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clear parts oversprayed
Posted by roughseas on Tuesday, August 25, 2009 9:15 PM

 

 hello  to all the finest modelers out there.. need help here, is there a way to remove oversprayed paints in clear parts? thanks ..Cowboy [C):-)]

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Posted by Phil_H on Tuesday, August 25, 2009 11:42 PM

If you used acrylic paints, simply dunk the part in denatured alcohol, isopropyl alcohol or Windex (or the appropriate thinner for your acrylic paint). However, if you used enamel paint, these will be ineffective.

DO NOT dunk the part in enamel or lacquer thinner.

Someone should be along shortly with sugestions for removal of enamel paint.

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Posted by COLDIRON on Wednesday, August 26, 2009 12:46 AM
I remove enamel paint with soaking in straight bleach.  Have done this to plenty of models in fact I'm doing it on a few right now - might take some time - but it doesnt attack the plastic and works fine on clear parts.  Just make sure the container can be sealed.
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Posted by jimbot58 on Wednesday, August 26, 2009 3:06 AM
I used Pollyscale Easy Lift Off once, but it did fog the clear plastic parts-not real bad, but enough to notice.

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Posted by MikeV on Wednesday, August 26, 2009 7:07 AM

Super Clean degreaser will remove acrylics and enamels as will Easy-Off oven cleaner.

 

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Posted by tyamada on Wednesday, August 26, 2009 8:21 AM
You can use brake fluid or alcohol.  They won't fog clear plastic.  If you just want to remove a small area take an old tee shirt and dip it in alcohol and rub the overspray.  
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Posted by Watchmann on Wednesday, August 26, 2009 9:16 AM

rough,

How much overspray are you talking about?  If it's just a little, you can use a round wooden toothpick.  Shape the end to it looks like a flat-head screwdriver, then just scrape the paint off.  I use this method to clean up around canopy frames.

If you have the overspray on something like a car windscreen, you can use some toothpaste (not the gel kind) or car polish and rub it over the paint with an old t-shirt.  You'll remove the paint and polish the windscreen at the same time! :)

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Posted by roughseas on Thursday, August 27, 2009 1:12 AM
thank you very much to all of your shared techniques and solutions regarding my problem. very well appreciated Phil, Coldiron, Jimbot, Mike, Tyamada, Watchman...
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