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Purple Power is Awesome

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Purple Power is Awesome
Posted by Chrisk-k on Monday, March 23, 2015 6:24 PM

I bought Purple Power today to experiment it as a cleaner.  It cleans Tamiya & AK acrylics in no time.  It cleans those paints better than Windex or IPA.   

It completely cleaned a junk kit that I painted with an AK primer and Tamiya acrylics in last summer. 

It contains some ethers and is bio-degradable. It has virtually no smell and doesn't contain ammonia.

PP will be my choice of airbrush/paint cleaner from now on.

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Posted by BlackSheepTwoOneFour on Monday, March 23, 2015 10:48 PM

Where can I find it? Isn't it a degreaser?

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Posted by mitsdude on Tuesday, March 24, 2015 1:16 AM

Just be careful with this stuff and prolonged contact with your skin.

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  • From: Honolulu, Hawaii
Posted by Real G on Tuesday, March 24, 2015 1:19 AM

You can get it at a automotive store. I just tried it this weekend on some chrome plated Tamiya parts, and it stripped the chrome off in a minute or so, and a soak for a couple of hours removed the clear coat without any scrubbing! I have used ELO for the same thing, and it took many soaks, scrubs, and more soaks to get the same results. I also tried PP on some gold painted Fujimi car wheels, but it didn't work so well. But as a chrome stripper, it is super.

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Posted by Bick on Tuesday, March 24, 2015 7:41 AM

I've used  Purple Power and agree it works great at cleaning acrylics. Got mine at NAPA. There is also a product that's similar called "Super Clean" (comes in a purple bottle) which I picked up at one of the auto stores. It also works well.

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  • From: N. MS
Posted by CN Spots on Tuesday, March 24, 2015 8:13 AM

Purple Power and Castrol Super Clean came out about the same time.  I swear by Super Clean for degreasing engines but it's pretty harsh stuff.  It will ruin the anodization on aluminum fairly quickly so if you have an anodized ab like those pretty, blue Badgers... use caution.  I've heard that Purple Power removed acid from it's formulation but SC still contains sodium hydroxide.

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  • From: Twin Cities of Minnesota
Posted by Don Stauffer on Tuesday, March 24, 2015 9:25 AM

I find Purple Power also works fairly well on enamels too.  For cleaning out really bad enamel jars I use in succession both thinner and then the PP. I find the latter in my local hardware store.

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Posted by Chrisk-k on Tuesday, March 24, 2015 12:52 PM

I bought PP from Walmart.  

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  • From: Close to Chicago
Posted by JohnnyK on Thursday, March 26, 2015 1:47 PM

It is also great for removing lacquer paint. I have used it a number of times on model cars and airplanes.

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