Removing Acrylic Paint

Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, August 7, 2004 1:00 AM

Windex will literally disolve Tamiya & Gunze, but do pratically nothing to Model Master Acryls/Acrylics.

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Friday, August 6, 2004 9:55 PM

ive heard that brake fluid works wellwith acrylics... has anyone here tried?

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wooverstone8

Member since
December 2003
From: Olympia, WA

Posted by wooverstone8 on Friday, August 6, 2004 9:39 PM

I tried Polly’s-easy -lift to remove Model Master Acrylics. It works OK, didn’t remove all the paint completely though.

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genj53john

Member since
April 2003
From: Western Pennsylvania

Posted by genj53john on Friday, August 6, 2004 4:30 PM

Thanks for the suggestions. Turned out that I did some experimenting and found the Cutex Nail Polish Remover with some fine steel wool works well. Sounds a little harsh but if you keep the steel wool wet with remover there's no problem with scratching the surface. Takes a little patients but that's the price for screwing up in the first place.

John

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wildwilliam

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December 2009
From: West Grove, PA

Posted by wildwilliam on Friday, August 6, 2004 3:16 PM

I stripped Tamiya acrylic w/ straight ammonia.

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saltydog

Member since
July 2003
From: Lower Alabama

Posted by saltydog on Friday, August 6, 2004 1:06 PM

super clean or oven cleaner. but with oven cleaner, you have to spray it on the kit, put the kit into a zip lock bag or something air tight for a couple of hours, then you can wash off the paint with soap, water and a toothbrush. later.

Chris

The Origins of Murphy's Law: "In the begginning there was nothing, and it exploded."!!! _________ chris

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MusicCity

Member since
January 2004
From: USA

Posted by MusicCity on Friday, August 6, 2004 12:09 PM

QUOTE: Originally posted by limd21

Castrol SuperClean is an amazing acrylic paint remover.
See article at:
http://www.bonediggers.com/1-3/strip/strip.html

- Super Clean is far and away the easiest way to do it I've found. Haven't tried it on laquer but on enamel or acrylics it will dissolve it in nothing flat.

Scott Craig -- Nashville, TN -- My Website -- My Models Page

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Friday, August 6, 2004 12:07 PM

Castrol SuperClean is an amazing acrylic paint remover.
See article at:
http://www.bonediggers.com/1-3/strip/strip.html

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Friday, August 6, 2004 11:30 AM

I only used tamiya acrylics and i just soaked the painted model overnight in a container of laundry or soap with water.

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Friday, August 6, 2004 10:59 AM

I don't know if this works or not, but I read here that windex works to take off acrylic paints. You could give that a try.

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genj53john

Member since
April 2003
From: Western Pennsylvania

Removing Acrylic Paint

Posted by genj53john on Friday, August 6, 2004 10:43 AM

I need to repaint a model and need to remove the existing paint which is Model Master Acrylic. What's the best way to remove that won't damage the plastic underneath?

John

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