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stealthy1 · November 4th, 2009, 01:52

I'm not sure what finish that paint is (I'm going to assume you used Krylon?), but usually gloss finishes lighten the paint a bit. Try a bit of flat coat and see what happens. You could also put down an extra few coats. Depending on how light the gun was before the first coat, usually some of the underlying colour seeps through. You might have to do 2-3 coats of black to cover up a lighter colour. We use the same concept in plastic modeling, but we reverse it, using a darker colour to darken a lighter colour coat to simulate dirt and weathering.

November 4th, 2009, 01:52	#2
stealthy1 Trader rating Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Richmond, BC	I'm not sure what finish that paint is (I'm going to assume you used Krylon?), but usually gloss finishes lighten the paint a bit. Try a bit of flat coat and see what happens. You could also put down an extra few coats. Depending on how light the gun was before the first coat, usually some of the underlying colour seeps through. You might have to do 2-3 coats of black to cover up a lighter colour. We use the same concept in plastic modeling, but we reverse it, using a darker colour to darken a lighter colour coat to simulate dirt and weathering. __________________ What's more important: morality or the freewill? In our society most people would say freewill. But we mustn't forget our morality. Our morality guides our freewill to do the right thing.