Pedersoli Mortimer finish?

[Wawyasto]

What in the world do the Italians finish the barrels and stocks with???? I thought it was some sort of duracoat product to create some phony looking plum brown look but I'm now finding a few spots of what looks like the finish blistered and surface rust underneath. I'd post pics except my smart phone camera app isn't working right.

I've got to get this manure off my barrel and get it refinished. Any ideas what to use? While I'm at it I want to refinish the stock, too. Ideas?

 

[64Springer]

Aircraft Remover will eat through anything.

It's paint stripper on steroids.

 

[painter]

Aircraft Remover will eat through anything.

It's paint stripper on steroids.

The Feds have mandated taking all the goodness out of paint removers. The stuff you're referring to had methylene chloride as the active ingredient. That's been gone since 2019.

There isn't a really good stripper left, IMO.

 

[Nav]

I’d strip the barrel with steel wool. Start course and move to fine once it’s mostly gone. Once it’s all gone wet sand with 800-1200 depending on how mirror smooth you want it. I’ve never had good luck with chemicals not knowing what I’m stripping, but steel wool always works.

 

[Artificer]

To strip modern stock finishes, I first try acetone along with chore boy copper pad scrubbers.

If that doesn't work, then common hardware store Lacquer Thinner with chore boy copper pad scrubbers.

It is a very rare stock these two won't work on, but if so, then manually scraping off the old finish is the last option available.

Gus