 Who am I to naysay the great Grantham? Hello everyone, Dylan Schumacher, Citadel Defense, and I've gotten a couple questions about this a couple different times, and so I thought it'd probably just be easier to make a video. But you may have heard, I certainly have heard, that you should not spray paint your suppressor because if you do, it will smoke and melt off and cause all kinds of problems. So for whatever reason, I decided to paint this suppressor to kind of test that theory out. And I have to say that I have not experienced that. This rifle probably has, I don't know, somewhere between 500 and 1,000 rounds through it with the can painted, probably more like 750 to 1,000 somewhere in there. And the can has not melted off. 500 of those rounds were a one day rifle class that happened with this rifle. So again, the can did not, the paint did not melt off. You know what I mean? It wasn't like 500 rounds in a day. Okay, you know what that's like if you've taken a course before, if not try to use some imagination. The can itself, the paint has never melted, never had a problem, no smoking, no nothing. What did happen, and I think you'll be able to see this from there, is the top of the barrel here, the paint that was there did melt off, didn't smoke, just got hot and just dripped off. And that was the only place that I lost paint. I've painted a bunch of other rifles before, never had paint melt off my barrel, even with my other guns that are painted that run cans, haven't had that. For whatever reason on this one, that is the problem that I experienced. The paint right here was lost, okay? Haven't repainted it, because I figured it'll melt off again, whatever. I'm sure there's some very smart engineer folks who could explain the science and the thermodynamics behind that and why this part gets super hot when there's a can in there and yada, yada, yada. But that is what I have experienced. Now granted, this is only a sample size of one. This is the only can that I have worked up the courage to actually paint. But again, have not had any problems with this can. This is a AAC can. This is the mini four in 556. So that's what can this is in case you're wondering. It's been a great can so far for whatever it's worth. But again, no problems with this particular can with paint. I'm just using normal Rust-Oleum camouflage paint. And all I can say is I painted the can and the paint stayed. Take it for what it's worth. Do brave deeds and endure.