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Anonymous

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November 2005

stripping

Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, September 9, 2004 7:03 AM

i have just stripped the paint from my ferarri dashboard. i feel like kicking myself. i really botched the job, i think it was too late at night. so i tried to strip the paint and primer off, but i somehow made the surface all icky. i have just reprimed it and sanded it into submission. whats the best way to strip paint off a part? i dont want to mess up another part.

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wayne baker

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February 2003
From: Medina, Ohio

Posted by wayne baker on Thursday, September 9, 2004 7:23 AM

I've had success with Easy Off oven cleaner, spray or brush on. I like brush on better, because of less fumes and mess. Soaking in Castrol Super Clean also works.

I may get so drunk, I have to crawl home. But dammit, I'll crawl like a Marine.

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Swanny

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February 2003
From: Sandusky Ohio, USA

Posted by Swanny on Thursday, September 9, 2004 7:43 AM

I use Chameleon Paint Stripper - never gives me any trouble.

Swanny's Models

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, September 9, 2004 8:08 AM

will oven cleaner do things to the plastic?

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wayne baker

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February 2003
From: Medina, Ohio

Posted by wayne baker on Thursday, September 9, 2004 9:24 AM

No, it doesn't hurt the plastic. Just be careful of your own skin.

I may get so drunk, I have to crawl home. But dammit, I'll crawl like a Marine.

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Anonymous

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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, September 9, 2004 11:34 AM

roger that.

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echolmberg

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February 2003
From: Green Bay, WI USA

Posted by echolmberg on Thursday, September 9, 2004 12:30 PM

Yes Easy Off works great. I wanted to reinforce what Wayne said though about protecting your skin. It didn't "burn" or "sting" or anything horrific to me but for a couple of days after using it I noticed that the skin on the palms of my hands started to flake off. It wasn't anything terrible. Ever get dry flakey skin around your cuticle in the winter or something like that? It was just like that only on the entire palm. I think the Easy Off sapped every bit of moisture out of my hand. I felt like a snake shedding it's skin. I was using my wife's moisturizer every hour.

Weird, man!

Eric

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MusicCity

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January 2004
From: USA

Posted by MusicCity on Thursday, September 9, 2004 1:29 PM

Castrol Super Clean. Small parts just pour a little in a cup and soak them for a few minutes, then brush with an old tooth brush. Large areas, spray it on and let it sit for a few minutes. If it starts to dry spray it again. Rub lightly with a tooth brush.

Doesn't hurt the plastic at all, and it's reusable. When you are done just pour it back in the bottle and use it again later.

Scott Craig -- Nashville, TN -- My Website -- My Models Page

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, September 9, 2004 9:13 PM

sounds like the rectal exam gloves might be used after all !. hopefully i wont have any more screwups that require me to strip paint.

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tho9900

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July 2004
From: SETX. USA

Posted by tho9900 on Thursday, September 9, 2004 9:19 PM

QUOTE: Originally posted by reggiethedorf

sounds like the rectal exam gloves might be used after all !.

::speechless:: lol!

---Tom--- O' brave new world, That has such people in it!

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Friday, September 10, 2004 5:20 AM

oook. i donned the exam gloves, and i sprayed on oven cleaner, dunked it into a glass jar and let it marinade for about 1/2 hour. no dice. nothing came off. im now soaking it in thinner. hopefully that will work. btw, the part im soaking is a small detail piece from the interior i dedcided to paint a different color. i sprayed it chrome yellow and dont like it. it was a laquer spray. do i need enamel thinner or something ? im positive its my bad , not the chemical screwing up.

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MusicCity

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January 2004
From: USA

Posted by MusicCity on Friday, September 10, 2004 6:37 AM

I haven't tried Castrol Super Clean on laquer, but I know for a fact it will remove enamel and acrylic.

Perhaps just smoothing the paint with sandpaper or steel wool and then painting over it would be the way to go.

Scott Craig -- Nashville, TN -- My Website -- My Models Page

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LemonJello

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February 2004
From: Green Lantern Corps HQ on Oa

Posted by LemonJello on Friday, September 10, 2004 7:07 AM

Will oven cleaner or Castrol take chrome off plastic? I want to strip the bumpers/grill of my 67 GTO and paint them the body color, just because I can. I want to see how that looks, and also, I've never been a big fan of lots of chrome on a car. Thanks.

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Friday, September 10, 2004 12:09 PM

uh oh. does "thinner" from paint shops soften styrene ? i hope it doesnt.....

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Friday, September 10, 2004 12:16 PM

ok this is catastrophic. it does soften the styrene. help !i dunked it in and went to the bathroom! help ! ok i better calm down. my hopes of a show- quality model are being dashed by stupidity on a 40 dollar kit! ARGH !

