More with spray paint!

This is more of an extension of my last post than anything else. I got to thinking and I was wanting to use some more of that spray paint so I decided to paint one of my scopes with mounting hardware for a little continuity.

You will have to excuse my lack of preparation as I only took after photographs but here is how it all turned out post rattle-canning;

Obviously, I took the most time prepping the scope for paint. I took regular masking tape and taped off the magnification ring making sure there were no air bubbles in the tape and cutting off any excess tape. After that I unscrewed the eyepiece as far out as I could and taped that off and screwed it back in until I felt the tape catch on the internal threads (to ensue a good seal there). The windage and elevation caps just stayed on tight so no extra preparations there. Now for the objective end of the scope I stuffed a paper towel in just as an added precaution and taped it off. After a few light coats here is how it came out;

Now for the mounting hardware consisting of a set of risers and scope rings. The prep for these was minimal and limited to the scope rings. I just taped off the exposed threads on the mounting bolts and then taped off the inside circumference of the rings where they would make contact with the scope.

As an aside I made sure to clean everything beforehand to assist in the adhesion of the paint.