Gun Paint Planner·Updated September 28, 2026
Rattle Can Glock Ideas: Rattlecanned Glock Camo, Paint Jobs and Stencils
Rattle can a Glock on a real photo before you tape anything off. All 32 models are here, from the Glock 17 and 19 to the 43X and 48. Spray, brush and stencil the slide and frame, test Cerakote colors, and save the picture.
Rattle can your Glock online before you spray
The planner opens on a Glock 19. Change the gun to paint your model, start from a pattern, or strip it and paint your own with a spray can, a brush, stamps and stencil sheets.
Photo: Glock 17 Gen5 photo by Tony Webster, cut out by LeoPavouk, shortened into a Glock 19, resized and mirrored by GunPartPicker, CC BY 2.0
Rattle can Glock ideas by model
Every Glock on its own photo. Pick yours to paint it.
Rattle can Glock 19
Rattle can Glock 17
Rattle can Glock 43X
Rattle can Glock 26
Rattle can Glock 45
Rattle can Glock 19X
Rattle can Glock 34
Rattle can Glock 48
Rattle can Glock 43
Rattle can Glock 47
Rattle can Glock 44
Rattle can Glock 17L
Rattle can Glock 20
Rattle can Glock 21
Rattle can Glock 22
Rattle can Glock 23
Rattle can Glock 27
Rattle can Glock 29
Rattle can Glock 30
Rattle can Glock 42
Rattle can Glock 40
Rattle can Glock 41
Rattle can Glock 24
Rattle can Glock 30S
Rattle can Glock 31
Rattle can Glock 32
Rattle can Glock 33
Rattle can Glock 35
Rattle can Glock 36
Rattle can Glock 37
Rattle can Glock 38
Rattle can Glock 39
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Paint jobs people made in the planner. Vote the best up, or submit your own.
Glock paint job ideas: rattle can camo, two tone and game skins
Each pattern painted on a Glock 19 with real spray can colors. Open one for its cans and spray order.
Tiger Stripe Glock
M81 Woodland Glock
Chocolate Chip Glock
Snakeskin Bands Glock
OD Green, Tan Mag Glock
Desert Blotch Glock
Multi-Terrain Glock
Flecktarn Dots Glock
Digital Woodland Glock
Splinter Glock
Two Tone Glock
Red Tiger Glock
Blue Tiger Glock
Golden Glock
Arctic Glock
Fall Glock
Diamond Glock
Dragon Glock
Dark Matter Glock
Damascus Glock
Asiimov Glock
Redline Glock
Fade Glock
Hyper Beast Glock
Galaxy Glock
Hot Rod Flames Glock
How to rattle can a Glock
1. Strip it down
Take the slide off the frame and pull the barrel and recoil spring. Paint the slide and the frame separately.
2. Degrease everything
Wipe every outside surface with acetone or isopropyl alcohol. Paint will not hold over gun oil.
3. Mask what moves
Tape the slide rails and the inside of the slide, the barrel hood, trigger and slide stop, and the magazine well so magazines still drop free.
4. Spray the lightest base
Two light coats of the lightest color, 8 to 12 inches away, 10 minutes apart. Thin coats stop runs.
5. Lay the pattern
Hold leaves, netting or a stencil sheet on the gun and spray the next darker color. Work light to dark and finish with black if the design uses it.
6. Let it cure
Handle it after an hour but give it a full day before it goes in a case, and a few days before hard use.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Can you rattle can a Glock?
Yes, you can spray paint it. The polymer frame takes paint well after a light scuff and a degrease. Take the slide off and paint it separately, keep paint out of the rails, the barrel hood, the trigger and the slide stop, and leave the magazine well bare so magazines still drop free.
Should I Cerakote or spray paint my Glock?
Rattle can camo costs about 20 dollars, takes an afternoon and strips off with solvent, but it wears at the edges. Cerakote is baked on by a shop, runs a few hundred dollars and lasts for years. Try both here: the Cerakote colors are in the gun finish paints.
What color should I paint my Glock?
Flat Dark Earth, O.D. Green, Tungsten and Sniper Grey are the most asked for Cerakote colors, and Khaki, Olive and Brown are the rattle can camo standards. Paint them on the photo above to see them on this gun before you buy anything.
How do you get paint off a gun later?
Most aerosol camo paint comes off with acetone or a citrus paint stripper and a nylon brush. Test on a hidden spot first and keep strippers away from polymer parts that the solvent can soften.
Can you paint the barrel and muzzle device?
Standard camo paint burns and smokes on a hot barrel and muzzle device. Use a high heat engine or grill paint there, or leave them black. Suppressors need a coating rated for their temperature.
Which Glock models can you rattle can here?
All 32 of them, each on its own photo: the full size 17, 22 and 34, the compact 19, 19X, 23 and 45, the subcompact 26 and 27, the slimline 42, 43, 43X and 48, and the 10mm and .45 frames like the 20 and 21.
Cite this tool: GunPartPicker, “Rattle Can Glock Ideas: Rattlecanned Glock Camo, Paint Jobs and Stencils”, https://gunpartpicker.net/gun-paint-planner/glock. Paint colors from the Krylon, Rust-Oleum, Brownells, DuraCoat and Cerakote color charts; gun photos credited under each gun. Free to cite with attribution.
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