Removing a ton of Krylon

[beenjammin]

Guys I just got done totally disassembling a sako trg and removing thick krylon from everywhere. here is a before pic.
http://www.snipershide.com/forum/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=1265900&page=1

I read where aceton was good for it and i went to home depot to get some. well they had about 20 different solvents there for paint removal and the paint dude couldnt even tell me anything.

I ended up buying a small can of Acetone and a small can of MEK. methyl-ethyl-ketone.

What i found is they both work, but the acetone is so volitile that it evaporates before you get very much area. I found ti to be a real pain in the ass. I switched over to the MEK and I stayed around a little longer and also did a very good job. Just squirt and wipe. The TRGs plastic body help up to it as well.

Just thought Id list for some info. It now looks factory new.

 

[Guest]

Re: Removing a ton of Krylon

Looked good before.

Whats she look like now?

 

[Hink]

Re: Removing a ton of Krylon

Three main components of rattlecan spray -- color, binder, and solvent. If you can reanimate the binder with solvent, then you can remove the color. But I'd be awful careful with MEK -- it's great for what it does, but you'd thank yourself to wear gloves with something like that.

+1 for post-mod pics.

 

[beenjammin]

Re: Removing a ton of Krylon

I will post some pics, and yes gloves with this kind of organic solvent is a good idea. I have been around it so long with work that it doesnt even burn my skin anymore... got to be a bad thing.

Im justnot a krylon fan is why i did it. I like everything factory. Just a me thing.

 

[Greg Langelius *]

Re: Removing a ton of Krylon

Auto Zone, Super Clean Degreaser (in the gallon, and bigger, purple jug), immerse overnight, remove softened residual paint with a plastic dish scrubber pad. Kinda amazing, actually; it even stripped the black paint off my Harris Bipod. If necessary, repeat. Tends to etch aluminum. Non toxic, biodegradable. The degreaser can be strained, recovered, and reused. I think of the stuff as "Krylon's Nemesis".

Greg

 

[Rhys]

Re: Removing a ton of Krylon

MEK works very well, but that shit gives cancer to robots. I only use it when nothing else will work. Xylene is another that works well, and isn't quite as bad for you.

 

[Lazlo]

Re: Removing a ton of Krylon

Methyl ethyl keytone (MEK) is an industrial catalyst used in the processing of fiberglass, and works to turn raw fiberglass into a sticky goo. Keep this in mind when getting it anywhere near a fiberglass stock.

If you want to see that stuff's use, rub it into some unwanted fiberglass material and watch it burn a hole straight through.

Agreed on the comments of it giving cancer to robots as well.