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DM of Doom

New member
I have a resin seige tower from grendel minis. I (unfortunately) spray-primed it black and it has a gritty coating on it. I normally strip metal minis with carb cleaner, but that seems to have melted plastic on me before... What\'s the best way to strip resin?

Thanks in advance!
 
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Wolf_Fang

Guest
the almighty break fluid... u can use it on enything! just let it soak for a lil then use a tooth brush... peals right off
 

nir200

New member
flamethrower...:flame:...it can make the paint just peel right off...plus, then you can have a good excuse about why the tower seems a bit meltedlol
But seriously now, use break fluid, as Wolf_Fang said.
 

Avelorn

Sven Jonsson
What is break fluid? I\'m asking for the chemical component.. as I don\'t belive it\'s called break fluid in swedish.. (or is it brake fluid as some in this thread spell it) Is it like acetone?
 
I\'m usually able to strip a mini in about 40 minutes with pinesol with just a minor toothbrush episode in the middle somewhere.

Only time its every taken longer is on some really OLD stuff that had about a foot of paint and primer on it before you got to the lead.
 

sivousplay

New member
I had to strip a resin model myself this weekend and used Simple Green (another pine cleaner). Works great ... a toothbrush helps a lot (as FF said earlier).

jim
 

Valander

Member
Brake fluid is good. I\'ve used Simple Green, too, and that actually used to be my stripper of choice.

Now, though, I swear by the Purple Stuff of Doom (TM). Ok, it\'s not actually called that, it\'s called Castrol Super Clean. Dunno about worldwide, but in the US you can find it at any auto parts store and places like Wal-Mart or Target. It\'s an all-purpose cleaner that will (litterally) eat the chrome off of a bumper if you leave it there long enough.

Simple Green and Castrol Super Clean have one major advantage over brake fluid, too: they\'re biodegradable, so you get no harm in letting them run down the sink (in fact, CSC makes a great drain cleaner, too). Brake fluid is a different story on that part--definitely not environmentally friendly (so if you use it, please dispose of it properly).

EDIT: Yes, CSC is safe on resin. My girlfriend used it to strip some big resin lamps not too long ago. The resin was slightly soft right after removing it, but it was 100% back to normal after drying out a couple of hours.
 

Avelorn

Sven Jonsson
Thanks alot.. :) When I realized it was brake and not break I could just go to my brother and he helped me out! (he\'s into cars and stuff) I\'m eager to test this out..
 
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