Rugne
New member
After hearing from several sources just how good this stuff was, I decided to give it a try.
The first thing I did was go rummaging for a piece of old crap that it wouldn't matter if it all went horribly, horribly wrong.
I introduce to you, a mark one rhino chassis, in order to date it, I can tell you that It's made of that yellowish tan plastic they used to use and it was originally one of the crayola launcher whirlwinds, purchased when they first came out.
Where the exhausts went, I have no idea, they were always a bit delicate.
As you can see, it suffered from an over abundance of eagerness, and a decided lack of actual restraint or ability.
Although I wish I knew how on earth I achieved that bright red.
So, the damage already being done, I set it on it's side, and applied lashings of Fairy Power Spray and waited an hour.
After an hour, I gave it it's first scrub, I made some progress, but sadly have no pictures of that stage.
I was amazed to see this paint shifting at all, so I gave it anouther couple of sprays, hour at a time, rinse and repeat.
Eventually, I achieved this.
As you can see, the black spray, or whatever it was I used way back then, has pretty much stained the plastic a darker shade then it was.
In conclusion, I'm very pleased with the results the spray has achieved, however there can be a fair amount of elbow grease involved in removing paint of this age and condition, I tried it with a much more recently painted model, and the results were much more immediate, hower the recesses still needed to be cleaned out with a toothpick or small tool of some description.
Pros
Non-toxic,
Low Odour,
Easy to dispose of,( just rinse off down the drain)
Relatively quick,
Doesn't appear to soften or harm plastic.
Cons
Can be slow, depending on the age/thickness of the paint
Odour(While low, can still be annoying)
Can require multiple applications and plenty of elbow grease.
Spray tends to crystallise into a clear gunk on the model.
All in all, I'm rather pleased with the effectiveness of the spray and would recommend it to anyone that was trying to save or recover an old plastic model they either painted previously or got from some third party.
Of course it's not as effective as more caustic substances, but all in all, a valuable tool to have available in your work.
On a side note, it also seems to be safe on forgeworld resin.
Hope someone finds this useful.
Marc
The first thing I did was go rummaging for a piece of old crap that it wouldn't matter if it all went horribly, horribly wrong.
I introduce to you, a mark one rhino chassis, in order to date it, I can tell you that It's made of that yellowish tan plastic they used to use and it was originally one of the crayola launcher whirlwinds, purchased when they first came out.
Where the exhausts went, I have no idea, they were always a bit delicate.
As you can see, it suffered from an over abundance of eagerness, and a decided lack of actual restraint or ability.
Although I wish I knew how on earth I achieved that bright red.
So, the damage already being done, I set it on it's side, and applied lashings of Fairy Power Spray and waited an hour.
After an hour, I gave it it's first scrub, I made some progress, but sadly have no pictures of that stage.
I was amazed to see this paint shifting at all, so I gave it anouther couple of sprays, hour at a time, rinse and repeat.
Eventually, I achieved this.
As you can see, the black spray, or whatever it was I used way back then, has pretty much stained the plastic a darker shade then it was.
In conclusion, I'm very pleased with the results the spray has achieved, however there can be a fair amount of elbow grease involved in removing paint of this age and condition, I tried it with a much more recently painted model, and the results were much more immediate, hower the recesses still needed to be cleaned out with a toothpick or small tool of some description.
Pros
Non-toxic,
Low Odour,
Easy to dispose of,( just rinse off down the drain)
Relatively quick,
Doesn't appear to soften or harm plastic.
Cons
Can be slow, depending on the age/thickness of the paint
Odour(While low, can still be annoying)
Can require multiple applications and plenty of elbow grease.
Spray tends to crystallise into a clear gunk on the model.
All in all, I'm rather pleased with the effectiveness of the spray and would recommend it to anyone that was trying to save or recover an old plastic model they either painted previously or got from some third party.
Of course it's not as effective as more caustic substances, but all in all, a valuable tool to have available in your work.
On a side note, it also seems to be safe on forgeworld resin.
Hope someone finds this useful.
Marc
