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Now thinking outside he box, I used some metal polishing product to remove paint on a recent project. Never Dull to be exact. It’s a sort of fiber infused with metal polish and destroys model paint without too much effort. If you are just doing the exterior of an aircraft this will get most of that. But you’ll need to use something like the ELO for corners and crevasses.
Afterwards you’ll need to hit the bare plastic with something like Plastic Prep to remove and residue prior to repaint.
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Yep, hate that stuff. Works ok on the patio furniture.
I use a product called Chameleon. I suppose it's like ELO. "El Dorado..."
It goes slow, needs a fair amount of elbow grease added. Might be what you need to control the process. I think Stik is right, just plan to have to clean up the edge some.
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Most any masking with an adhesive such as tape, will probably be attacked by your paint remover.
Perhaps some liquid masking agent will work, but without seeing the project, it’s hard to say.
looking up the Rustoleum 2X stuff, that is an oil based formula, and supposedly and primer and paint in one. This may be some rather tough stuff. Gloss paints tend to be more durable that flats in the removal process.
Specifically it’s Rust-oleum American Accents 2x ultra cover. Rattle can. My fault, not the paint. I guess my question is more what can I use as a masking for the areas I don’t want paint removed. At the moment I’m debating just using brake fluid applied with a brush near those areas.
Phil_H What type of paint are we talking about? If it's acrylic, you can simply wipe it off with a rag moistened with alcohol.
What type of paint are we talking about? If it's acrylic, you can simply wipe it off with a rag moistened with alcohol.
That depends upon which brand of acrylic. Many different acrylic paint brands appear to have different formulations. Also the type and percentage strength of alcohols can vary.
Look for Easy Lift Off/ ELO. It was originally made by Polly S/Floquil, but is now a Testors product. It is not as caustic as Easy Off or Brake Fluid, and is made for paint remover off of plastic. But like the other products you have to be careful as to where you apply it and how it flows. It can run into areas that you do not wish to be affected.
I need to remove my botched paint job from an open cockpit plane. I’m hoping I can use easy off oven cleaner but I don’t want to lose the paint in the cockpit and other internal areas. Is there anything I can use to mask these areas off? Will masking tape or silly putty resist the cleaner? Failing that what about brake fluid instead?
Thanks, Dave.
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