Guest Posted August 21, 2017 Share Posted August 21, 2017 I bought this reasonably cheaply from ZeroIn, described as "painted and occasionally misfires". Misfire was a loose connector on the motor. I spent two days stripping the paint, a combination of acetone on the plastic parts, and Nitromors on the alloy top receiver. pics below. Now I have to decide on a paint scheme, happy to listen to ideas On arrival As of now John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supporters Prisce Posted August 21, 2017 Supporters Share Posted August 21, 2017 What sorta sites do you frequent? Woodland/CQB, are you after functional or flashy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 21, 2017 Share Posted August 21, 2017 56 minutes ago, Prisce said: What sorta sites do you frequent? Woodland/CQB, are you after functional or flashy? Only indoors CQB or the shooting range bud Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supporters Prisce Posted August 21, 2017 Supporters Share Posted August 21, 2017 Oh so you want flashy then. How about giving it a nice mirror finish? Or add a nice used patina? If you do want to definitely paint it, you could do like an apocalypse theme with chalk kill count across the receiver. All sorts! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 21, 2017 Share Posted August 21, 2017 Interesting, space gun chrome lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hangtight Posted August 21, 2017 Share Posted August 21, 2017 The anodized receiver looks like it came up OK, but if you want to strip that back to bare metal then try oven cleaner. Just a few seconds and a scrub with an old tooth brush should take the colour off, then rinse. Beware though, getting a decent polished finish without losing detail and definition is harder that you might think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 21, 2017 Share Posted August 21, 2017 1 minute ago, Hangtight said: The anodized receiver looks like it came up OK, but if you want to strip that back to bare metal then try oven cleaner. Just a few seconds and a scrub with an old tooth brush should take the colour off, then rinse. Beware though, getting a decent polished finish without losing detail and definition is harder that you might think. Hmmm, no chance am I going to polish the aluminium, done loads of that in the past, way to labour intensive. If it ends up shiny, it has to be paint Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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