Stripping Paint

Don Stauffer

Purple Power cleaner has become my goto since I friend recommended it to me a couple of years ago.  I even use it now for cleaning out airbrush bottles.  Works well, does not damage plastic, and easier on the skin.

Thanks.  Will give that a try and see how it goes.

BlackSheepTwoOneFour

Can be a number of things.

Sounds like oil residue on plastic. Did you soak the sprues in mild detergent?

What primer did you use?

What thinner did you use? (assuming you used thinner) I recommend using Mission Model brand thinner. 

Did you let primer dry completely before handling and/or applying paint?

Did you let paint dry completely between coats?

Did you spray too close to the kit?

Lacquer clearcoat would have held up better when using panel accent liner. Acrylic clearcoat on acrylic paint sounds more the problem why the paint came off.

Its entirely possible that I had some residue on the sprues before paint.  Ive never washed my sprues.  I did wipe down with IPA before priming, to get prints and sanding residue off the surfaces.

Used the MMP Black Primer with their thinner according to the ratio on their web page.  Primer dried overnight,close to 24 hrs as did the paint.

No idea on being too close or not.  2-3 inches is what their web page recommends.  Im pretty sure I was within that envelope.  Never really paid much attention with the Tamiya or Vallejo stuff.

Dont like using Laquer due to the stink.  Tried Mr Color Surfacer and it stank up my garage.  I can get away with the Tamiya smell without stinking up the place and Ive had no issues with panel liner pulling stuff off like this using either Tamiya or Vallejo paints. Probably should have just stuck with what I had experience with, I gues.

If anyone has a lower stink Laquer clear coat or primer, I'm all ears.

Can be a number of things.

Sounds like oil residue on plastic. Did you soak the sprues in mild detergent?

What primer did you use?

What thinner did you use? (assuming you used thinner) I recommend using Mission Model brand thinner. 

Did you let primer dry completely before handling and/or applying paint?

Did you let paint dry completely between coats?

Did you spray too close to the kit?

Lacquer clearcoat would have held up better when using panel accent liner. Acrylic clearcoat on acrylic paint sounds more the problem why the paint came off.

Purple Power cleaner has become my goto since I friend recommended it to me a couple of years ago.  I even use it now for cleaning out airbrush bottles.  Works well, does not damage plastic, and easier on the skin.