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Paint stripping Plastics.; help with technique
Topic Started: 1 Jun 2012, 08:31 AM (1,010 Views)
explodingboy	1 Jun 2012, 08:31 AM Post #1
Warrant Officer Second Class Posts: 201 Group: Comrade Member #1,269 Joined: August 14, 2009	Right, I'm in need of some helpful advice in the hope that someone has a better method than I currently use. I've recently unearthed my old chaos space marine army.. and in all truthfulness my painting ability used to suck. I always intended to return to them and salvage it into a suitably nice force some day, but for the life of me I can't work out how. I've tried fairy power spray, and what I'm keen to know is.. Can I possibly do something faster/more efficient than spraying and scrubbing 1 figure at a time.. with the result of them disintegrating into ever smaller and harder to clean components. Should I be pouring it all into a jug and letting them soak or do I need to consider the older motor oil that I'm sure used to be the method used when I was a youth?



greeble	1 Jun 2012, 09:10 AM Post #2
Warrant Officer First Class Posts: 503 Group: Comrade Member #960 Joined: February 11, 2009	I've tried power spray and wasn't impressed. stick the hole lot in a jug and full it with IPA. put a lid on on and leave it for a few hours. its scrubs up a treat. take every single bit of paint off and is the best stripper around. get an old tooth brush to get into the little nooks and crannies. Edited by greeble, 1 Jun 2012, 09:13 AM.



explodingboy	1 Jun 2012, 01:57 PM Post #3
Warrant Officer Second Class Posts: 201 Group: Comrade Member #1,269 Joined: August 14, 2009	sorry IPA? at least intuition would suggest you don't mean India Pale Ale.



Hank Scorpio	5 Jun 2012, 10:08 PM Post #4
Posts: 1 Group: Sub-Comrade Member #2,169 Joined: June 5, 2012	If you're in the UK then the brown Dettol stuff is fantastic for stripping plastic and doesn't harm the miniatures at all. You can leave them soaking it in for months and it still won't have marked or melted the plastic. Readily available too



crassius47	6 Jun 2012, 10:26 AM Post #5
Captain Posts: 3,962 Group: Comrade Member #189 Joined: October 16, 2007	Hank Scorpio 5 Jun 2012, 10:08 PM If you're in the UK then the brown Dettol stuff is fantastic for stripping plastic and doesn't harm the miniatures at all. You can leave them soaking it in for months and it still won't have marked or melted the plastic. Readily available too yep, dettol works a treat, don't damage the plastics (or more impotantly resin, this is learnt from experience ) also IPA is better in my belly than stripping my models



Pickers	6 Jun 2012, 07:34 PM Post #6
Corporal Posts: 13 Group: Sub-Comrade Member #411 Joined: April 12, 2008	explodingboy 1 Jun 2012, 01:57 PM sorry IPA? at least intuition would suggest you don't mean India Pale Ale. http://cpc.farnell.com/pro-power/ppc104/ipa-cleaning-solvent/dp/SA01885?in_merch=Featured%20Products - Isopropyl Alcohol, we use it at work and get by the barrel so I'm rather tempted to try it out. Dettol does work a treat and if you leave it long enough it starts to work on the superglue allowing you to take the model apart.



Brambleten	6 Jun 2012, 07:39 PM Post #7
Kickstarted Posts: 8,027 Group: Comrade Member #336 Joined: January 29, 2008	which Dettol in particular? the only brown stuff I've seen is the antiseptic stuff



Pickers	6 Jun 2012, 08:36 PM Post #8
Corporal Posts: 13 Group: Sub-Comrade Member #411 Joined: April 12, 2008	Yup the regular brown antiseptic stuff is what I use.



