Gunsmithing Best way to remove krylon from an AR-15

[lukeyn]

Well, after searching and searching I haven't found a good answer on how to easily strip krylon off an ar-15 so I tried about everything. I will list from lease effective to most. Hope this helps someone. I ended up using aircraft stripper. This also removed Rustoleum primer from the firearm. Also this does not work well on plastics.
Graphitti Krud Kutter
Acetone
Laquer Thinner
BRAKLEEN
Automotive Paint Remover
Aircraft Stripper.
The aircraft stripper works awesome if you are going to just repaint the firearm.

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[Force_Multiplier]

Re: Best way to remove krylon from an AR-15

citri-strip

 

[lukeyn]

Re: Best way to remove krylon from an AR-15

The aircraft stripper just bubbles the paint up and is removed by a cleaning brush.

 

[308garand]

Re: Best way to remove krylon from an AR-15

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Force_Multiplier</div><div class="ubbcode-body">citri-strip </div></div>

+1

 

[sawman556]

Re: Best way to remove krylon from an AR-15

Acetone wouldn't remove Krylon?

 

[wilecoyote]

Re: Best way to remove krylon from an AR-15

yes

 

[Beef82]

Re: Best way to remove krylon from an AR-15

The guy in this thread had good luck, looks allot like it was never painted.
http://www.snipershide.com/forum/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=1934257#Post1934257

 

[lukeyn]

Re: Best way to remove krylon from an AR-15

very nice. im ordering up some magpul fde duracoat tomorrow and a new rail for her. will update once complete.

The acetone worked ok, but did not remove it as easily as airplane stripper.