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Originally Posted by XON50
thanks RacingManiac, that was very helpful. i think i'll just purchase a KJW or TM 1911 and do the paint stripping.
now any ideas on what type of paint remover to use that wont damage the metal or plastic on the gun?
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Before you do any stripping you'll need to strip the gun in parts anyhow. So no real worry as to anything would affect the plastic parts. I'd personally sand blast the paint and refinish the piece with sand paper, thats what worked for me in the past in terms of turning something silvery. But the paint stripper will work as well. One thing of note though is that with the cheaper 1911 like KJW, the front and rear sight are cast into the slide, so unless you masked it carefully or planned to repaint the sights, their paint will come off too, and the low profile GI sight being silver will be mighty hard to see....
With the pot metal of these guns too, you might want to consider respraying them with clearcoat after to prevent any tarnishing....