Sanding....

[Ducky]

hey, ok... i got some 220 grit sandpaper.... like... for sanding... is there a way i should go... like in circles... or just the same way or what?? i wanna try some sanding on my gat... and im gonna start with the top part... were the back of the bolt would be.... *the flat part behind the bolt* and just wanna know the best way to do it... thanx guys.

[Edwin]

hey, ok... i got some 220 grit sandpaper.... like... for sanding... is there a way i should go... like in circles... or just the same way or what?? i wanna try some sanding on my gat... and im gonna start with the top part... were the back of the bolt would be.... *the flat part behind the bolt* and just wanna know the best way to do it... thanx guys.

What the hell are you sanding a Tribal for???

Once you expose the Aluminum it will start to oxidize and you will have to keep polishing it to keep it shiny. If you want to remove the Ano, I heard Easy-Off Oven Cleaner will strip it. Try a little Easy-off in a place that can't be seen to test it. Maybe right under the plastic board insulator.

If you want to sand on a Marker, why not sand on one of those Kingmans laying around in your house. At least they can be replaced. :punch:

[Ducky]

lol well.... first of all... its the milled tribal i own :D so im not sure if u can really consider that a tribal..... second, i didnt like the milling swirls.... so well i sanded them off. :p its not like im dmging it that much anyways... lol its that milled tribal... that i own, u know what im talking about... :D

ill get pics up later of what ive done so far....

:bunny_4:

[Ducky]

ok, this is the side i didnt sand... but u can see the milling swirls or whatever u call them....
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v355/ps_front-player/before.jpg

and this is after... *looks SO much better in person* but this gives u a general idea.....
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v355/ps_front-player/after.jpg

thats y im sanding on a tribal :D :p

im thinking about sanding the black off.... and then just having it annoed 2 different colors... the flat long part, *first pic, part with stickers* and annoing that 1 color, along witht he part in black.... then the part that it like milled in farther... and above the part with sticker.... doing that another color... same with the grove that goes down the middle of the gun....

oh yeah... and the ducktape were the bolt goes.... thats there to keep any of the aluminum bits from falling down into the gun.... and such...

[Edwin]

Ok I see.

If you just want to get the black off, try easy-off.

I never noticed the mill marks where that bad, until these photos.

Hit is with some finer sandpaper too, then you can polish it. Probably 400 Wet Sand then you can polish with a dremel or better yet a real polisher. If you need me to polish it, I can. Just send it to me ready to buff, and I will do it for free. But don't make me do all the disassembly.

[Have Blue]

You can also take it to an anodizer and ask them to strip it for you - I'd trust this more than the Easy-Off method.

[Ducky]

thinking of just sanding the anno off..... i duno tho...

[MasterOfPupets]

If you're having a company ano it, they'll strip the ano before they ano it (most do for free) so if you're getting it done anyways, do that.

[Edwin]

You can also take it to an anodizer and ask them to strip it for you - I'd trust this more than the Easy-Off method.

I wish I had a ano company that close :(

http://www.caswellplating.com/
:tup: they have ano stripper that you can buy.

[Ducky]

im just gonna wait for now... not sure what i wanna do with it yet... so right know... im just gonna sand the other side... and see what happens... i got team practice this weekend... 20 bucks gone atleast, then a tourny next weekend... around 80 bucks for that... 2 cases of paint... *entry fee alrdy paid for* then hunington beach after that... UGH! *no im not going to play, just watch*

but hopefully after all that... ill have some cash left over... for some annoing or sumfin :D

i need a job that pays lol :p