How to remove the gold finish on a commorative win94 lever

terez said:
How can one remove the gold finish on a commorative win94 lever?

Will it buff wheel off?
Chemical options?

What is it mad eof?
I assume the metal is in the white underneath whatever the gold coating is??

I will be fine with leaving the meatl in the white after removing the gold.

Thanks
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I am with you on this one, the gold finish makes any firearm look cheap and gangster. Not the look anyone should like. Any gold plating that I have stripped off, usually chips off very easily the trick is getting underneath it, with out any extra damage to the firearm, a quick paint job and a way better looking rifle in the end.
 
check out this site https://www.finishing.com/index.html and do a search for "Electrophoretic lacquer" basically a laquer with some kind of dye in it.... electrolytically applied. or a search for: "gold colored finishes" I don't have any actual answers for you, but my best guesses are:

"how/what the gold colour is"
- could actually be gold dye if a electrophoretic lacquer was used, but probably not.
- most likely brass/bronze (copper-zinc/copper-tin) with a lacquer clear coating of some sort. (electrolytically applied)

"best removed as easily/inexpensively"
- hand bomb it. trying to reverse plate it is gonna cost time & money, far more than the 1/2 hour it will take you to buff it off.

"Again...is it a chemical process, is actually plated like chrome or other plating?"
- No/Yes it will be an electrolytic process.


Your biggest hint is gonna be "what is the cheapest & fastest process?" those newer guns are a myriad of cheap materials and machining short cuts. They did whatever was cheapest.



Me? it's 99% chance there is some kind of lacquer coating on it (ever wonder why a new brass bed doesn't tarnish??)
hit it with a scotch brite pad and/or some wet sandpaper to get rid of that then either keep going with the abrasives or you can polish it on a polishing wheel with some very coarse roisin .... those coatings will not be very thick at all. if it winds up to silver/shiny - drop it in some vinegar for a few minutes & it will turn grey (or try to blue it)


Also you could post your question in that finishing forum ... someone in there will be able to tell you exactly what it is and how it was applied.

-sean


terez said:
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Now that we have all that outa our systems... :)

I own plenty of other 94's...don't need to trade.
The rifle is far from original mint condition, has been bubba'd and otherwise had any semblance of it's original "collector" value neutered.
That said the rifle has very nice wood and wood/metal fit and nice bluing that is still in good shape.
The rifle was acquired for a song.

I despise the gold treatment....literally hurts my eyes.
It will be removed and the rifle left in the white or otherwise.

I posted this in the gunsmith section as I am looking for explanation of how/what the gold colour is and how it can be best removed as easily/inexpensively as possible.
Again...is it a chemical process, is actually plated like chrome or other plating? Can it be defeated easily manually or is there a chemical approach?

Like I said the rifle has great wood and metal work wood fit.
Rifle is also low rd and tight with a good bore.
With the sillyass gold colour gone she will be a nice rifle.

Thanks
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Rman said:
It is a chrome/nickel type of plating process, and would be easily removed using Sodium Hydroxide or Nitric Acid diluted, without hurting the alloy under.
You could try and remove it manually first, but that would be painstakingly slow, and could mark up the finish under the plating. A chrome shop would strip it easily for a minimal cost, so maybe start there?

R.
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Thank you Sir
 
Cerokote would have a tough time sticking to that finish, and even then, as the gold finish flakes off of the receiver, it would take the cerokote off with it.

R.
 
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