Eureka! Engine De-Greasers!

I think brake fluid will kill you way before the plastic. lol

Engine Degreasers will easily strip enamels and acrylic, but have a hard time stripping lacquer.

Castrol Super Clean was avaible in an aerosol, but all the aerosol cans were recalled due to leakage, and now I can't find any around here.

thanks bro! good thing i did'nt use the brake fluid man.. i really thought about it as a last resort, good thing the degreaser worked. it did'nt harm the putty or epoxyyclay that i used. thank god for the forum!
yeah and i really did have a hard time removing the laquer from the primer.. what can i use to soften it up?

I'm not sure of something that will easily strip lacquer, except lacquer thinner which will dissolve plastic, and I do mean dissolve. Just use multiple soakings of degreaser and scrub with a 3M Plastic Pad. You can find these at K-Mart, Wal-Mart, Meijers, and many other stores. They are green and usually come in a 2 pack. They won't even scratch clear plastic.

I just used brake fluid to strip some submarine parts, and the results ranged from beautiful to uselss, depending on what parts I'm looking at. Some of the paint came off as soon as I looked at it hard, other stuff is stil being scraped off with a knife. There's a lot of sanding in my future...I think that some of the problem might be that some of the paint was applied by my grandad almost 20 years ago, and some was applied by me back in the fall of '03.

I'll try the engine degreaser next time, but please, God, don't let there be a next time!

thanks for the 3M tip ryanpm. i'll try and look nxt tym i visit the mall.
and by the way, for cdclukey, engine degresers might do a good job on your submarine coz even old automobile paints get removed as far as i know, i think it just depends on the time you let it soak in the degreaser.

I found that the CSC had a hard time removing Krylon primer from a Corvette I was building, took over a week's worth of soaking and furious scrubbing with a toothbrush. Oh yes, please make sure you wear gloves when messing with CSC. You don't want it stripping the moisture from your flesh as it did to me!

Jon - been there, done that, had the cracks to prove it! And that was just picking up the plastic bag it was in, it had a little on the surface.

I have been able to strip Krylon primer as well, but as was said, it takes awhile... I just had to let it soak and soak and use a toothbrush to progressively remove it.