Removig Krylon without screwing up the original paint?
 

Hi guys I have a not so simple question here. I bought recently a PTW but the ex owner kryloned the entire receiver (even the stock), I HATE painted guns I really like the original color. So my question is, is there ANY way to remove the krylon without destroying the original paint/coating?

Cheers!

Nail polish remover and a rag. It'll be a long process.

Iv used light paint remover before and left it on for a couple of minutes before removing it. It might remove some of the paint underneath but you can always reapply more paint. Its not a full proof method of removing paint but it was alright by my standards.

as far as it comes out I dont care... :P

BTW, thanks for the recommendations guys.

The nice thing about Krylon Camo is that it does fuck all to stick to metal in most cases. Plastic might be a bit more difficult to remove (And do expect to tarnish any of the plastic you do work over, as the acetone in the polish remover will try to melt it.)

I would recommend just repainting whatever you're working on in the end. Getting a real firearm finish/paint makes them look so much nicer.

Edit: Actually, I just remembered I had used 'Simple Green' degreaser to remove paint from an old M4 5 pos stock and slim foregrip. It took a week or two of sitting in the fluid and scrubbing with a toothbrush to lift all the paint, but I was able to do so without damaging the plastic in any way.

Just time consuming...

Sandpaper/screw driver + lots of time.

If you don't want any sandpaper/scratch marks take it apart, and leave it in a container with MR. Clean or other acetone/nail polish remover. Rubbing alcohol may do the job as well.


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What I did was when I botched my paint job, I used oven cleaner on ABS plastics. It does not eat through the plastic, and it does a great job removing the paint. Just wet the surface a little, throw some oven cleaner powder on and let it sit for about 30 seconds to 2 minutes, then brush it with the rough side of a sponge or plastic wool scrunchy things. Rinse and repeat until the paint is removed. I'd expect the same results from metal and rubber, but as always, start with a test surface and see if there are fruitful results.

In my experience, it might be better to remove all of the finish and take it down to the white, then refinish it.
What I use for removing most finishes from metal is TSP, about $3 at Canadian Tire. You just need a container big enough for the part/s in question, toss in between a teaspoon and a quarter cup of TSP (depending on the size of the parts), cover the item with hot tap water, swish it around to disolve the TSP, and have a b33r while the mix does 90% of the work for you. May take five minutes, may take a couple hours, but most finishes are gone.
Clean off the part under your warm tap with a dish brush and dish detergent.


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luckily is coming out really nice just with acetone (nail polish remover). I will have some extra fun with the but stock, but is going to be replaced by a UBR anyway so I dont care! :P