strip black paint off SKS bolt?

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I have a 1950 SKS Tula refurb. My first firearm! Love it. I want to keep it as original as possible, with one small exception...

It has a black painted bolt, which I would like to strip the paint off of so it is nice and shiny.

Anyone here done this, and if so have some good detailed instructions on how to do it? I tried using the forum search, but all I found was disappointment.
 
some people have just taken sandpaper and just progressed till it was desired finished, then buff it up, dremel tool helps alot.
 
You could try a furniture stripper to soften the paint and work the remainder off with steel wool, working your way up to 0000 steel wool. Personally, I like the look of black bolt refurbs.
 
SKS Bolt carier polishing

I used a soft wire wheel on my bench grinder to remove the paint.
Then switch the wire wheel for cloth buffing wheels on the bench grinder and start with a heavy buffing/polishing compoud. work your way down with finer polishing compounds. mine now has a perfect mirror finsh.

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I used wood stripper, as I did on the old flaking finish stock. The bare metal was very dull grey. Removed oxidation with some kind of rubber dremel attachment and then used some metal polish. It's shiny but not mirror shiny.
 
I cant speak for the Russians, but the chinese bolt carriers dont have a perfectly smooth surface. I like to clamp the strpper clip guide in a vice wrapped in a rag, being careful not to bend or mar it. Then I run sand paper over the round length of the body width wise. This will show any low spots. I like to start with 120 grit, but if a low spot is too low then 80 grit helps speed things up. Work your way up to 1000 grit then polish. Being that the russian bolts may be nice and smooth, try paint stripper and steel wool first to see.
 
place the bolt in paper towels soaked in stripper..then place the paper towels in a zip-lock bad overnight and that should give you about a 90% soulition..you can use the dremmel or sand paper on what ( if any ) black is left
 
leannejason said:
I used a soft wire wheel on my bench grinder to remove the paint.
Then switch the wire wheel for cloth buffing wheels on the bench grinder and start with a heavy buffing/polishing compoud. work your way down with finer polishing compounds. mine now has a perfect mirror finsh.

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Damn, you need glasses to look at that shine! I will follow your steps.
 
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