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  • Member since
    November 2009
  • From: SW Virginia
Posted by Gamera on Monday, August 16, 2010 2:14 PM

I'll agree oven cleaner works very well.

I'm with (So)Rice on using more and more Simple Green though. It's great stuff and less toxic than the oven cleaner.

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  • Member since
    August 2010
  • From: Texas
Posted by [So]Rice on Friday, August 13, 2010 3:41 PM

I recomend Simple Green, very good. Just soak for a day or so and a toothbrush will take the paint right of.

If the figure is metal use Acetone (same as above except works in about 5 mins)

I hear Strip a Kit works, Braek Fluid is fine but don't leave it soaking too long. I hear windex works but not if you used primer.

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  • Member since
    October 2009
  • From: South Carolina
Posted by jetmodeler on Tuesday, August 3, 2010 7:37 AM

EasyMike

Automotive brake fluid will eat paint.

Smile

I might have to try this one as well.

 

  • Member since
    March 2008
  • From: The Bluegrass State
Posted by EasyMike on Monday, August 2, 2010 9:40 AM

Automotive brake fluid will eat paint.

Smile

  • Member since
    October 2009
  • From: South Carolina
Posted by jetmodeler on Thursday, July 29, 2010 8:01 AM

Thanks guys. Appreciate it.

 

  • Member since
    January 2009
  • From: Central CA
Posted by Division 6 on Wednesday, July 28, 2010 3:25 PM

There is also Super Clean, available at automotive stores.

i was able to strip off old pectra enamels from the 70's with a little scrubbing with a tooth brush.

Wear gloves and safety goggles.

  • Member since
    April 2010
  • From: Green Bay, WI
Posted by redraider56 on Wednesday, July 28, 2010 1:11 PM

I use Easy Off also. It has worked well for me, especially with a wide range of testors paints.  Another method I have heard of for removing paint is to use automotive brake fluid.  I myself found the oven cleaner to work better, but the brake fluid can be less hazardous and somewhat safer too use than the oven cleaner.

-Matt

On The Bench: 1/48 HK B-17G "Man-O-War II"

On Deck: 1/48 Tamiya P-38H, 1/48 Revell PV-1

 

 

 

  • Member since
    September 2006
  • From: Bethlehem PA
Posted by the Baron on Wednesday, July 28, 2010 12:57 PM

You'll find a lot of suggestions across the various subforms, because this comes up frequently.  Mine is to use oven cleaner (eg, Easy Off).  I use it on plastic and on metal figures, as well as on larger models.

I use a glass dish, place the figures in the dish, spray on a layer of oven cleaner, wait a couple of minutes, then use an old toothbrush to scrub the paint away, gently.  I will also run water over the figure at the same time.  It may take a couple of passes, but it works pretty well for me.

Needless to say, I use a pair of heavy-duty household cleaning gloves and work in a well-ventilated area.  The active ingredient in oven cleaner is lye, which is caustic and can harm your airway, eyes and skin.

Hope that helps!

Brad

The bigger the government, the smaller the citizen.

 

 

  • Member since
    October 2009
  • From: South Carolina
How do I remove........
Posted by jetmodeler on Wednesday, July 28, 2010 12:43 PM

How do I remove paint from a 1/35 styrene figure. I used Testors enamels and W&N oil paints on it.

 

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