Stripping Paint off plastics

[pitynoman]

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I was just given some (new)chaos marines that someone primed HORRIBLY
How do I strip without harming the plastic?
I have no experience in this.I\'ve heard brake fluid,but not sure.What kind of brake fluid?
Has anyone actually tried it on plastics?
Advice from someone with actual experience(good)in stripping plastics would be very helpful.Thanks

 

[easternheretic]

I\'ve used Easy Off (the brand name) Oven Cleaner to strip paints of plastic. Just soak the models for a day or two and then scrub the mini with an old toothbrush under a running tap.

The mini doesn\'t lose and details except the the paint that are stuck in the tiny crevices that I am to lazy to scrub out

With ample scrubbing, your mini should be fine. Mind you, the oven clearner softens the bond of the superglue, so my marine bolters fell off during scrubbing.

I am in the midst of try out brake fkuid at the moment, because it cheaper then the oven cleaner. Will keep you posted of the results if you like.

Cheers

 

[Chrispy]

I use a combo of Ammoina/Pine Sol that strips acrylic paint but won\'t warp plastic and will not eat superglue.. It\'s also pretty safe to use but really ordorous, I can\'t get the smell of lemons off my hands!!

 

[Deep Strike]

I subscribe to the brake fluid faction, works awsome for plastic minis.

Cheers,

Matthew
www.deep-strike.com

 

[madartiste]

Stripper (for Paint!)

Simple Green! Just let the mini soak over night... Actually, I haven\'t tried this on plastic, but it seems quite gentle so it should work... Anyone have a contrary experience?

 

[Quintio]

I use Penzzoil brake fluid ($2 for 12 oz) and let me tell you, it\'s the best stuff. Let your plastics soak in it for 24 hrs, then use an old toothbrush under running water. Takes the paint off beautifully.

I\'ve used this on a Tau army I want to either repaint or get rid of (anybody interested?) and I actually think it works better on plastics than on metal. Be cautious when running under heated water, if plastic cement was used, it can deteriorate under hot water, but super glue is unaffected.

Oh, the stuff does seem to lose some of it\'s stripping power once you\'ve put about ten painted minis in it per 6oz.

Hope this helps. I\'ve used this stuff a lot, as the quality of my painting continues to improve, and I want to repaint some of my older stuff.

 

[Calidoch]

Madartiste, I dropped my plastic Tau Fire Warrior into Simple Green for a day and the paint came off with no damage to he plastic. After 2 days, the glue came loose, but still no damage to the mini. Just a note of support.

 

[madartiste]

Calidoch: Thanks for the info! I had noticed that really long soaks in SG will soften putty up some, but wasn\'t sure what it would do for plastics.

 

[The Artisans Edge]

Hero Clix plastic

This is all pretty useful info. Thanks guys, but I have a question. How well do these techniques work on Hero Clix? The plastic is a fair bit softer so I\'d hate to ruin any of them. Anyone try it?

 

[urb]

Quintio has it right.

Brake fluid will not harm any plastics to my knowledge. Just let your mini soak for a day or so then rinse and scrub with a old toothbrush with soap.

I find this method easiest and safe for all minis. It will however take of the print on your hero clix base.

 

[flim]

Nailpolish remover

I use my little sister nail polish remover. But don\'t let the mini in too long or it will screw it up. May be not that good after all

 

[Coldsteel]

Originally posted by madartiste
Simple Green! Just let the mini soak over night... Actually, I haven\'t tried this on plastic, but it seems quite gentle so it should work... Anyone have a contrary experience?

I like Simple Green for metals. Plastics, mine just didn\'t do the job for some reason. Left them in for 2 weeks, some of the paint still would not come.

 

[Pellimore]

Hero Clix

Originally posted by The Artisans Edge
This is all pretty useful info. Thanks guys, but I have a question. How well do these techniques work on Hero Clix? The plastic is a fair bit softer so I\'d hate to ruin any of them. Anyone try it?

With the original question, brake fluid is the best thing I\'ve ever come by.

BUT, heroclix is a little different. Personally, I\'ve never tried it but someone locally here said that he took all his heroclix off of their bases, stripped the paint with brake fluid, and glued them back on (with detail and sculpted bases). He had no problem doing it this way, but he said to be very weary of putting heroclix with thier bases still on dirrectly into brake fluid.

Have fun,
Pellimore

 

[The Artisans Edge]

Thanks for the great responses people. I\'m a lot more confident now and I think I\'ll try the break fluid. I actually won\'t need to worry about the click bases at all. I\'m just repainting these for fun and I won\'t be using them in any games. I\'ll be removing them from the bases and putting the figures in mini dioramas.