Removing paint from a car body

Put the parts in a large ziploc , spray in some easy-off oven cleaner, let soak for an hour, then scrub the remaining paint with an old toothbrush under cold running water does the trick for me.  You may have to repeat the cycle to remove stubborn paint in corners and such.   I do, however, not model cars, only planes and ships, but the process should work since the plastic is the same no matter what kind of model it is.

Thank you!

i used to use Easy Off, but it seemed to not really work very well anymore. i think they changed the formula. i now use brake fluid in a sealed tupperware type lunch box sized container. you can sink the whole body into it at once.

Hello

I had the same problem with my 1: 12 scale Revell 57" Chevy the silution was BRAKE FLUID  ,

Took a plastic container and submerged the body in brake fluid  overnight next day rinsed with cold water and fine brush to get the paint out of the nooks and crannies perfectly stripped model washed it after that with dishwashing soap and rinse again, let it dry and do the painting again ...... to safe the used brake fluid drain it through a cooking oil filter and store in a glass container for future use.

I also recommend Easy-Off.  Just had to remove paint from several body pieces of an Italari Chrysler Phaeton.  I first tried some Testors stuff made for model enamels and it didn't work that well. A friend lent me a can of Easy Off to try. First time I tried it.  Had to apply twice, but it did a fine job of removing both the Testors Enamel and the tenacious Krylon primer.

I used some dollar store toilet bowl cleaner.  But only for removing chrome plating.  Took about 15 minutes.  Not sure about paint though.  Brake fluid is a great idea.

Brake fluid or oven cleaner appear to be most widely used, and both have worked for me. I'm a UK modeller and the brand of oven cleaner I use is named 'Mr Muscle, so maybe the same brand is available in the States as well.

Better stock up, before the EPA bans all of that stuff!

 I use  Simple Green,  http://www.simplegreen.com/products_all_purpose_cleaner.php

 an all purpose cleaner sold in the US and Canada, it will work on all the paint types I have tried it on, including Alcad II.

It may take a day or two to work but the lesser toxicity, over brake fluid  and the minimizing  of damage to your skin from oven cleaner contact ; all that makes it my first choice.

But what ever you settle on, use it safely  & wisely; after all if the product removes paint its got serious stuff in it.