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Paint Removal on Clear Parts

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    November 2005
Posted by Anonymous on Monday, February 28, 2005 1:51 PM
If you are removing the clear parts and intend to clean ONLY the clear parts then us CASTROL super clean . it removes paint but will not harm clear plastic and is non caustic and non toxic. just soak and rinse.
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    November 2005
Posted by Anonymous on Friday, February 25, 2005 9:52 AM
Warning:

Under any circunstance use thinner on a clear part, I did it once and the part became cracked and fogged....oh boy what a mess!!!!

later...
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    September 2004
  • From: Australia
Posted by Bandha Boy on Friday, February 25, 2005 7:26 AM
Don't know where you're from but in Oz you can get a product called 'Shine' by Autosol in supermarkets. It's a metal polish in a tube, consistency of toothpaste. It's magic for removing laquers (Alclad), leave it for 2 minutes & it'll just wipe off. It will also work on acrylics but I haven't tried it on enamels. You can use it to polish the clear parts, just wash clean & then dunk in Future/Pledge when done to restore clarity.
Carl
  • Member since
    January 2005
  • From: Washington
Posted by uproar on Wednesday, February 23, 2005 7:51 PM
Greetings,
Testors paint remover is called "Model Masters Dried Paint Solvent" and is available from their website....

http://www.testors.com/catalog_item.asp?itemNbr=1166

Hope that helps.
Rory
  • Member since
    December 2002
  • From: Massachusetts
Posted by ajlafleche on Wednesday, February 23, 2005 7:14 PM
Thinner may fog the piece and/or make it more brittle.

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    February 2004
Posted by glock232 on Wednesday, February 23, 2005 5:32 PM
ok carnuba wax or testors makes dried paint remover.. anyone know what its called?
nobody mentioned wiping the part with thinner, so im guessing that wont work, ill look around for the other things and give one of them a try.. thanks again!!
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    August 2004
  • From: Nowhere. (Long Island)
Posted by Tankmaster7 on Wednesday, February 23, 2005 4:44 PM
archer, he did mention enamel in the last sentence. I was having a little bit of trouble with this as well, so thaks guys.
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    December 2002
Posted by Archer1 on Wednesday, February 23, 2005 4:05 PM
glock -

You didn't mention what type of paint. Acryls can be removed with plain isopropl alcohol and a little careful elbow greese. Enamels are toughter, but Testors has a dried paint remover that seems to works. You may still have to buff it out and apply a coat of Future to bring back the "clearity".

Archer out.
  • Member since
    December 2002
  • From: Massachusetts
Posted by ajlafleche on Wednesday, February 23, 2005 1:13 PM
Find some carnuba wax in the auto model section, If you can't find that, go to a hardware store and look for some plastic polish. There may stil be small bottles of plastic polish in the hobby stores as well. These will dissolve the piant and then you can repolish the glazing.

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  • Member since
    February 2004
Paint Removal on Clear Parts
Posted by glock232 on Wednesday, February 23, 2005 12:34 PM
Hi gang!
Quick question.. I masked off the windows on the 1/72 blackhawk im working on and never masked off the big open area by the main rotor (hind-sight is always 20/20... ).. so i have paint inside my model on the windows.
I know i need to pop the windows, but what do you recommend for removing the enamel paint from the clear parts???
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