Stripping krylon paint off an Ar-15

[John Deer]

It was more of a ##### than I expected. I ended up breathing in more acetone fumes than I planned to

 

[Dietz]

People don't give acetone the respect it deserves. It's a wild chemical solvent readily absorbed through the skin, and it's going right to your liver in no time. Breathing in the fumes is just as bad.


Guys at my job laugh when I request heavy duty butyl gloves and a gas mask with fresh NIOSH multi-chemical cartriges when I'm asked to clean stuff with acetone. Gets the job handed to someone else every time because of course, the boss couldn't bothered to care about our health and safety and buy proper equipment.

 

[thump_rrr]

Xylene works best.

 

[buzzmagoo]

And for the win ! Dish washer ,pots cycle!! LOL!! To keep the acetone from evaporation to fast just use a rag wetted with acetone draped over the pices. And for them hard to get at places use a sharpie to couler over and rub with finger to blend it in. Paint thinner ( auto paint) is strong and will wipe most paints off . plastic may melt so becarefull. Sadly there is discrimination Among Us shooters. Fanboys, Fudds ,Purists. Me if it goes bang or looks like it might I am in to it!

 

[Epoxy7]

It was more of a ##### than I expected. I ended up breathing in more acetone fumes than I planned to

The first one I did with acetone as well. Now you know why I suggested brake fluid. Much easier and less toxic. Looks good.

 

[JohnDeere_]

I had to remove DuraCoat form a scope, nothing was working smoothly. so i dug in to the MSDS sheets. you want to use a paint stripper containing
Methyl Ethyl Ketone with gel to prevent evaporation, brush it on with a old tooth brush or something. make sure to wear heavy duty rubber gloves and eye Pro. after a little while (30 sec to a min the paint will blister) use 0000 steel wool and brush clean. neutralize with cold water.

 

[magz]

I thought this would be a good thread to share my latest krylon paint job
12 guage ready for snow geese I think it turned out pretty good.

 

[Rapier46]

Someone krylon'ed a DD Mk18?
Jesus Christ, tactical stupidity knows no bounds....
I would take the thing apart. Complete dissasembly, magazine catch, bolt catch, forward assist et al and all and soak it with Acetone.
You may get her back to 80% but from personal experience (cleaning some AR parts I got which some idiot also hit with spray paint....) it may leave some weird grey discoloration.
Acetone soaking all parts is your best bet and scrub it with a cloth after full disassemble.

It's a black RIS II so who cares. Now it should be against the law to spray paint an FDE RIS II