painting and polishing?
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Topic: painting and polishing?
Posted By: RicWhic414
Subject: painting and polishing?
Date Posted: 27 March 2006 at 10:02am
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im lookin to paint and polish my gun and i was wonderin what grit sand paper and steel wool to use cuz i dont want to mess up the internals by bein stupid and get the wrong grit... so if u have polished or painted your gun give me some help on what u used
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Posted By: Gpacker4686
Date Posted: 27 March 2006 at 2:04pm
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i wouldn't use steel wool to polish right away. i Would use like 400 or 500 grit sand paper first(it works alot better and faster) Then i would go with steel wool. it doesn't really matter what size you use. keep using the steel wool untill you are happy at what you got.
For painting i would go to walmart and get paint stripper. So to the automotive section and get a stripper called "aircraft stripper" you will also need some rubber glove so you won't burn yourself. After you do that take 220 grit sand paper and take off all the paint that the stripper didn't take of. Go to advanced auto(if you have one near you) and dupicolor has a "self etching primmer" use that for you primmer and just get what ever other color you are looking for this is how i got mine to look after i use the stripper and sane paper 
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Posted By: RicWhic414
Date Posted: 27 March 2006 at 2:31pm
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that looks really nice... good job... and thanks for the help
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Posted By: Gpacker4686
Date Posted: 27 March 2006 at 2:57pm
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just take your time and don't rush anything. When i did mine i couldn't get all the paint off but you want to get as much off as you can. ------------- www.putfile.com/sockfootball21 |
Posted By: the flanker
Date Posted: 27 March 2006 at 4:08pm
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dont be stupid witht the paint remover or you will mes up your gun!!! ------------- 
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Posted By: MoNkeY Hunter
Date Posted: 27 March 2006 at 7:19pm
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Not cool... |
Gpacker4686 wrote:
Posted By: Gpacker4686
Date Posted: 27 March 2006 at 9:57pm
the stripper is very strong and it even says on the can to use rubber gloves(not medical gloves it will eat right through it trust me  )
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Posted By: FyreFly
Date Posted: 27 March 2006 at 11:30pm
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I've used a gelatin chemical stripper in the past with good success called "Zip Strip". It will cause the paint to bubble and peal right off the receivers.
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Posted By: RicWhic414
Date Posted: 28 March 2006 at 7:21am
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i just bought a paint thinner and it seem to work pretty well but it seems to be impossible to remove all the paint from my a-5 receivers
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Posted By: Semper Fi
Date Posted: 28 March 2006 at 7:56am
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I use Acetone, and that works great, especially with the combo of the steel wool and acetone. Here is a link of a great write up with pictures on Painting Your Marker, step-by-step... http://www.a5og.net/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=678&threadid=1981&enterthread=y - http://www.a5og.net/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=678&thre adid=1981&enterthread=y and this one is for polishing your Internals... http://www.a5og.net/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=678&threadid=111&enterthread=y - http://www.a5og.net/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=678&thre adid=111&enterthread=y ------------- A-5 W/ QEV E-Grip W/ Rampage Board Rampage Pro Trigger System Flatline Apex Barrel 14" Lapco Bigshot Crossfire 68/4500 HP Tank Polished Internals Palmers Stabalizer Optional: R/T |