| Re: Painting the A5
How to fill in the name plate (General How-to):
Disassemble gun competlely first!
Take a knife or screwdriver or anything with a flat pointy tip and get underneath the name plate.
Pull up on the name plate.
The name plate is held on with a rubbery glue/adhesive.
Next get some aircraft striper and spray down both receiver halves.
Let sit for 10-15 minutes. Scrub down with water and A LOT of paper towels. WARNING: Don't get aircraft stripper on anything but the gun. Keep off skin and clothing. IT WILL CAUSE CHEMICAL BURNS! I know because I got some on my skin and didn't rinse it off right away.
Let dry. Repeat if not all of it came off. Make sure its 100% clean!
Get some JB weld and mix approprately with a 1:1 ratio mixture.
Fill in area. Use painters blue tape to "contain" the jb weld because the jb weld will begin to run a bit after 30 minutes or so. I usually just tape over so it creates a semi even surface so its less sanding after it dries.
Let it dry/cure over night.
Remove painters tape and begin sanding with: a file for rough, thick areas. 100 grit or more course sand paper for the finer areas.
Sand down until it appears to be flush with the body.
Air pockets will appear, so rinse off with water and a brush to get into the pockets.
Make more jbweld mixture and use a straight edge of some kind (I use chop sticks Ig et from chinese restaurants) and apply over the are again to fill in just the holes and any imperfections from the first layer. You want a thin layer since its only to cover up small imperfections and will leave you less sanding work in the end.
Sand again with 100 grit sand paper.
Repeat if necessary, otherwise you are done.
Last edited by SilentDeath12886 : 04-01-2008 at 11:02 AM.
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