Stripping Main Body Coating?

[dnm5d]

I would like to polish my main body and rail...how would I go about doing this other than working the grit up with sandpaper?

I have heard lye strips ano off aluminum--has anyone checked if lye also strips the coating off stainless?

Any other way to go about this

[rjvemt1]

a long time ago i used easy-off oven cleaner to de-ano a bushmaster. you could give that a try, its realativily cheap. and then theres always the dremmel.

[PyRo]

The bodies arn't coated, they are sand/bead blasted I believe which is what gives them that grey look.

[GPZ1170]

Remove anno

Red Devil drain cleaner. It works really good following the mixing instructions DONT use hot water when mixing it. It will strip the annodizing off in about 1/2 hour. Also make sure to move the part around every 5 min or so.Watch the part close near the end of the process.

[dnm5d]

I guess I should have said it's a stock RTPRO black body, which I believe is powdercoated, though I could be wrong.
The methods posted so far seem like they are only for stripping away ano from aluminum.
What I really wanted to know is: do they work with stainless bodies that have been blasted/coated?

[PyRo]

Ok, the black bodies I believe are painted with a teflon paint. Mine was about 10 years old, and already peeling. I just put some paint stripper on it, and it scraped right off.
I don't think that paint stripper is going to be strong enough for what you want to do though. Bead blasting would probably be a good way to strip it. This shouldn't wear off the paint.

[PyRo]

Opps, I ment that should strip the paint, and not wear away at the metal, as sand blasting might. Anyone disagree?

[joeyjoe367]

What might be easier would be to find someone who wants to trade parts with you.

Check out the classified forums. I'm sure you'll be able to find Something.

[FactsOfLife]

or somebody who polishes mags....

[GPZ1170]

Well i have done some bead blasting designs in the past (see photo) and with extra fine silica sand it does leave a texture on the metal. But an automag body rail is so small it would take little to no time at all to get a real good shine on it. After i blast a design into a gun i use mothers metal cream, it eats away at the aluminum a little at a time and makes it shine. The more you use it the better it gets. If you blast the whole rail you could sand it with 180/240/320/600/1500 grit sandpaper then get a buffing wheel for a hand drill to make it shine. It's easy just takes awhile to make it look good. Also remember a polished surface will tarnish when paint gets on it so it will need to be cleaned all the time.

[upjeeper]

aluminum or stainless?

I'm about to order mag, and I'd like to anodize it
but I've heard some mags are stainless some are aluminum
which is which? I can tell the difference when I'm actually looking at it, but I'd like to know ahead of time

nater

[Nobody077]

I belive only the new C&C mags and the Micromags are Aluminum(I may be wrong). I'm shure the clasics and minimags are stainless. As for stripping the black body a thick coat of good paintstripper and sitting over night in a plastic bag would probaly work. The plastic bag is to keep the paintstiper from drying out making it easy to take off.

[SkElL~ObIsSiS]

I stripped mine with a piece of scotch bright while holding it uder the kitchen faucet(make sure the scotch bright is wet aslo) after that i buffed it with mothers mag polish and a piece of terry cloth. Then I took it to buffing wheel, no harsh abraisives just some elbow grease..... it lookes like a mirror now... before you buff it on the wheel you might want to use cheese cloth


scotch bright

http://www.apachechemical.com/38/8319.htm?99

[BajaBoy]

make sure after u get the black off, that u take some metal off to bc when they heated it when powdercoating it really discolores the metal. If u think u got it all the way off and the bad metal just take a file to the underneath and sctarch it. If the scratch is brighter then u need to keep taking off metal to get the look of the pollished/crome/nickle bodys that u see all the time