BROWNELLS - Gun-Kote Oven Cure Gun Finish, 8oz, Matte O.D. Green

Brownell's Gun-Kote is my go to for a DIY finish that is economical, easy to apply, tough, permanent, can be layered, works on polymers/plastics & looks great when done. I've been on a Camo kick lately & Gun-Kote is perfect for the job. You will have the best results if you have a blast cabinet & airbrush. No need to thin or strain. Alwats shake, shake, shake until you are sick of shaking then shake some more. I've found matte black covers everything really well with one coat, very rarely will two coats be required. OD Green on the other hand is not my choice for a base coat. It works fine on blasted bare metal with a minimum of two coats but on plastics, like Magpul stocks, test first. I found two 16oz cans of discontinued Brownell's Liquid Moly Gray that worked great for the base coat on a black Magpul stock. After curing sprayed with OD Green, cured again & it looks great. On a Magpul PRS in Desert Sand two coats of OD Green covered completely & looks great. You can completely cure the base color, apply a second color, cure it, add a third, cure it & it works perfectly. IOW, unlike Cerakote, Gun-Kote will stick to itself after curing. I have one oven, I've had no issues. I usually blast with glass beads, never has Gun-Kote flaked or failed in any way for me.

I cleaned the part with CRC break cleaner, heated it up to hot to touch, sprayed 2 coats, DO NOT hold the sprayer to close, yes about 16 in away, baked it in over at 325, for 1 hr, came out perfect,,, no problem,

Works well with an airbrush. Two coats products a smooth,shiny surface.

Looks great color is very much like bluing!

First off you use an airbrush to apply this stuff and not an HVLP. Second you don't let it hang in a room with the air conditioning on. If you actually read how to apply it, it tells you to not apply it when the room temperature is below a certain degree. It also doesn't make a single difference on the distance it is applied. if that was the case then people would have matte and glossy camo jobs from the different distances they hold stencils when spraying, which they don't. It also flash dries once it is applied and the reason for it being tacky is probably because you put it on without heating the part first and kept on throwing coats on your product. Try using a heat gun like you are supposed to. After spraying down your project, let it sit for 30 minutes and then bake it for 1 hour at 300 to 325 degrees. Once it is completely cooled down to room temperature then it should be good to go.