Quick Tip: Using Cardboard For Holding Parts

Join Caleb from Brownells in today's Quick Tip where he shares a clever and practical method for holding small firearm parts during the painting process.

What we cover:
-Discover how to use cardboard as an effective tool for holding small parts while painting, offering an easy and cost-effective solution.
-Learn how this method is not only suitable for air curing finishes like Alumahyde 2 but also for oven baking processes with finishes like Cerakote and GunKote.
-Understand the temperature thresholds for cardboard in the oven and how to safely use it without risk of ignition.
-Gain insights into a simple yet effective way to manage small parts during the painting process.
-Learn about the versatility of this method for different types of firearm finishes.
-Learn how to make your firearm customization and maintenance projects more efficient and organized.

If you have any questions or need assistance with your painting projects, feel free to leave a comment below if you're watching on YouTube. For direct support, our tech line is always ready to assist you.

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[andrewstoll]

The is a great Ray Bradbury book called Fahrenheit 451. He named it that for a reason.

[mattfreimark]

A trick painters in body shops use to paint small parts that can't be stuck through cardboard is to ball up tape with the sticky side out.

[alby-oync]

Another way to use cardboard is if u are taking something completely apart, and you don't know if you will remember where everything goes back. Draw a make shift picture of your firearm or whatever part you are disassembling. And put the bolts, pins, and or screws in your make shift diagram where they came out. So you can remember where they go. And you can also label them with numbers of orders of disassembly if needed. To help with reassembly

[ImmaSaveUFromMe]

Looks like pushing the part down into the cardboard also prevents accidentally painting your threads or any particular areas you dont want coated.

[jamesdelong]

💯. I do this plus i use a magnet tool tray

[Jack-xypz]

I like your problem very much. I don't know why i'm not getting notifications when your new videos are released. Keep up the work HNY

[daffidavit]

Can you give us some idea of what type of oven you use to coat the parts? What fuels them and what safety measures must be taken when you coat the gun parts? Thanks in advance.

[Gunpaw]

I have several guns that were in a fire when my house burned. While I can't ever fire them again, I would like to use some of the ones in better condition as wall hangers. Would the Aluma-hyde work on those?

[mohammedcohen]

...I've been doing that for many years...

[ThePatriotParadox]

Smooth tip.... I'm just wondering how mad my girlfriend will be when I use the kitchen oven..lol does it smell really bad spread curing?

[skydivingcomrade]

I don't recommend using a gas stove