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Removing Paint from Vinyl

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Removing Paint from Vinyl
Posted by Enzo_Man on Monday, February 21, 2005 3:53 PM
I have many of those figurines from Bandai Evangelion kits that I want to clean up and redo. How would I clean the vinyl? Thanks.
Aerodynamics is for people who can't build engines.
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Posted by loneeagle48 on Thursday, February 24, 2005 10:56 AM
You can try easy-off oven cleaner it takes paint off or auto brake fluid. just test it on one frist . Do the ovener clean in a well ventilated area. I spray them and let the thing soak in a small bucket with a lid for a couple of hours than scrub with old tooth brush under runing water. I hope this helps Stephen
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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, February 24, 2005 4:31 PM
I agree with loneeagle as I recently removed paint from an old Horizon Spiderman kit that had been primed with Krylon Flt.White,even though it took some effort the easyoff oven cleaner did the trick.I have no doubt it would have been easier if I would not have used Krylon as a primer,but Krylon is tough,and is just my choice as a primer on vinyl kits.
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Posted by Enzo_Man on Friday, February 25, 2005 12:13 AM
Thanks. I tried Castrol Super Clean on scrap overnight. It didn't hurt the vinyl one bit. The CSC was pretty used already too but it took care of things. Thanks!
Aerodynamics is for people who can't build engines.
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Posted by jaysun on Friday, February 25, 2005 10:46 AM
Will the easy off affect glue used to modify figures?
I love the smell of super glue in the morning. Smells like...victory.
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Posted by loneeagle48 on Saturday, February 26, 2005 11:18 AM
It will take super glue but not the tube or weld type like proweld. If I'm stripping a model I 'm doing a total rebuild so I really don't have a problem with the glue being eaten up --Stephen
Seals are crazy. I have the papers to prove it . You on't jump from a plane in less its on fire. You don't swim to a shore and go hunting bad guys with wet weapons yet I did. And pouud of it. Nam 68-69
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