paint stripping

Hi all. During my rekindled love of collecting and painting Oldhammer, I've made some cute purchases and stripped a few more than a few old lead minis. I tried a heap of dangerous, smelly or highly flammable stuff... and now (on my mate Dan's tip-off) I've found 'the stuff' that works for me -...

Hi guys, I've been buying a few old miniatures and games from ebay recently, and one of the things I've come across is the occasional miniature that's already been painted. This must be an occupational hazard of collecting old miniatures, so I was wondering what you guys use to strip paint...

I have some C01 Chaos Fighters which I would like to strip. Normally I use Diall (B&Q) Paint & Varnish Remover for this purpose, but I'm sure I read somewhere that with very old lead harsh strippers can damage the metal. Is this true? I'm not overly keen on using Dettol because it stinks the...

For years I have always used paint stripper on metal figures and break fluid on plastics. Both are very messy, gloopy and a pain to clean up afterwards! Anyone got any other techniques they use and that go down the plug hole a little easier!!? I've heard some people mention they just use white...

Soooo some guys over at another forum use these ultra sonic cleaners and say the work hella good , but they mainly use them on newer miniatures with greensoap. Do you think they would work on older lead ? http://www.harald-nyborg.dk/p2985/ultra ... er-hb2818b just a reference link .

I figure that on a forum largely about vintage figures, this is a subject many will have an opinion on... What is your favourite way to strip paint from metal models? Does it depend on the model in question? Let me give you some backstory for why I am asking this. A bunch of eBay lots I’ve...

Not stripped for a few years (just not got the body i used to..) So how are we doing it these days, if i remember rightly i used to use brake fluid? Cheers Steve