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Title: Painting Kydex - Kydex Recommends
Post by: MacWa77ace on January 21, 2025, 03:55:11 PM
In case anyone wants to know how to paint their Kydex gear. Better to go direct instead of weeding thru the interweb advice.

https://kydex.com/kydex-technical-brief-152-a-painting-kydex-sheet/

Title: Re: Painting Kydex - Kydex Recommends
Post by: Moab on January 21, 2025, 05:35:49 PM
What's the readers digest version? Never wanted to. But curious.
Title: Re: Painting Kydex - Kydex Recommends
Post by: MacWa77ace on January 21, 2025, 06:39:06 PM
Quote from: Moab on January 21, 2025, 05:35:49 PMWhat's the readers digest version? Never wanted to. But curious.

Its two pages. Sort of is already  :smiley_shrug:

They recommend two types of paint specifically with weblinks and prep by wiping with alcohol or sanding.
Title: Re: Painting Kydex - Kydex Recommends
Post by: Moab on January 21, 2025, 07:16:46 PM
So it's just a different paint basically. Cool. Any word on how well it wears? Seems like a holster would be hard to hold paint. Considering the wear your likely to get.

But I could see saving a ton on ugly colors and just painting it.
Title: Re: Painting Kydex - Kydex Recommends
Post by: MacWa77ace on January 21, 2025, 08:07:13 PM
They tested many paints and the two they recommended worked best.

I'm thinking of accenting some black holsters and sheaths.

The undercolor is black so i could overlay a net pattern in grey or dark grey. And mask areas to remain 100% black.

I like the color scheme of multicam black, kryptec typhon, or kryptec raid and have stuff in that. Kydex and Nylon.

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