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  1. clinto

    Shooting with Rapco- Tips?

    Are you asking "If I don't prep the truck and use a Rustoleum primer, will the paint stick (i.e. can I get away without prep)?"? If so, no clue but I wouldn't try it. We've all seen the god awful paint jobs the military does, paint peeling off in giant sheets, rust coming through, etc. No...
  2. clinto

    Shooting with Rapco- Tips?

    Gillespie has a sheen to it that'll take 4-12 months to flatten out. Eventually it'll look pretty good.
  3. clinto

    Shooting with Rapco- Tips?

    Yupp, that's the stuff. You can buy it in black, white, gray and red. The gray must be new, I didn't even know they offered that. Literally everything I've painted in the last 10 years have been with this stuff. 15 years ago, my buddy bought a couple 416s which we stripped to bare metal and...
  4. clinto

    Shooting with Rapco- Tips?

    I typically paint Gillespie at the recommended 4:1 ratio and use Xylene like everyone else. I have thinned it as much as 1:1 without issues. I shoot it with a cheap Harbor Freight paint gun...
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