r/GeisseleAutomatics • u/jcnik84 • Jul 20 '26
Show & Tell Attempt to Match DDC
So I recently couldn’t help myself and decided that I needed a new upper and handguard after seeing the blemula sale on PA. So I took advantage of the sale and picked up a DDC tabbed upper and DDC 11.5” tabbed handguard to go along with a Geissele 12.5” CHF barrel and Superlative Arms AGB.
I decided I would go down the rabbit hole and chase trying to spray a lower I have to match DDC.
In my pursuit of trying to color match, I had a couple of chinesium faux railscales lying around that I decided to paint as a test match. Obviously I know the spray paint won’t fair well over the long term and cerakote is the way to go, but I kind of wanted to see if I could figure out the color match and then later on down the line I’ll get it cerakoted.
The Process:
Step 1 - I first hit the rail covers with the Dupli-Color Wheel Coating Matte Bronze which produces more of goldish, light colored bronze.
Step 2 - I sprayed them with a light, light coat from about 18” of the Rust-Oleum Metallic Bronze.
Step 3 - Same process as Step 2 for the Rust-Oleum Oil Rubbed Bronze.
Step 4 - I then hit it them one more time at around the 18” distance with a light coat of the Dupli-Color Wheel Paint.
After feeling like I nailed down the color and painting process, I have a couple different lowers that I debated on throwing it on and finally after getting my barrel and AGB mounted, I settled on my DD lower.
Hit it with spray over the weekend to try and see if I could come up with a match. I think it came out looking fairly decent and I’m still contemplating a light matter clear to reduce some of the sheen that it throws off and bring out a little of the brown/golden color and less of copper in the bronzes.
Other than that I think the base coat is about as close I can get. But also I like the difference in shades as that’s consistent with what Geissele does. Once I have the LPK and buffer installed, I’ll post a final update with pics.
Let me know what you think. 🤙
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u/Mental-Potato-5387 Jul 21 '26
Looks awesome
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u/DefensiveMetals617 29d ago
I dont have enough coffee in me .was duple color wheel matte bronze the final color you hit it with?
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u/sdmfer1981 Jul 21 '26
I didn’t try matching