I've been looking into refinishing a shotgun for a long time now. Finally mboltm was able to find me 1. I was a little intimidated when I first received it because it really was a pretty rough shotgun. It had been painted at least 3 different times. And very rusted up before that. But 870's are known for being very hard to kill.
First thing I did was disassemble shotgun to see what I was working with. Everything seemed there and in functioning order. The screws holding in the stock pad were so rusted they broke off when trying to unscrew them.
So I collected all the materials needed the next afternoon.
I needed a can of DupliColor Engine enamel paint in low gloss black. Looked for the 1400° stuff but all they had was 500° ... then I went to autozone because napa auto parts was rediculously expensive. At autozone I picked up a pack of steel wool, some sanding paper, and most importantly a gallon can of aircraft remover. No it doesn't take anywhere near a gallon, but a gallon is only twice as expensive as a quart. Plus the stuff is great to have around. And a couple rolls of shop rags. Also needed is one can of brake cleaner.
The next step was to spread the aircraft remover anywhere there was a paint to be removed. Give it a few minutes in the paint will start bubbling off. Then all you have to do is wipe it off. Or pressure wash it.
Once all the paint is off, give it a good rub down with steel wool. I spent a hour which is the steel wool all metal parts. 1 hour was probably overkill but I didn't wanna speck of rust left.
Then I sprayed degreaser over everything in the bathtub for easy clean up. My wife just found out I did that and gave me a dirty look.... what is that was done air drying I setup copper hanging racks in the oven. I heated everything to a little over 100 degrees and then gave 3 light coats of paint with 10 minutes between coats. Then I'll let the paint dry for 20 minutes. Then carefully placed everything in the oven and bake at 400 degrees for an hour and a half.
It's incredibly simple and I was really surprise that the quality of the finish.
First thing I did was disassemble shotgun to see what I was working with. Everything seemed there and in functioning order. The screws holding in the stock pad were so rusted they broke off when trying to unscrew them.
So I collected all the materials needed the next afternoon.
I needed a can of DupliColor Engine enamel paint in low gloss black. Looked for the 1400° stuff but all they had was 500° ... then I went to autozone because napa auto parts was rediculously expensive. At autozone I picked up a pack of steel wool, some sanding paper, and most importantly a gallon can of aircraft remover. No it doesn't take anywhere near a gallon, but a gallon is only twice as expensive as a quart. Plus the stuff is great to have around. And a couple rolls of shop rags. Also needed is one can of brake cleaner.
The next step was to spread the aircraft remover anywhere there was a paint to be removed. Give it a few minutes in the paint will start bubbling off. Then all you have to do is wipe it off. Or pressure wash it.
Once all the paint is off, give it a good rub down with steel wool. I spent a hour which is the steel wool all metal parts. 1 hour was probably overkill but I didn't wanna speck of rust left.
Then I sprayed degreaser over everything in the bathtub for easy clean up. My wife just found out I did that and gave me a dirty look.... what is that was done air drying I setup copper hanging racks in the oven. I heated everything to a little over 100 degrees and then gave 3 light coats of paint with 10 minutes between coats. Then I'll let the paint dry for 20 minutes. Then carefully placed everything in the oven and bake at 400 degrees for an hour and a half.
It's incredibly simple and I was really surprise that the quality of the finish.
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