This may have been asked before but I can’t search. What is the easiest way to get paint off a rifle. I painted mine tan and camo. Just wanted to go back to black for a while
Deet bug lotion.
I need something to soak the who rifle in.
Motsenbockers (Motsenbickers) I’m pretty sure it’s bockers.
Get it from Lowes. Make sure you have good ventilation. It isn’t killer on the fumes but they aren’t pleasant.
I just did a rifle a couple weeks ago. The stuff is pretty amazing. IIRC it’s environmentlly friendly and it has an organic zen or something.
I used chemical gloves (Thick rubber lowes blue brand) while using it.
Let the parts soak in it! About 2 hours and the paint literally falls off in gooey sheets. It’s more beneficial if you have a pressure washer as that’ll cut your time by 75%. If no pressure washer a good strong blast from a hose if not that then it’s toothbrush time.
Is it safe to use on plastic parts? If not, what is?
I have soaked parts overnight in Pine-Sol to remove acrylic paints. It may also work on other types of paints. Pine-Sol was friendly to the few plastic parts I stripped. As always, test it on a small area before using
Airplane striper. That is a joke. Would probably melt plastic and remove anodizing.
Easiest thing I found what’s mineral spirits but remove all plastic from rifle. Hell even brake cleaner has removed some paint. Do not try these things inside.
Don’t ask what happened when I was younger and decided to strip some paint off my sport bike’s fairing… And didn’t have the low down on what aircraft remover did to plastic. :no:
-Jax
That stuff is evil. Stripped paint off a truck hood to repaint. Applied with chip brush. Even outside I was getting light headed. 8 min later water hosed it off. Bare metal.
Can only imagine what it did to your bike fairing, if any was any left.
Why? Put the bug lotion on, let it sit, come back later and whipe it clean.
Nevermind, you probably need a whole tub of something. I’ve never removed paint before or anything.
More paint. Preferably black.
Airplane stripper works just fine. You can’t leave it on too long though. I’ve used it several times with nothing damaged.
This is a sample of 1…YMMV
I submerged all pieces and parts into the paint stripper and have not had any issues with plastic being ruined.
The original pistol grip that I had was left in the tub of paint stripper for over 2 weeks (I got lazy and said screw it). There was no damage to the pistol grip (Colt A2) that I was able to see. It’s still solid and has retained it’s original color.
My KAC 200-600 BUIS were soaked for 4 hours with no damage to them at all. I also soaked my stock for 24 hours and there was no damage to the plastic. Of course the stock sucks when trying to remove paint!
I use Graffitti remover, spray it on and wait for it to just start to dry and then wet it some more till it starts to bubble then hot water and a stiff brush
if it’s really thick then some foamy oven cleaner and graffitti remover, the foam keeps it in place and wet
That is what I used, along with a stiff nylon brush and some soaking time.
Acetone works great on Krylon. Doesn’t hurt plastic either.
I’ve used the Aircraft Remover and it works about as well as acetone but that stuff is just too mean for me. FWIW, it doesn’t hurt Colt or Magpul plastic.
Be very careful with the broad generalizations. Acetone will kill plastics. Not ALL plastics, but quite a few out there.
Always test a small area first before going all out. Some plastics are more resistant than others but not ALL plastics are made the same.