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Removing Yugo green from Tripod
Posted: Mon Nov 16, 2009 7:29 pm
by bmwr12
I just got a Yugo possibly original German Lafayette mount for $500. Any ideas on the best way to get the paint off. Sand blasting didnt seem to work too well on my Yugo reissued orignal barrel carriers. Also any ideas on where to get a repro German Range plate? Thanks
Re: Removing Yugo green from Tripod
Posted: Mon Nov 16, 2009 8:30 pm
by Bil
Try Allegheny Arsenal for the repro plate.try a little oven cleaner in an inconspicious spot for paint removal,wash off as soon as it works. ---bil
Re: Removing Yugo green from Tripod
Posted: Mon Nov 16, 2009 8:58 pm
by DARIVS ARCHITECTVS
...or have bil look at it REAL HARD and it will just peel right off. (For a fee, of course)
Re: Removing Yugo green from Tripod
Posted: Mon Nov 16, 2009 10:38 pm
by JBaum
Lafayette helped the newly formed U.S.A. in the war against the British.
Lafette is the German name for a gun mount.
Use paint stripper and a high pressure washer when you're done softening the paint. It'll take a few times, but you'll get it off.
Re: Removing Yugo green from Tripod
Posted: Mon Nov 16, 2009 10:48 pm
by bmwr12
I figured the spelling was wrong but that is the way google said was correct... I will give it a go tomorrow.Going to try the barrel carriers too.
Re: Removing Yugo green from Tripod
Posted: Tue Nov 17, 2009 6:34 pm
by Bil
While he was a big help during our revolution,he had forgotten us when years later an officer of the A.E.F. announced'Lafeyette,we are here!',and got no answer!
How soon they forget! Let us know how it goes after you remove the paint from his legs. ---bil
Re: Removing Yugo green from Tripod
Posted: Tue Nov 17, 2009 7:31 pm
by bmwr12
if it is a german lafette where would it be marked? It looks like it had a plate riveted on top (not range plate)below where the buttstock is.The plate is no longer there though.
Re: Removing Yugo green from Tripod
Posted: Tue Nov 17, 2009 11:40 pm
by JBaum
Should be a few waffenampts and the year of production stamped in the sheet metal on top of the rear cross member, right below where they gun sits. Might be covered up with paint, though.
Re: Removing Yugo green from Tripod
Posted: Wed Nov 18, 2009 7:26 am
by resting
bmwr12 wrote:if it is a german lafette where would it be marked? It looks like it had a plate riveted on top (not range plate)below where the buttstock is.The plate is no longer there though.
I picked up one at the Creek that has the rivet holes in the same place. The paint where the plate was removed is more like OD green than the Yugo .
Re: Removing Yugo green from Tripod
Posted: Wed Nov 18, 2009 11:35 am
by David
I did paint stripper and the high pressure washer method on mine. Sand blaster in the tiny areas.
As for markings they would be located on teh top of the cradle like said. I had the 4 rivet holes in mine also and looks like my mfg stampings were ground away. But all the other waffenampt parts are there.