Gunsmithing Refinishing WASR-10 Need Advice on metal finish

[TacticalTeacher]

Good day all,

I am currently refinishing the furniture on a Romanian WASR-10 (1979) and I decided to do a complete refinish on the weapon. This is my first attempt at metal finishing on a firearm and would like to stay with the factory finish or something to that effect. Any help would be appreciated, ie; finish products (dura coat etc..) strip, prep, application and finish methods.

The usual suspects on this WASR are in good order, straight front sight post, no mag wobble, centered gas tube, no stock wobble, I really want to complete this refinish just to learn the process for future projects on my other rifles, I really don't want to practice on my 700 or AR.

I sincerely appreciate any help you can provide and I hope I can return the favor on a future thread of yours that I may know something about.

Thank you in advance.

 

[prom93]

Re: Refinishing WASR-10 Need Advice on metal finish

Check the AR15.com Forum, and go to the AK section....GL

 

[MitchInOR]

Re: Refinishing WASR-10 Need Advice on metal finish

I have built a couple and always finish them in gun kote ak black.
You need to strip it down to the barest components and do a good degreasing. I spray with brake cleaner them soak in acetone overnight followed by another spray.
After allowing time for the solvents to evapoate blast with 120 mesh aluminum oxide. Don't touch with your bare hands during and after the sand blasting. Use an air to get rid of any sand that may be left on/in the parts.
MIST the bare parts with K Phos. If you get any blotches or runs it will be visible in the finish.
Heat your parts to about 100-200 degrees in your curing oven then spray gun kote with an airbrush following the directions on the can. You can vary the sheen of the final finish by how you apply the gun kote. Light misted coats=flat, heavy wet coats=glossy.
Cure in your oven at 325 degrees for an hour.

 

[TacticalTeacher]

Re: Refinishing WASR-10 Need Advice on metal finish

Thank you for the info, i will use that as a starting point and being this adventure. i will post pics of the completed rifle when available. Thank you again.