1919A4 M2 Tripod restoration

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elvis3006

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I am restoring my 1919A4 M2 Tripod, it is an old Izzy tripod with OD paint on it. So far I have removed 90% of the OD paint with a product called smart strip and discovered that the red primer is really hard to remove. In locations where the primer coat came off I can see the original parkerized finnish and it is in good shape. I would have sand blasted but I am not set up to parkerize. Can anyone reccomend a product or technique that can remove this stubborn primer coat, anyone restore an Izzy tripod before ? Thank you, and Merry Christmas.
 
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Acrylic lacquer thinner available at Carquest runs about $40 per gallon if I remember, acetone is another good solvent.
 
I have the Circa 1886 or whatever gel stripper... it eats through nitrile gloves like they aren't even there. It's by far the most effective remover... it bubbles paint (and ANY finish really) into a goo in seconds.
 
that primer is most likely a epoxy primer very stubborn stuff good for when you are painting something but bad for when you want it off. we sand blasted it and before we had a sandblaster we use a angle grinder and a heavy duty wire wheel work well
 
antiqueguy said:
that primer is most likely a epoxy primer very stubborn stuff good for when you are painting something but bad for when you want it off. we sand blasted it and before we had a sandblaster we use a angle grinder and a heavy duty wire wheel work well
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So other than sand blasting or grinding, nothing will remove it ?
 
Go the chemical route first, shop it around at a couple of the better auto paint shops and see if they can do a test spot clean up. If your goal is to save the park then something other then blasting and wire wheels is called for. Once you do figure out how to clean off that painted/primed finish let the world know how you did it.
 
Why not just have it blasted and re-parkerized? Places like Vulcan do it for pretty cheap and it will look awesome - more so than if you fart around with lacquer remover.
 
Claven2 said:
Why not just have it blasted and re-parkerized? Places like Vulcan do it for pretty cheap and it will look awesome - more so than if you fart around with lacquer remover.
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I have been thinking about going this route, we will see if the other options work. If I do get it cleaned off I will post how it was done. Thank you for the help everyone.
 
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