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I’ve used Citri-Strip Klein-Strip and Safety-Strip for years as the least invasive/destructive means I know of. I’ve used sandblasting and oven cleaner (in my early days) but that is an extreme in my experience which means I wouldn’t recommend them for anything you prize. The aforementioned strippers are not going to be the fastest way forward and in some instances will require multiple cycles of coat-scrub-wipe-rinse (always scrub with a greenie pad and hot water to rinse, it pops some dents out!) which means time but it does not harm the wood. Pick your tolerance for time/damage and proceed. Best wishes with your project, I’ve a CZ 452 I’m very fond of, fine rifles.
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I have a 700 BDL stock that needs stripped and refinished. If I take it to a furniture stripper and have it dipped, will that remove the Remington gloss finish? Will it damage the polymer tip and grip cap?
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I've not found anything to surpass Jasco - it does need time to work on polyurethane-based finish like the glossy crap Remington put on a lot of their long guns. I would definitely tape off any tenite tips and grip caps.
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OP.. How did it go? What did you end up trying?
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Alex - I haven’t had a chance to try it yet. The weather has been very up-and-down and I’d be working in a non-climate controlled garage. I didn’t know how this may affect the chemicals - especially when it was down below freezing for days straight.
I’ll be giving it a go come spring/summer when the weather stays warmer and more consistent!
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I strip lots of parts. I have found that a heat gun is your friend. Clean the finish good with lacquer thinner, scuff lightly with 80 grit. Warm it up and apply aircraft stripper. The good stuff will give you a blister in 2 seconds so wear gloves and sleeves
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I strip lots of parts. I have found that a heat gun is your friend. Clean the finish good with lacquer thinner, scuff lightly with 80 grit. Warm it up and apply aircraft stripper. The good stuff will give you a blister in 2 seconds so wear gloves and sleeves Can you provide a link to the aircraft stripper that you use?
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The stuff i use comes in 5 gallon drums and is not sold to normal consumers. It contains DICHLOROMETHANE and PHENOL.
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The stuff i use comes in 5 gallon drums and is not sold to normal consumers. It contains DICHLOROMETHANE and PHENOL. MIL SPEC. IS. MIL-R-81294D It's old an possibly not available anymore. I did have some aerosol "Bowman" brand that contained METHYLENE CHLORIDE, that was bad a$$ stuff too. polyurethane removerThis is current product
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The stuff i use comes in 5 gallon drums and is not sold to normal consumers. It contains DICHLOROMETHANE and PHENOL. MIL SPEC. IS. MIL-R-81294D It's old an possibly not available anymore. I did have some aerosol "Bowman" brand that contained METHYLENE CHLORIDE, that was bad a$$ stuff too. polyurethane removerThis is current product Do you glow in the dark after using that ?
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I strip lots of parts. I have found that a heat gun is your friend. Clean the finish good with lacquer thinner, scuff lightly with 80 grit. Warm it up and apply aircraft stripper. The good stuff will give you a blister in 2 seconds so wear gloves and sleeves A buddy and I once stripped a 1956 Austin-Healey in prep for restoration by using aircraft stripper. In our zeal we went at it without gloves. Boy did the paint just peel off. While washing up afterwards I noticed one layer of skin after another slough off the back of my hands. No aftereffects when I dried off but it scared the bejesus out of me. Lessons learned the hard way....
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Last Remington stock, I ended up using a heat gun. Worked great.
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I have a Remington 700 factory stock I want to refinish so I just tried the lacquer thinner on it. No results. remington is the most difficult to deal with
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I have a Remington 700 factory stock I want to refinish so I just tried the lacquer thinner on it. No results. remington is the most difficult to deal with There are many every bit as difficult.
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Huh? It's about as easy as it gets. I'll lay the stock down on a sheet of tinfoil, citristrip it, wrap it up tight which helps keep it from drying...and leave it for hours, gets a majority of it off, then just spot do the stubborn places. I'll then put the stock in a hot dishwasher with water only. Cleans it up and pulls out scratches and small dings.
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