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Posted: 12/6/2002 2:10:53 PM EDT
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i just bought a colt A1 upper in a gun show...it looks pretty new but the guy who sold me painted it with a shiny black paint...how can i get back to the original color ?..i removed some of the paint manually around the charging handle and i can see the original gray finish underneath... thanks for your inputs...:) |
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If the receiver is stripped, I would first try one of the citrus based paint strippers. Get in the nooks and crannies by scrubbing with a tooth brush. Rinse well, then wash with soap and hot water. If it is assembled with the barrel, I would use first paint thinner, and if that did not work, lacquer thinner. After it is stripped, you can repaint it with a moly paint made just for this purpose. Someone posted the name of it on another thread. |
| Rock Miracle water wash paint stripper. Apply with a 1" cheap natural bristle brush. Follow the directions on the can. Did this with an EA lower that had previously been owned and bubbafied by some Budreaux from Nawlins. Repainted it with matte black Alumahyde from Brownells. Looks just fine and it seems that the longer the Alumahyde is on something, the stronger it gets. |
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Quoted: ...what kind of moly paint are you talking ? You might try Norrell's Moly Resin, which is sprayed on a properly prepared surface with an airbrush and cured in an oven for one hour at 300F. Very durable, and the thinness does not affect parts tolerances. Here's a link: [url]http://www.mg0815.com/Refinishingmoly.htm[/url] HTH, Gabe |
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