C-Fish
08-15-09, 09:35
I had the wild hair yesterday to restore my M4gery to an EBR.
I had previously painted some of the parts on this rifle OD Green.
Paint used was Krylon Fusion camo.
Lessons learned:
1) If you paint parts on your rifle, sell those parts off (at a loss) and replace.
2) Krylon sticks very well in areas you can't get to easily.
3) $40 in chemicals could have been spent on ammo/beer.
4) Removing paint SUCKS!
5) Engine De-greaser works very well on plastic parts.
6) 100 degrees and 30% humidity BLOWS!
7) You can't re-paint (black) your stock to cover old paint (that you couldn't remove).
8) Black shoe polish is your friend.
9) Beer tastes better when you've "had enough" with paint removal.
10) DON'T PAINT IF YOU THINK YOU"RE EVER GOING TO CHANGE YOUR MIND!
I painted my M4Gery about a year ago. I was tired of all black and wanted something different.
I chose OD Green (well after the OD Green craze). I painted my VLTOR CASV-EL, my LMT SOPMOD stock and a vertical foregrip.
Here is a photo.
http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g296/mseiferth/Guns/DSC_0226.jpg
The Magpul MOE grip/PMAG are factory.
Fast forward to yesterday and this is where the fun begins...
I spent about $40 in chemicals, and about 6 hours of elbow grease to get all (most) of the green paint off.
Kleen Strip HD gel works great on metal but is a major PITA to clean off the part.
Graffiti Remover (Motsenbocker's) works OK on plastic parts. Does not harm the plastic.
Brake Cleaner and Engine De-greaser also work on plastic with no side effects (they do cause a whitish haze that goes away with CLP).
I spent most of the day in the garage with various parts in Aluminum pans (soaking) to get the paint removed.
I did have to hit a few metal parts with Kylon Camo black to cover any remaining green that I couldn't get off.
I spent the majority of the time on the plastic stock...should have sold and replaced. :mad:
Black shoe polish was used to cover any greenish tint left on the stock. ;)
Here is a current photo...
http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g296/mseiferth/Guns/DSC_0282.jpg
Don't have the fancy dancy Stickman studio setup...
I had previously painted some of the parts on this rifle OD Green.
Paint used was Krylon Fusion camo.
Lessons learned:
1) If you paint parts on your rifle, sell those parts off (at a loss) and replace.
2) Krylon sticks very well in areas you can't get to easily.
3) $40 in chemicals could have been spent on ammo/beer.
4) Removing paint SUCKS!
5) Engine De-greaser works very well on plastic parts.
6) 100 degrees and 30% humidity BLOWS!
7) You can't re-paint (black) your stock to cover old paint (that you couldn't remove).
8) Black shoe polish is your friend.
9) Beer tastes better when you've "had enough" with paint removal.
10) DON'T PAINT IF YOU THINK YOU"RE EVER GOING TO CHANGE YOUR MIND!
I painted my M4Gery about a year ago. I was tired of all black and wanted something different.
I chose OD Green (well after the OD Green craze). I painted my VLTOR CASV-EL, my LMT SOPMOD stock and a vertical foregrip.
Here is a photo.
http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g296/mseiferth/Guns/DSC_0226.jpg
The Magpul MOE grip/PMAG are factory.
Fast forward to yesterday and this is where the fun begins...
I spent about $40 in chemicals, and about 6 hours of elbow grease to get all (most) of the green paint off.
Kleen Strip HD gel works great on metal but is a major PITA to clean off the part.
Graffiti Remover (Motsenbocker's) works OK on plastic parts. Does not harm the plastic.
Brake Cleaner and Engine De-greaser also work on plastic with no side effects (they do cause a whitish haze that goes away with CLP).
I spent most of the day in the garage with various parts in Aluminum pans (soaking) to get the paint removed.
I did have to hit a few metal parts with Kylon Camo black to cover any remaining green that I couldn't get off.
I spent the majority of the time on the plastic stock...should have sold and replaced. :mad:
Black shoe polish was used to cover any greenish tint left on the stock. ;)
Here is a current photo...
http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g296/mseiferth/Guns/DSC_0282.jpg
Don't have the fancy dancy Stickman studio setup...