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MusicCity

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January 2004
From: USA

Posted by MusicCity on Friday, September 10, 2004 12:36 PM

QUOTE: Originally posted by LemonJello

Will oven cleaner or Castrol take chrome off plastic? I want to strip the bumpers/grill of my 67 GTO and paint them the body color, just because I can. I want to see how that looks, and also, I've never been a big fan of lots of chrome on a car. Thanks.

I don't know if it will or not. I saw a post a while back about stripping chrome parts, but I can't find it now.

I'm sure you know this, but the grille and bumpers on the '67 GTO were chrome. I had one (as well as a bunch of other 60's and 70's muscle cars) Smile [:)]

They changed body style and went to the monochrome look in '68'

QUOTE: uh oh. does "thinner" from paint shops soften styrene ? i hope it doesnt.....

It will if it's laquer thinner! I can also tell you for a fact that stripping paint with gasoline is never a good idea. It certainly removes the paint, but it also dissolves the styrene. I had one turn to a puddle of goo when I was a kid.

Scott Craig -- Nashville, TN -- My Website -- My Models Page

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echolmberg

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February 2003
From: Green Bay, WI USA

Posted by echolmberg on Friday, September 10, 2004 12:43 PM

Lemmon,

I've heard that bleach will take the chrome off the plastic. I've never tried it myself but I think I read that here on the FSM forum.

Oh, and I don't think Easy Off is very effective on lacquer. I undercoated a P-51 using Krylon which (and please correct me if I'm wrong) is a lacquer before overcoating it with an enamel. The Easy Off stripped off the enamel like nobody's business but the Krylon would not come off at all! It got a tad gummy but I could not clean the Krylon off my plane using Easy Off.

Eric

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Friday, September 10, 2004 12:48 PM

it was a laquer thinner. its not goo but all fine detail is gone like the wind. will i be able to salvage things ?

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wayne baker

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February 2003
From: Medina, Ohio

Posted by wayne baker on Friday, September 10, 2004 3:28 PM

Lemon,
I THINK I remember someone using Westley's whitewall cleaner to strip paint or chrome. If you have some, drop a piece of sprue in it to see what happens. It's hell on the memory to be a geezer.

I may get so drunk, I have to crawl home. But dammit, I'll crawl like a Marine.

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ckfredrickson

Member since
April 2003
From: Halfway back to where I started

Posted by ckfredrickson on Friday, September 10, 2004 8:50 PM

I'll add 409 and Fantastik (household cleaners) to the list. I've never tried 409; but it's supposed to work about the same as Fantastik. My experience with Fantastik is that it takes about 24 hours if you want every little bit of paint removed... Definitely not as fast as the other methods suggested, but much safer.

I've heard of others using Westleys, oven cleaner, and Castrol Super Clean...

This is the most extreme solution I've seen (NOTE THAT I DO NOT RECOMMEND THIS):
http://www.scaleautomag.com/sca/community/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=6566

Like pretty much everything in the hobby, it's all a matter of personal taste... as long as it works, it works.

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qmiester

Member since
May 2003
From: Central USA

Posted by qmiester on Friday, September 10, 2004 8:57 PM

reggie

I'm afraid that you may be screwed. Laquer is a lot "hotter" than enamels or acrylics and really "bites" in to a styrene surface (read - melts slighty). For years, Floquil Model Railroad paints were a laquer and every modeler I know (myself included) destroyed a plastic model if applied with a brush (unless you applied a protective coating which filled any detail). Then it was discovered that you could airbrush the laquer on and get a good finish. Unless you wanted to strip it. Years ago I tried to strip a laquer from a model. Used oven cleaner, industrial strength cleaner even brake fluid and none of them had any effect. When I found a stripper that would remove the paint it melted the plastic under it. You may have to log this one off as a learning experience. lol

Quincy

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, September 11, 2004 7:16 AM

quincy, you couldent be too correct, its a 2-3 week 10 dollar parts shipment learning experience. this is my turn to widdle on the electric fence

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LemonJello

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February 2004
From: Green Lantern Corps HQ on Oa

Posted by LemonJello on Saturday, September 11, 2004 7:47 AM

QUOTE: Originally posted by MusicCity
I'm sure you know this, but the grille and bumpers on the '67 GTO were chrome. I had one (as well as a bunch of other 60's and 70's muscle cars) They changed body style and went to the monochrome look in '68'

Yeah, I know they were chrome, but I'm just playing around with this as a break from armor and I'm going to see what it would look like without as much chrome. Just a little experiment, that's all.

A day in the Corps is like a day on the farm; every meal is a banquet, every paycheck a fortune, every formation a parade... The Marine Corps is a department of the Navy? Yeah...The Men's Department.

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Duke Maddog

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June 2003
From: Rowland Heights, California

Posted by Duke Maddog on Saturday, September 11, 2004 10:17 AM

One thing I used to strip the chrome was Windex. It took about two to three days for the larger parts but it did not harm the plastic. I was stripping the Chrome off the engine of a 68 T-bird since I didn't want a fully chromed engine.