Gun Tools·Paint planner·Updated September 28, 2026

Rattle Can Great Lakes AR-15 Left Hand 16in, Black Ideas: Rattlecanned Camo, Paint Jobs and Stencils

Rattle can a real Great Lakes AR-15 left hand 16in, Black before you tape anything off. Spray, brush and stencil the receivers, handguard and stock, test Cerakote colors, and save the picture.

Rattle can your GL left hand 16 Black online before you spray

Start from a pattern or strip it and paint your own with a spray can, a brush, stamps and stencil sheets. Everything lands on a real photo, so the paint picks up the light and the texture of the parts.

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GL left hand 16 Black paint ideas: rattle can camo and paint jobs

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GL left hand 16 Black color ideas and Cerakote color schemes

The shop sprayed finish most people ask for. Pick any of these in the gun finish paints and paint it on the photo to see it on your gun.

  • H-265 Flat Dark Earth
  • H-267 Magpul FDE
  • H-235 Coyote Tan
  • H-199 Desert Sand
  • H-236 O.D. Green
  • H-148 Burnt Bronze
  • H-237 Tungsten
  • H-234 Sniper Grey
  • H-146 Graphite Black
  • H-190 Armor Black

How to rattle can your GL left hand 16 Black

  1. 1. Strip it down

    Pull the bolt carrier group and charging handle, and split the upper from the lower. Take the optic off or plan to tape it.

  2. 2. Degrease everything

    Wipe every outside surface with acetone or isopropyl alcohol. Paint will not hold over gun oil.

  3. 3. Mask what moves

    Plug the chamber and muzzle, tape the ejection port, magazine well, trigger and safety, and cover the optic lenses.

  4. 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. 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. 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 GL left hand 16 Black?

Yes, you can spray paint it if the working parts are masked. Keep paint out of the bore, chamber, bolt carrier group, trigger group and the inside of the receivers, and off the optic lenses. Paint on the outside of the receivers, handguard, stock and magazines does not affect function.

Should I Cerakote or spray paint my GL left hand 16 Black?

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 GL left hand 16 Black?

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.

Cite this tool: GunPartPicker, “Rattle Can Great Lakes AR-15 Left Hand 16in, Black Ideas: Rattlecanned Camo, Paint Jobs and Stencils”, https://gunpartpicker.net/gun-paint-planner/great-lakes-ar-15-left-hand-16in-black. 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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