gunscrubber and plastic

LSU12ga · May 26, 2006, 06:43 PM

I was cleaning my 870 reciently and i still had a little gun scrubber on my hands, and when i went to touch the plastic, it turned white. does anyone know of a way to get rid of the discoloration?

can i paint over it?

thanks.

Bill DeShivs · May 26, 2006, 07:06 PM

Try putting a little oil or Armor All on it. If the plastic is truly discolored, it can be sanded and polished.
Bill

Minator · May 26, 2006, 11:16 PM

Paint or sand, if you get to much of that garbage on the stock in some cases it will weaken the integrity of the stock or if you let it sit on it with out cleaning it off immediately it will cause cracks, I spilled a bottle of solvent on one of my ar stocks and just wiped it off ith a rag it dried out the surface of the plastic and broke when I went shooting the next week.

Homerboy · May 27, 2006, 06:56 AM

Oil it up. The spot will vanish. Happens to my AR all the time.

hoghunting · May 27, 2006, 09:55 AM

For future reference, Shooter's Choice makes a polymer safe cleaner/degreaser that is safe to use on the synthetics. I use it on any of my firearms that have any synthetic. Works very well.

LSU12ga · May 27, 2006, 11:08 AM

thanks for all the help!

May 26, 2006, 06:43 PM	#1
LSU12ga Senior Member Join Date: April 13, 2006 Posts: 407	gunscrubber and plastic I was cleaning my 870 reciently and i still had a little gun scrubber on my hands, and when i went to touch the plastic, it turned white. does anyone know of a way to get rid of the discoloration? can i paint over it? thanks.

May 27, 2006, 11:08 AM	#6
LSU12ga Senior Member Join Date: April 13, 2006 Posts: 407	thanks thanks for all the help!

May 26, 2006, 07:06 PM	#2
Bill DeShivs Senior Member Join Date: April 7, 2006 Posts: 10,984	Try putting a little oil or Armor All on it. If the plastic is truly discolored, it can be sanded and polished. Bill

May 26, 2006, 11:16 PM	#3
Minator Senior Member Join Date: November 10, 2005 Location: South Texas Posts: 462	Paint or sand, if you get to much of that garbage on the stock in some cases it will weaken the integrity of the stock or if you let it sit on it with out cleaning it off immediately it will cause cracks, I spilled a bottle of solvent on one of my ar stocks and just wiped it off ith a rag it dried out the surface of the plastic and broke when I went shooting the next week.

May 27, 2006, 06:56 AM	#4
Homerboy Junior member Join Date: June 16, 2004 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 1,320	Oil it up. The spot will vanish. Happens to my AR all the time.

May 27, 2006, 09:55 AM	#5
hoghunting Senior Member Join Date: March 27, 2006 Posts: 1,559	For future reference, Shooter's Choice makes a polymer safe cleaner/degreaser that is safe to use on the synthetics. I use it on any of my firearms that have any synthetic. Works very well.