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Best way to touch up an AR receiver?
I have a Sig P516 that I need to remove some engraving from. This is being done at a machine shop, and the receiver will be left with some areas of bare metal on the side. Does anyone have experience using touch up paint on an AR? I have encountered a few suggestions: black sharpie, a few Birchwood Casey products, Alumablack (which sounds complicated). Any suggestions would be appreciated.
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"touch up" usually means a partial job not covering the complete piece/panel.
No "touch up" ever looks perfect. The answer is to paint the WHOLE GUN. Then, it will all match. At the very minimum, paint the WHOLE RECEIVER.
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I've had some success with Muriatic Acid to clean the area, quickly followed by q-tip swabbing with Birchwood Casey Aluminum Black.
Colors vary from dark gray to black, depending on the Aluminum. Caveat; Use the usual safety protocols when using acid. |
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What are you removing
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The AR pistol was converted to an AOW so I could put a forward vertical grip on it. To do that, I had to create a gun trust so I could get it on the ATF NFA registry. All items in the gun trust have to have the name of the trust and city/state engraved on them. To sell it, I have to take it off the NFA registry, so I wanted to sell it without the engraving on it (which actually has my name on it).
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