[johnggrg]

Just bought a Enfield 2a and want to remove the gobbs of paint to refinish. What is the best and safest way to do this? John

 

[Youngblood]

I used Citri-Strip on the 1st and on the 2nd, Citri-Strip on the wood and an old can of Easy-Off on the metal.

Before & After:

Kim

 

[John Sukey In Memoriam]

the paint on a 2A is cheap stuff. ANY paint remover will take it off. (Remove wood first, LOL)

 

[NORMSUTTON]

John

I took mine apart and used paint stripper the stock and the metal


before

after

NORM

 

[Muggzy]

I used Denatured Alcohol on the metal along with a Dremel Tool with wire wheel to get into the crevices of the sights. I used Easy-Off Oven cleaner on the wood. You can also use denatured Alcohol on the wood to lighten the color ofthe wood.

 

[Fushigi Ojisan]

I would advise AGAINST using Easy-Off(TM) since its lye-based and will do a number on the wood.

I found Mpro7 does a really good job of softening up the paint/stoving on SMLEs of all flavors. Just let it sit a while and follow it up with a ScotchBrtite(TM) pad.