraved.

If you don't care that much, use a stencil and some white paint. Make the stencil on a Transparency sheet though, since paper is too flimsy and cardboard is too bulky. You'll also be able to see perfectly through the Transparency, so you can put it EXACTLY where you want it.

Kos-Mos · November 1st, 2007, 18:04

Got some vinyl made especially for decal making.... and a vinyl cutter to have it nice... next markings will be done with that...

Forgot... I will look if I can make fine enought lines to paint some letters... if I can, might as well make you a template

Ronan · November 1st, 2007, 18:22

Yeah just have decals for cars made for you guns. Be sure to tell them its for a pourus surface thats flat and that will need to be extra thicky. Cost a bit but gets the job done nicely.

trufret · November 1st, 2007, 18:34

Do like I did and buy the Guarder C8 metal body and save yourself allot of hassel

Monkey · November 2nd, 2007, 02:09

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ronan

Yeah just have decals for cars made for you guns. Be sure to tell them its for a pourus surface thats flat and that will need to be extra thicky. Cost a bit but gets the job done nicely.

outta do a clear coat after application of the decals too. Makes it better against abrasion.

rockafella · November 2nd, 2007, 15:29

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ronan

Yeah just have decals for cars made for you guns. Be sure to tell them its for a pourus surface thats flat and that will need to be extra thicky. Cost a bit but gets the job done nicely.

Thats a great Idea I think I will do that. Do you know how I can look for a company that can make me some quality decals and not require a minimum of like 30?

rockafella · November 13th, 2007, 18:29

Ok, here's the deal. I've been calling several places now. After a while I narrowed it down. The guys who make car decals can't make ones as small as I need them to be and they can't do white on clear (this is what they said)
next I tried a silkscreening place, they also can't do images so small. Next was laser engraveing, I went ther today at lunch, and I find out that laser engraveing merely scratches the top layer off (simmilar to the sand blasting process) so it would come out shiny silver (since that is what the aluminum looks like underneath. I couldnt paintover it because there is no real depth and if I ever choose to repaint my gun I would loose it all. So now I am looking at hand engraveing at a jewllers but they charge around $200/hr so i'm not really want to do that. The other idea I hear of is stamping it, I will post more infor when it becomes available. If you have any great ideas i'd love to hear them.

[to bring you up to speed if you don't already know i'm trying to find a way to imprint my own gun markings on my various gun bodies.]

dodger_me · November 13th, 2007, 18:54

If it is metal you could get it Engraved by an engraver...

Blackthorne · November 13th, 2007, 18:59

Cut out a stencil of what you want.

Put it on the gun and put say, 20 coats on, letting each one dry between coatings.

Now you have a nice raised trade.

Do a final coat on the whole gun as you normally would.

rockafella · November 13th, 2007, 19:41

Quote:

Originally Posted by dodger_me

If it is metal you could get it Engraved by an engraver...

They are chargeing $200/hr for that.

As for the cutting a stencil and ding sevral coats of paint, I'm not sure how to do that since it's pretty small and detailed. I'm not a pro and I have never done this before.

Shirley · November 16th, 2007, 14:41

If you go to an art store or autoshop, they have these decal makers. Get what you want, take out the letters, then get a small brush, like a nail polish brush which is best, stick the decal/vinyl onto where you want it, and paint over it. After drying for a day, peel off the vinyl.

TokyoSeven · November 16th, 2007, 14:55

Even with laser engraving you should be able to fill in the wording with crayon or candle wax. After you spraypaint you should be able to remove the wax with a pin.

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November 1st, 2007, 17:00	#1
rockafella Trader rating Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Victoria, BC	Tips on Makeing your own gun markings? I was wondering if anyone here has any sugestions on how I can put my own marking on my M4. I have a TM M4 and I want to put "property of the Canadian Armed Forces" and the PPCLI logo on the magwell. You know how you can get metal bodies with the Navy Seals or Blackwater logo's well that waht I want to do but Canadian style. Any sugestions? __________________

November 1st, 2007, 17:07	#2
Schwag Trader rating Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: A sick fascist corporatocracy.	Sticker or stencil. Those are your choices amigo __________________ (Former)Grand Poobah of T.W.A.T.

November 1st, 2007, 17:14	#4
Mr. G36! Trader rating Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Beautiful Thunder Bay, where dreams become nightmares!	Uh, on a plastic receiver? It'll probably look like shit if you try to carve one in, and you probably don't want to just paint/draw/etc. one on. I say buy a metal receiver and have it engraved. If you don't care that much, use a stencil and some white paint. Make the stencil on a Transparency sheet though, since paper is too flimsy and cardboard is too bulky. You'll also be able to see perfectly through the Transparency, so you can put it EXACTLY where you want it. Last edited by Mr. G36!; November 1st, 2007 at 17:17..

November 1st, 2007, 17:10	#3
Naglfar Trader rating Join Date: May 2007 Location: Ottawa	Or dremel if you're good and trust yourself

November 1st, 2007, 18:04	#5
Kos-Mos Trader rating Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Lévis (QC)	Got some vinyl made especially for decal making.... and a vinyl cutter to have it nice... next markings will be done with that... Forgot... I will look if I can make fine enought lines to paint some letters... if I can, might as well make you a template

November 1st, 2007, 18:34	#7
trufret Trader rating Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Windsor Ontario	Do like I did and buy the Guarder C8 metal body and save yourself allot of hassel __________________ My OLD BUY/SELL Rating Site Admin: Windsor Airsoft Club

November 13th, 2007, 18:29	#10
rockafella Trader rating Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Victoria, BC	Ok, here's the deal. I've been calling several places now. After a while I narrowed it down. The guys who make car decals can't make ones as small as I need them to be and they can't do white on clear (this is what they said) next I tried a silkscreening place, they also can't do images so small. Next was laser engraveing, I went ther today at lunch, and I find out that laser engraveing merely scratches the top layer off (simmilar to the sand blasting process) so it would come out shiny silver (since that is what the aluminum looks like underneath. I couldnt paintover it because there is no real depth and if I ever choose to repaint my gun I would loose it all. So now I am looking at hand engraveing at a jewllers but they charge around $200/hr so i'm not really want to do that. The other idea I hear of is stamping it, I will post more infor when it becomes available. If you have any great ideas i'd love to hear them. [to bring you up to speed if you don't already know i'm trying to find a way to imprint my own gun markings on my various gun bodies.] __________________

November 13th, 2007, 18:59	#12
Blackthorne A Total Bastard Trader rating Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Consecon, Ontario	Cut out a stencil of what you want. Put it on the gun and put say, 20 coats on, letting each one dry between coatings. Now you have a nice raised trade. Do a final coat on the whole gun as you normally would. __________________ VINCITE OMNIMODO

November 16th, 2007, 14:41	#14
Shirley A-56 aka Mr.Hitman Trader rating Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Toronto, ON	If you go to an art store or autoshop, they have these decal makers. Get what you want, take out the letters, then get a small brush, like a nail polish brush which is best, stick the decal/vinyl onto where you want it, and paint over it. After drying for a day, peel off the vinyl. __________________ CANADIAN AIRSOFT PRACTICAL SHOOTING (CAPS) CAPS DIRECTOR # 0047

November 16th, 2007, 14:55	#15
TokyoSeven Red Wine & Adderall Trader rating Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Saskatoon, SK	Even with laser engraving you should be able to fill in the wording with crayon or candle wax. After you spraypaint you should be able to remove the wax with a pin. __________________ "Its only a little bit on fire"

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