Krylon (Can Tire) paint removal from USGI M14 Stock

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Okay stock painting experts:

I want to take my M14 Clinic teaching stock into a different direction. And now I must remove the 2 layers/coats of Krylon paint. I need a simple and easy method to remove it.

* Sanding? Friggin' lots of labour and the particles get all over :mad:
* Acetone? My #### might fall off ? :eek:
* Hmmm... How about a wet sand in the laundry tub? :D

Any other suggestions?

BTW, I'm going to be mixing up some pigmented fiberglass resin and make a McMillan splotchy Black, blue, grey pattern like in their website gallery. It's my winter project. :D

Thoughts? Suggestions ? Bring 'em on!

Cheers,
Barney
 
lyman54 said:
I put paint thinner in a spray bottle to get into all the small area's. Then use a nylon backed sponge and hot soapy water. Worked great for me.
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Then allow a couple of day's to dry then sand smooth & you should be good to go. Or better yet contact Murdoc and get him to re-finish it for ya with that hard as nail's Arma-Coat. Well worth the time & money in my eye's & I am a painter by trade.
 
Laquer thinner will take Krylon right off................used it many times on USGI Fiberglass stocks............never had an issue...........and I've refinished LOTS of USGI fiberglass stocks........;)
 
Skullboy said:
Laquer thinner will take Krylon right off................used it many times on USGI Fiberglass stocks............never had an issue...........and I've refinished LOTS of USGI fiberglass stocks........;)
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Skullboy:

Do you mean paint thinner? Got lots of that kicking around. How do you suggest I do this without a large mess? Gotta learn from the experienced! :D

Cheers,
Barney
 
if you can find a long enough tray, soak the stock in Simple Green overnight, best part is you can reuse the liquid over and over again.
 
I've used Circa 1850 paint stripper (Can Tire, Wal-mart, Home Hardware etc) to strip several rifles, metal, fiberglass and wood, and it worked great for me. Buy the low odor stuff - it really is very low odor and gives full powered results. I've never had it stain or marr wood in any way. I just redid a 40 year old Marlin 39A and an equally old Brno ZKK 602, and I used this stripper to get rid of all the old finish. It's the only thing I really trust with important pieces.
 
Lacquer thinner - always keep a gallon on hand! ;)

Wipe it on with a sopping rag and it'll melt right off...:D
 
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Winning Colours Paint and Stain Remover(avail from Home Depot, Can Tire, Walmart)

Soak papertowels with it and wrap and forget on stock. Come back and redo. Then take 3M/ScotchBrite pads. Krylon with just come right off.

The Winning Colours product is guaranteed safe on plastics and fiberglass unlike some paint thinners, acetone(no no), etc might not be as fast acting, but it is an apply and forget procedure.

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Hungry said:
Skullboy:

Do you mean paint thinner?
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Lacquer thinner is a thinner for lacquers, which is a sort of paint. It's a special paint thinner, which is not to be confused with normal paint thinner. It's very volatile and acts quite similar to acetone, except it will not eat polyester (fibreglass), or at least it wrecks it much more slowly than acetone.
 
Skullboy said:
Laquer thinner will take Krylon right off................used it many times on USGI Fiberglass stocks............never had an issue...........and I've refinished LOTS of USGI fiberglass stocks........;)
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Yup, you and I both hehehe, 100's of the damn things. :D
Laquer thinner, a stiff bristle brush and a pair or two of nitrile gloves.
Follow up with a scrubbing using super hot soapy water with a strong grease cutting dish soap to neutralize and prep for primer or resin application ;)
 
Might not be pertinent to the m14 stocks but I just want to point out that circa1850 is supposed tio be neutral on wood but easy off etc never quite stops eating wood and after a few years your stock will likely be ruined no matter how hard you try to scrub it off.
 
M14Doctor said:
Yup, you and I both hehehe, 100's of the damn things. :D
Laquer thinner, a stiff bristle brush and a pair or two of nitrile gloves.
Follow up with a scrubbing using super hot soapy water with a strong grease cutting dish soap to neutralize and prep for primer or resin application ;)
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The gloves are really important some, chemicals will act differently on different gloves, i was recently refinishing my SKS and didn't check and had a pair literally start to melt on my hands ...not fun.
 
I put Krylon paint, the stuff you talk about, on a Savage black stock. I first used a special plastics primer before using the Krylon stuff. To remove a few "miss-sprays" I found a simple product worked excellent, and quite fast:

Super Orange handcleaner with grease remover and Walnut shell pumice. Bought from a supply store like Gregg's Distributing or someplace like it (company bought it).

The paint came off really well actually, and it only took a two drops on a shop towel and three or four rubs to remove it down to primer. If it worked on a full stock, maybe take ten minutes of full work? Don't know... buy a small container and try it. If it fails, you smell like an orange juice factory! ha:
 
Wow, Thanks to all of you. I have soooo many options available. In the meantime, I do have lots of paint thinner (last resort along with a wet sand) and a can of GOO Off to play with. I'll start with the GOO Off for the time being and see what happens. Lacquer thinner at Home Depot and Cambodian Tire is not far away. All great and helpful suggestions.

Then I start my epoxy (pigmented) painting program soon on my fav USGI glass stock.

Cheers,
Barney
 
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