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Posted: 5/9/2011 9:50:33 AM
PM sent to Pryde
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Posted: 5/15/2011 11:31:18 AM
[Last Edit: 5/15/2011 11:59:41 AM by gee223]
Originally Posted By eastky454:
PM sent to Pryde  
Hope you didn't damage his pryde... 
Acetone did soften the VHT epoxy paint on my 870. That is not much more than a chemical resistant spray paint though. It is Hoppes #9 resistant and that was all I required for that gun. |
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Posted: 6/17/2011 12:56:41 AM
a dunk in acetone for an hour and an hour of scrubbing with a bristle brush and a tooth brush removed all the duracoat from an AR lower tonight. It is still as deep black as when I bought it. I was hoping for colt grey afterwards. I guess I still need a NDS lower...
thanks for the acetone tip |
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Posted: 7/15/2011 10:32:25 PM
Originally Posted By MRW:
a dunk in acetone for an hour and an hour of scrubbing with a bristle brush and a tooth brush removed all the duracoat from an AR lower tonight. It is still as deep black as when I bought it. I was hoping for colt grey afterwards. I guess I still need a NDS lower... thanks for the acetone tip Thanks for the update. Despite the disagreements of some people, this is the absolute best and safest way to remove this sub-par finish. Eastky sent me a PM saying he was gonna send me a part to remove the duracoat from and I have yet to hear back from him after 3 months. I guess he wasn't that confident in his assertion that I am wrong. |
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Posted: 7/16/2011 12:16:36 AM
PS, i striped a Colt 1911 with acetone the next night with no problems at all.
well, the evaporation made my hands cold and in need of some lotion... |
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Posted: 7/16/2011 2:13:47 PM
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Originally Posted By MRW:
PS, i striped a Colt 1911 with acetone the next night with no problems at all. well, the evaporation made my hands cold and in need of some lotion... After a decade of not using gloves with acetone and MEK, I learned its a good time to start. My organs hate me. *edit* Durabake'd lower has been in acetone for an hour, only parts lifting off are the sharp edges, and only with brass brush. Really hoping to get it done tonight. |
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Posted: 7/17/2011 10:48:49 AM
[Last Edit: 7/17/2011 12:34:41 PM by nf9648]
Acetone after 8 hours...
Jasco after 5 minutes...  |
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Posted: 7/18/2011 1:20:17 AM
well, perhaps yours was a more professional "job" than mine when it was applied.
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Posted: 7/18/2011 4:33:50 AM
Originally Posted By nf9648:
Originally Posted By MRW:
PS, i striped a Colt 1911 with acetone the next night with no problems at all. well, the evaporation made my hands cold and in need of some lotion... After a decade of not using gloves with acetone and MEK, I learned its a good time to start. My organs hate me. *edit* Durabake'd lower has been in acetone for an hour, only parts lifting off are the sharp edges, and only with brass brush. Really hoping to get it done tonight. Durabake is the key word here. I think the acetone works best on straight non-baked air cured duracoat. BTW, I recently discovered that immersing the part in a beaker full of acetone in an ultrasonic cleaner (filled with water) will knock durcoat right off in less than 15 minutes. |
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Posted: 8/13/2011 4:42:14 PM
How well will Jasco work with Alumahyde II?
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Posted: 12/20/2011 12:59:11 AM
Well after reading this thread, I went out to buy some acetone to remove what looked like a shoddy duracoat job on a used barrel and FF rail I bought. The acetone pretty much did nothing even after letting the parts soak.
Guess I need to go get some jasco |
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Posted: 12/26/2011 1:00:10 AM
Originally Posted By Evil_ATF:Heat that sumbitch up and hit it with NC brake cleaner. The Duracoat will trip over itself trying to get off of your firearm.
