Removing baked on enamel

[bsn]

I am having problems removing the finish on an AMD65. It appears to be baked on enamel; paint remover doesn’t seem to do a thing any suggestions?

[Eagle 1]

I once tried CARB CLEANER.It's the stuff fromm CRC.It's like acid in the can.

[hatch]

bead blast it off.

[ricochet]

I'd say bead blast it off also. You could wet sand it and feather it, then repaint it (is what I am doing now). But if my company didn't mind, I'd take her in and bead blast it. Is some tough stuff (why I'll go back with paint). Cheap, I am. But, we are talking cheap, a language I understand too well.

[DaveGP]

Have you tried PolyStrippa? The stuff destroyed any painted finish I tried not to get it on! Brake fluid also?

[F-Troop]

I am having problems removing the finish on an AMD65. It appears to be baked on enamel; paint remover doesn’t seem to do a thing any suggestions?
I am glad you raised this issue. I have a few AMD-65 kits. They appear to me to be Manganese Parkerizing. I plan to repark a shiney spot on the flash hider and that should confirm whether I am wrong or not.

Has anyone confirmed what the finish is?

[Jayson at IGF]

I am glad you raised this issue. I have a few AMD-65 kits. They appear to me to be Manganese Parkerizing. I plan to repark a shiney spot on the flash hider and that should confirm whether I am wrong or not.

Has anyone confirmed what the finish is?

All the ones I have seen have been some sort of black paint, probably enamel.

I havent seen one yet that was Parked, but that doesnt mean they dont exist.

Sometimes we use a product called "Aircraft Stripper" to remove stubborn thick paint before the beadblast.

[Ranger Edge]

Don't glass bead it ! Sandblast it with 90 grit at about 40 psi. glass bead will only polish the metel you need a rougher surface like the sandblasting will give it. trust me I've done this before..... :skull:

[thud]

Use the "aircraft" stripper. I just refinished a Chinese Draganov that had baked on enamel, and the aircraft stripper was the only thing that would work. Get it at an auto paint supply.

[bsn]

Had to soak it for about 30 hours in aircraft stripper, then still had to take a wire wheel to it, tough stuff.