cyma cm050/Cybergun Ak47 AIMS Orange flash hider remover

[Skobo]

Has anyone had any success removing the orange plastic flash hider off the Cybergun AK47 AIMS also know as the CYMA CM050? I know its 14mm CCW thread but its glued on, I would like to remove it with out breaking the plastic tip so I can reuse it possibly in the future.
I have tried the boiling water trick to loosen it with out success.
Any tips on who I might be able to do this? I have the metal black replacement flash hider for when the orange is removed.

Thanks

[Styrak]

Break it off, it's plastic. I know you want to save it, but dude, it's plastic. Just replace it with metal.

[Spike]

Boiling and tearing/breaking it off is really the only way to get it off. New flash hiders are not very expensive.

[slink182]

Plastic tips are not worth saving. Metal replacements are cheap.

If boiling water isn't doing the trick, warm the tip while holding it above the stove element. Pretend you're roasting marshmallows or something. Have a wrench handy to help twist off.

[ArmorerKen]

The solvent Bestine is used to de-glue allot of stuff. Its toxic use gloves and a an organic filter respirator (3M model at hardware store is fairly cheap). If its a solvent based epoxy that has bonded to the plastic tip it still may release it from a metal barrel. DO NOT GET IT ON ANY PLASTIC PARTS YOU WANT TO KEEP LOOKING NEW. Carefully put a few drops on metal barrel just next to the flash hider (may mess up the paint, do it on the bottom of the barrel) and tilt to allow it to seep under the flash hider, should kind of suck in if its reacting to the glue. Then try to unscrew the barrel. This solvent may strip the paint on the barrel, so be warned a new metal flash hider may be less painful, though touching up some black on the tip of a barrel shouldn't be a major hassle ether.

Heating the plastic and cooling the barrel might help. A heat gun or hair dryer waved at the flash hider and icepack with towel over it covering the barrel might actually do the trick without any solvent. The trick is to make the flash hider fairly warm in relation to the barrel, if both get heated the metal expands as well and is still locked in place, you want to shrink the barrel with cold as you warm the flash hider. Avoid directing the hot air into the barrel, aim at the flash hiders side from the direction of the receiver. This is so the air hits the plastic flash hider and passes around it but not into the front of it. Maybe wrap it in one wrap of masking tape to seal the tip and side ports so it heats from the outside in and no hot air goes down the barrel.