I am on a lot of car sites and the topic of cleaning metal with brake clean and welding comes up over and over. It can create Phosgene gas. I'd never heat brake parts cleaner Here's a scary read: http://www.brewracingframes.com/id75.htm |
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Posted: 12/26/2011 1:01:06 AM
[Last Edit: 12/26/2011 1:01:52 AM by ToledoXJ]
dbl post
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Posted: 2/3/2012 10:11:05 PM
I have a POF P308 that I got from Cabelas and it came with a Duracoat finish on it. I've had the rifle for a year and a half now and I decided it's time for a new look. I was unsure how to remove the Duracoat so I wrote the tech guys at POF and email and they sent me a link to this thread for my answer. I am excited to try and get the Duracoat off. I have striped many rifles that have been spray painted on my work guns and I always used acetone and a stiff bristle nylon brush and that always worked for me even with multiple layers of paint that need to be removed. After reading these post I am going to try the acetone first and then something different if that doesn't work for me. I will post pictures and what worked for me when I am all done.
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Posted: 6/16/2012 11:00:46 PM
[Last Edit: 6/17/2012 11:26:05 PM by Charger1234]
Quick update. I know it's old but gotta add this. M.E.K., acetone, and lacquer thinner does absolutely nothing to duracoat. Nothing whatsoever. Whoever coated your guys' stuff sucks... Bad. I got this little Taurus slide duracoated, and none of the above touched it. Going to try the jasco or citristrip next.
Edit: Zip strip does nothing either... |
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Posted: 7/20/2012 10:31:05 PM
just completely stripped a KAC factory Duracoated SR15 lower with acetone, took about an hour and a nylon brush. it came off.
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Posted: 8/21/2012 7:04:02 PM
i have a duracoated piece that was a little over a month old. acetone didnt do nothing. also tried brake cleaner,goof off, citrius stripper, industrial graffiti remover. aircraft remover got some of it off but only after 2 days of applying. i still need to blast the hard to get to areas.
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Posted: 8/30/2012 7:40:53 PM
What would be the best remover and procedure for polymer like a pistol frame?
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Posted: 9/6/2012 5:56:15 PM
Brake cleaner dont work. I used Klean Strip on my XD polymer frame and it took it off. The polymer wasnt affected by it. I think it would be better to use a brass brush instead of steel because that is what I used.
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Posted: 11/1/2012 2:03:05 AM
Any new info for this thread?? I screwed up with rustoleum Textured paint bad.....been picking the sand particles out and scraping for six days now. Colt 6940 btw, so handguard removal is out. Im gonna try the acetone thing tomorrow because im starting to work the annodizing on the lower off, and i dont wanna do anymore damage. If anyone could give me some advice that hasnt been posted in here already.....I could sure use it!!! I've tried everything else product wise, still cant get serial number cleaned out or any small engraved places for that matter, ...i can finally attach things to the rails but under the handguards is what worries me the most, I dont want wet gooey paint oozing out for the next year or two.
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Posted: 2/14/2013 3:35:40 PM
A tip from the retro AR world. The brand Dads easy strip is what we use to remove the REALLY tough arsenal refinish off of surplus A1 uppers. I just got a upper off the EE that has a digicam coating and ill try some of the dads and report back. That brand was one of the few that will remove Uncle Sams black tar, so I think it has a solid chance of working on Duracoat.
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Posted: 3/15/2013 1:21:15 PM
2 year update:
I'm happy to reply that acetone is still working great on stuff I want to un-duracoat. For the people who its not working for, I'm assuming that they are trying on stuff that is not duracoated but cerakote or gunkote which is a tougher bake-on finish. If it is true duracoat acetone is the way to go to strip it without screwing up your finish. |
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Posted: 3/28/2013 4:30:42 PM
I just did a duracoat job on an AR of mine last night. I made a mess doing it, got all over some stuff I didn't want it to get on. I bought some of the OP's jasco as suggested and it worked wonderfully. And the odor was a lot less than I was expecting, nothing compared to the duracoat vapors. But it is nasty stuff and does burn the skin almost instantly, definitely use heavy duty chemical gloves with that stuff. Also got some duracoat on my hands, acetone fingernail polish remover did the trick.
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