I picked up this Marlin 917V used a couple of months ago an the previous owner had camo painted it, the scope and bipod. When I got the gun I wasn't sure if I liked the paint or not so I just left it as was. I finally decided I wanted to remove the paint. I was certain that the stock was not prepped in any way prior to being painted so I knew that it wouldn't be too difficult to remove it. I wanted to try and keep the additional work to a minimal, so I started with varsol and a soft scrubbing pad on the stock, and then I changed to Polyclens. The paint came off really quickly and luckily the original clear coat remained in good condition, no sign of bubbling or waves.
Next was the barrel, receiver, scope, rings and mounts. I removed everything from the receiver and took it outside and used a non-drip paint remover. That stuff cleared it off real fast and the barrel and receiver were in excellent shape underneath, only found a couple of small blemishes. Once I had all the paint removed I wiped down everything with a rag dampened with varsol.
The scope, rings and mounts were a little more time consuming but they all came up nice and clean as well.
Before
After
*the dark area at the bottom of the rearend of the stock is actually in the wood.
Next job may be to finish the action bedding that someone had attempted to do..
Next was the barrel, receiver, scope, rings and mounts. I removed everything from the receiver and took it outside and used a non-drip paint remover. That stuff cleared it off real fast and the barrel and receiver were in excellent shape underneath, only found a couple of small blemishes. Once I had all the paint removed I wiped down everything with a rag dampened with varsol.
The scope, rings and mounts were a little more time consuming but they all came up nice and clean as well.
Before
After
*the dark area at the bottom of the rearend of the stock is actually in the wood.
Next job may be to finish the action bedding that someone had attempted to do..
