Oh noes!
Sprayed with DEET? :D
Supposedly the AWM's took care of that.
Wow
Originally Posted By SC-Texas:
Wow
Funny you just bumped this. I'm tediously stippling all the razed surfaces right now, then its getting painted.
What kind of chemical did the lancer not like so much?
Originally Posted By cletussd:
What kind of chemical did the lancer not like so much?
Originally Posted By 35mm_Shooter:
Originally Posted By cletussd:
What kind of chemical did the lancer not like so much?
I *think* that I read somewhere in another subforum that he used some sort of
paint stripper 
on the magazine whilst attempting to paint the magazine brown.
This was the result.
ETA: Yeah, it's in the fifth post in this thread:
http://www.ar15.com/forums/t_3_118/570174_Brown_AR____.htmlOriginally Posted By familyman357:
Originally Posted By 35mm_Shooter:
Originally Posted By cletussd:
What kind of chemical did the lancer not like so much?
I *think* that I read somewhere in another subforum that he used some sort of
paint stripper on the magazine whilst attempting to paint the magazine brown.
This was the result.
ETA: Yeah, it's in the fifth post in this thread:
http://www.ar15.com/forums/t_3_118/570174_Brown_AR____.html
Thanks, that's a rather crap thing to do, start a thread like this without disclosing what chemical he used.
Wonder if he used MEK, that stuff will attack just about any kind of polymer.
Originally Posted By 35mm_Shooter:
Thanks, that's a rather crap thing to do, start a thread like this without disclosing what chemical he used.
.....
Agreed.
Originally Posted By familyman357:
Originally Posted By 35mm_Shooter:
Thanks, that's a rather crap thing to do, start a thread like this without disclosing what chemical he used.
.....
Agreed.
I dont know what chemical I used. I through that shit away. It was some kind of paint remover in a spray can, which some asshole posted (on another forum) worked well on polymer magazines.
Nowhere did I blame lancer or the materials they use? Please tell me how this thread is bad. I posted my failure and said even though I ruined the surface it functions fine?
Originally Posted By 35mm_Shooter:
Originally Posted By cletussd:
What kind of chemical did the lancer not like so much?
I dont know, I will have to look through my history, but that was weeks ago. It was some kind of paint remover with a "fancy" name. As in it wasn't named "Paint Thinner" but had some weird name.
It was in a spray can.
Why did I not respond to this thread? Because I didn't subscribe to it, and only saw it in the active topics
God you people are impatient and draw crazy conclusions.
Originally Posted By InfiniteGrim:
Originally Posted By 35mm_Shooter:
Originally Posted By cletussd:
What kind of chemical did the lancer not like so much?
I dont know, I will have to look through my history, but that was weeks ago. It was some kind of paint remover with a "fancy" name. As in it wasn't named "Paint Thinner" but had some weird name.
It was in a spray can.
Why did I not respond to this thread? Because I didn't subscribe to it, and only saw it in the active topics
God you people are impatient and draw crazy conclusions.
Dont know why some of the other posters where bashing you,nor did I think you where bashing on Lancer.
I wasnt drawing any concluisons.
I was just curious about what kind of chemical it was,I figured it was probably something along the lines of "Industrial" ,'Remover" or "Thinner".
I agree I bet it still works perfect.
Originally Posted By InfiniteGrim:
Originally Posted By familyman357:
Originally Posted By 35mm_Shooter:
Thanks, that's a rather crap thing to do, start a thread like this without disclosing what chemical he used.
.....
Agreed.
I dont know what chemical I used. I through that shit away. It was some kind of paint remover in a spray can, which some asshole posted (on another forum) worked well on polymer magazines.
Nowhere did I blame lancer or the materials they use? Please tell me how this thread is bad. I posted my failure and said even though I ruined the surface it functions fine?
If you post a pic like that, and then say "Not as chemically resistant as I thought", that leaves it wide open to rumors and speculation about what was used, and how prone to failure they might be. It's not that hard to understand.
Well whatever, I guess my thought process is different. In my mind that phrase means "be careful what you put on your mags, and you want look like an idiot like me" Here are some specifics to ease everyone's minds...
1) I used some sort of paint removed that comes in a spray can and comes out as a foam. (I was told it was ok with polymer)
2) This stuff stayed on the mag for over 10 minutes
3) It made < .5mm of the polymer gooey , the polymer did reharden, but I was picking at it.
4) I stippled the mag and it DOES work flawlessly.
5) I think I need to stipple the rest of the "melted" area because it still looks bad with the paint on it.
For Future reference, if you want to remove paint from polymer mag, use citristrip. I used it on my magpul stuff and another lancer mag and it works perfectly. Its not a super harsh chemical mix like other things. I used the gel and a stiff brush and everything came off perfectly.
Originally Posted By 35mm_Shooter:
If you post a pic like that, and then say "Not as chemically resistant as I thought", that leaves it wide open to rumors and speculation about what was used, and how prone to failure they might be. It's not that hard to understand.
That. Heck, the VERY FIRST reply (to which you did NOT respond in your subsequent post) was, "Oh noes! Sprayed with DEET? :D Supposedly the AWM's took care of that." Had you meant your post to be informative, you would have said that you'd messed it up with paint stripper.... which is not terribly surprising as most paint strippers are pretty hostile to plastics. You might as well have hit the magazine with a MAPP gas torch and then posted, "Not as heat resistant as I thought."
Originally Posted By InfiniteGrim:
For Future reference, if you want to remove paint from polymer mag, use citristrip. I used it on my magpul stuff and another lancer mag and it works perfectly. Its not a super harsh chemical mix like other things. I used the gel and a stiff brush and everything came off perfectly.
That
is good information. Thank you.
Was it Loctite Chisel?
Note: Loctite Chisel is the only thing that i know of that will make dried Loctite threadlockers turn into nothing but a color in minutes.
Originally Posted By 556Cliff:
Was it Loctite Chisel?
Note: Loctite Chisel is the only thing that will make dried Loctite threadlockers turn into nothing but a color in minutes.
No I threw it away and I really dont know what it was. It was in a spray can and comes out as a foam.
Originally Posted By InfiniteGrim:
Well whatever, I guess my thought process is different. In my mind that phrase means "be careful what you put on your mags, and you want look like an idiot like me" Here are some specifics to ease everyone's minds...
1) I used some sort of paint removed that comes in a spray can and comes out as a foam. (I was told it was ok with polymer)
2) This stuff stayed on the mag for over 10 minutes
3) It made < .5mm of the polymer gooey , the polymer did reharden, but I was picking at it.
4) I stippled the mag and it DOES work flawlessly.
5) I think I need to stipple the rest of the "melted" area because it still looks bad with the paint on it.
For Future reference, if you want to remove paint from polymer mag, use citristrip. I used it on my magpul stuff and another lancer mag and it works perfectly. Its not a super harsh chemical mix like other things. I used the gel and a stiff brush and everything came off perfectly.
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g165/InfiniteGrim/IMG_5182.jpg
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g165/InfiniteGrim/IMG_5193.jpg
what color is that?
I've been sitting here picking off the "melted" layer with my nails. I bet it still works 100% though 