Brambleten	6 Jun 2012, 11:19 PM Post #9
Kickstarted Posts: 8,027 Group: Comrade Member #336 Joined: January 29, 2008	cool, didn't realise that antiseptic stuff did that. in hindsight i should have, having finally looked at the ingredients list and seen IPA. cheers



explodingboy	7 Jun 2012, 08:35 AM Post #10
Warrant Officer Second Class Posts: 201 Group: Comrade Member #1,269 Joined: August 14, 2009	Thanks all for the replies, I'll keep an eye out for the dettol today as we'll be off to the shops shortly.



greeble	11 Jun 2012, 12:32 PM Post #11
Warrant Officer First Class Posts: 503 Group: Comrade Member #960 Joined: February 11, 2009	ah yes I should have explained it a bit more IPA here's what I bought http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/IPA-ISOPROPYL-ALCOHOL-ISOPROPANOL-1-LITRE-min-99-pure-/320872712803?pt=UK_BOI_Medical_Lab_Equipment_Lab_Supplies_ET&hash=item4ab5810a63 works better than anyhting I've used (apart from nitromors on metals) make sur eyou keep the container sealed otherwise it'll evaporate



fireangel	14 Jun 2012, 05:35 PM Post #12
Second Lieutenant Posts: 914 Group: Comrade Member #1,876 Joined: June 21, 2011	Has anyone ever used an ultrasonic cleaner to strip miniatures?



# the_great_gonzo	14 Jun 2012, 07:46 PM Post #13
Prince of Sambuca - black lightning! Posts: 7,529 Group: Super Admin Member #99 Joined: September 28, 2007	Nope. I've used Dot3 or 4 brake fluid. Cleans pretty much everything off. Just watch your skin.



explodingboy	16 Jun 2012, 10:59 PM Post #14
Warrant Officer Second Class Posts: 201 Group: Comrade Member #1,269 Joined: August 14, 2009	Right, been on and off a few days but I did manage to get around to dropping some figs in Dettol and I'm a bit stumped.. paint has come of pretty well, but what is still on the figure, undercoat wise just seems to refuse to scrub off, and has left it with a serious... oily layer. Is there a trick I've missed to get the model dettol free once the paint is gone?



BigWill	17 Jun 2012, 05:27 AM Post #15
Second Lieutenant Posts: 1,040 Group: Comrade Member #119 Joined: October 2, 2007	Dishwashing soap. For resin Lacquer Thinner works wonders,but is a bit fumey for the layman.



Cothbarton	17 Jun 2012, 07:27 AM Post #16
Second Lieutenant Posts: 1,024 Group: Comrade Member #1,870 Joined: June 12, 2011	Hmm, I was going to ask how to do this, and here someone had done it for me. Yay for model recycling.



greeble	11 Jul 2012, 11:35 AM Post #17
Warrant Officer First Class Posts: 503 Group: Comrade Member #960 Joined: February 11, 2009	here's a pic of a MK1 Rhino I'm resurrecting I found it in the cupboard. It was covered in thick layers of white, blue, black and green paint. I left the tracks and all the metal bits soak overnight in a sealed plastic tub with IPA and thats the result. TBH after 5 minutes the paint was soft and bubbling. the hull was only part stripped as I didn't need to strip it that much. Edited by greeble, 11 Jul 2012, 11:39 AM.



Brambleten	11 Jul 2012, 12:11 PM Post #18
Kickstarted Posts: 8,027 Group: Comrade Member #336 Joined: January 29, 2008	this guy had a few hours in dettol How do you guys get the paint off the mini once its ready to come off? I started out with an old toothbrush but then realised that an unfolded paperclip was needed to get into all the cracks and crevices. (but as you can see that method wasn't entirely successful.) I also learnt from this not to put any bases that have PVA glue on their bases in. it turns to a layer of gunk on the model that sticks to the brush and doesnt come off it Edited by Brambleten, 11 Jul 2012, 12:13 PM.



greeble	11 Jul 2012, 01:16 PM Post #19
Warrant Officer First Class Posts: 503 Group: Comrade Member #960 Joined: February 11, 2009	I use an electic tooth brush



☺Ash	11 Jul 2012, 01:53 PM Post #20
Lieutenant Posts: 1,750 Group: Honour Guard Member #447 Joined: May 5, 2008	I use Dot4 brake fluid - does the job. I had no idea Dettol worked going to have to try that.



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