Removing Paint on GUN

[IMAT]

I have an Old pistol that someone painted the frame with a spray paint that is then heated in a oven to bake on . Bronells Gun smith store USA sell this paint.Looks like blueing if done right. but would like to remove with out damaging the surface metal.
Anyone got any suggestions to remove safely?

IMATT

 

[tiriaq]

Bead or abrasive blasting should do it, and would prepare the surface for refinishing.
You may find that none of the coatings that Brownells sells can be exported.
There are products available in Canada.
You could try chemical strippers, they might work.

 

[CanAm]

I would ask brownells what to use to remove it.

 

[trevj]

Go to a proper paint store, and ask the sales person there about strippers.

Ask about Aircraft Paint Stripper.

The active ingredient is Methylene Chloride IIRC, and it will burn your bare skin. It will do a fast and effective job on just about anything short of powdercoat, and will not touch the metal underneath.

After stripping, you will have to be quick to wash away the remnants, and get the metal oiled down really well.

Test it on a small patch of bare original finish. It should not touch bluing, and is considered safe for use on aluminum and Magnesium alloys, but, it never hurts to be safe.

Cheers
Trev

 

[jdman]

I have an Old pistol that someone painted the frame with a spray paint that is then heated in a oven to bake on . Bronells Gun smith store USA sell this paint.Looks like blueing if done right. but would like to remove with out damaging the surface metal.
Anyone got any suggestions to remove safely?

IMATT

use a 5 inch grinder......really carefully.

 

[jdman]

use a 5 inch grinder......really carefully.

seriously, why not paint thinner? then a coat of oil, and then another?

 

[SandRoad]

seriously, why not paint thinner? then a coat of oil, and then another?

Have you tried it? Do you have lots and lots of patience?

Sometimes you can still find methylene chloride paint strippers at hardware stores, Home Depot etc... check the fine print on the labels. The "Aircraft" paint strippers will likely have a higher concentration of methylene chloride for faster striping. There are also some new "Aircraft" paint strippers that don't contain any methylene chloride but I don't know how well they actually work.

Most of the paint strippers at hardware stores are now alcohol or thinner based and don't work very well. When they advertise a stripper as "safer" it means it doesn't work worth a damn.