Corroding paint, nasty paint on A-5
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Topic: Corroding paint, nasty paint on A-5
Posted By: Buckeye_Man
Subject: Corroding paint, nasty paint on A-5
Date Posted: 25 May 2007 at 4:13pm
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Hey everyone... to make a long story short, I used to have a Tippmann A-5 with E-Grip, Boomy, and some other nice upgrades. The gun served me very well but I ended up getting an E2 Autococker (see marker pics page). I sold the A-5 for 400$ which was a great deal for me but the kid I sold it to lost interest in the sport and proceeded to give it to my friend who misused it and treated the A-5 like crap, tearing it apart, and never cleaning, maintaining, or fixing the gun. I finally retrieved it from that friend who doesn't need it as he has an Ego and Intimidator so I went about starting to reassemble it and clean it today. First things first, there is nasty old paint that is acting like a corrosive adhesive all over the gun, it caused me to use Goo Gone inside the barrel to remove the old paint, and it has nearly dyed the body of the A-5. The matte black paint coat on the A-5 is also peeling away and the metal underneath is rusting. What would you guys suggest I do? I would like to sand it down and repaint it but what type of paint should I use and how else should I go about getting this gun back to normal? ------------- 
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Posted By: RoboCop
Date Posted: 28 May 2007 at 5:19pm
| http://tippmann.com/forum/wwf77a/forum_posts.asp?TID=141569&PN=1 - Maybe this will help |
Posted By: SSOK
Date Posted: 28 May 2007 at 8:46pm
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Pics? Also, did you get it back for free? I would just steel wool it and then use duracoat. ------------- 
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