My Latest Stupid Tragedy

[BarstoolProphet]

So, I spent all day doing up a mini to be my friend\'s D&D character. For a one-day job, it turned out pretty well. Maybe a 6 or 6.5 if I\'d based it.
Happy me, all done painting, it\'s time for a quick spray of Dullcote, and then some liquitex matt varnish.
So, I grab the spray can, go outside, and spray the mini. And the base dissolves. EEK! Why? Then I notice that the mini\'s all bubbly and foamy on one side. Double EEK! Look at the can... It\'s bloody paint stripper, not dullcote.

I must remember to look first, spray second...

 

[wiccanpony]

sorry to hear that ....... so many here have done the same mistake that we should start a support group

 

[Sand Rat]

My tendancy at times like this is to grab a can of primer.

Primed a RAFM Sherlock Holmes three times at one point.lol

 

[Trevor]

Oh dear... paint stripper? Ow...

 

[freakinacage]

spray paint stripper? does such a thing exist?

sorry to hear it

 

[BarstoolProphet]

Yup. BEHR No. 599. \'The Stripper\'.
Spray. Wait 30 seconds. Run under water and scrub with a tooth-brush. Gone.
8.99 Canadian a can, at Home Depot.
\"Removes paint, varnish & stain\"

It\'s actually a wood/furniture stripper, but it works wonderfully well on minis.
Don\'t use it on plastic. It\'ll melt really really fast.

Oh, and wear gloves. It irritates the skin pretty good. (Guess how I found out?)

 

[No Such Agency]

Originally posted by BarstoolProphet
Yup. BEHR No. 599. \'The Stripper\'.
Spray. Wait 30 seconds. Run under water and scrub with a tooth-brush. Gone.
8.99 Canadian a can, at Home Depot.
\"Removes paint, varnish & stain\"

It\'s actually a wood/furniture stripper, but it works wonderfully well on minis.
Don\'t use it on plastic. It\'ll melt really really fast.

Oh, and wear gloves. It irritates the skin pretty good. (Guess how I found out?)

This sh*t sounds suspiciously like Easy-Off oven cleaner (the hardcore paint stripper I started out using, way back when I painted minis with Testor\'s enamels!)

 

[Donga]

Originally posted by freakinacage
spray paint stripper? does such a thing exist?

B&Q do a spray Nitromors.

I once picked up a can of white primer instead of varnish. My rat-skin renegades were not the same after that.

 

[freakinacage]

Originally posted by Donga

Originally posted by freakinacage
spray paint stripper? does such a thing exist?

B&Q do a spray Nitromors.

I once picked up a can of white primer instead of varnish. My rat-skin renegades were not the same after that.

yeah i did that with black spray and a necromunda bounty hunter