M-14 Stripping The Paint

[skinnadoor]

I have an M-14 Synthetic stock, and i was looking to strip the spray paint off it, and then apply some new paint .

What's the best thing to use to strip the paint off a synthetic stock??

 

[buster]

i wouldn't bother ,just fill any imperfections and sand as a scuff coat.

 

[skinnadoor]

Hrrrrm.... this is my first time trying this so be a little bit more lamen with me .

Your saying just give it the once over with sand papper and paint right over the current paint job???

there are no scratches or cracks, it's pretty solid as is.

 

[buster]

has it been painted already?if its the original brown the stock came in you'll find its a tough paint and can paint over it with a good scuffing.striping it down to the fibreglass is an unnecessary step.

if it has been painted previously by someone else,you may well want to use a paint striper and use a primer as your first coat.

 

[Turf]

If it has been painted before, I'd just fine sand it to remove any obvious imperfections and paint away. You have to remember that somes paints bond really well with fiberglass and if you try stripping it you might end up with more trouble than it's worth. Been there, done that.

 

[skinnadoor]

Rgr that turf,

It has been previously painted, with a few layers.... I'd like to make it desert tan.

Thoughts?

 

[buster]

it seems to depend on how much build it already has,if its heavy i would want to take most of it off and blend the rest in through sanding while leaving the checkering alone.

a milder striper will alow you to remove in layers if you don't leave it on for too long,then rinse in water to neutralize.

 

[mdbuckle]

Laquer thinner does the job. Works very well.

 

[skinnadoor]

Ok..... I'm going to try somthing out of the ordinary, "I think" painting my stock Norinco M14 wooden stock with Desert Tan Krylon spray paint.

Firstly, I don't care what happens to this stock, and the results can be good and bad, however, if does end up looking nice then i feel i may have contributed a good idea to my fello CGN peeps.

The stock is stripped and sanded smooth for now, and i'm going to try a base coat primer, then the Tan, or i may even just blast it with krylon Tan right away.

I'm still looking for the best soultion on stripping my M14 synthetic stock, but i figure some messing around with the wooden stock and krylon should be interesting/dissaterous.

If anyone has used krylon on a wooden stock let me know what your results were !!!!!

 

[Winz]

Skinnadoor, think there were a few people who painted their Chuwood stocks with krylon and some with bedliner or similar material.

Make sure all the oil is out of the stock, otherwise, the paint will start to peel. Ironically, no oil in the stock will probably lead to even faster cracking

 

[Duncan71]

Painted my sks stock with tremclad. Did no prep work or anything. My custom stock looks like ####, but the paint looks great (aside from where I leaned stuff against it while wet!!)

 

[skinnadoor]

Krylon on Norinco Wooden Stock

Painted my sks stock with tremclad. Did no prep work or anything. My custom stock looks like s**t, but the paint looks great (aside from where I leaned stuff against it while wet!!)

Ok here are the results of my krylon experiance with my Norinco M14 Wooden Mystery wood and handguard.

The color was not quite what i expected , more white then i intended. My first impressions so far, even though it's just spray paint, anything is better then the way the stock came origionally....lol .I stripped and sanded the old stock, then applied "river rock" Krylon Fusion "For Plastics" Spray Paint. It bonded pretty good and feels very smooth.. Some of the pic's after the first coast....

 

[powmia56]

Ok here are the results of my krylon experiance with my Norinco M14 Wooden Mystery wood and handguard.

The color was not quite what i expected , more white then i intended.

Aha, Going for the Norwegian ski troop look! Nice.