Brother Meredith
Lord
Me second!
Start off with Dettol which breaks down the paint, scrub off most of the paint with an old tooth brush and if still stubborn (and if a metal mini!) dunk in a jar of acetone to dissolve whatever remains.
Stripping non-metal minis?
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Start off with Dettol which breaks down the paint, scrub off most of the paint with an old tooth brush and if still stubborn (and if a metal mini!) dunk in a jar of acetone to dissolve whatever remains.
Eric
Administrator
Have you tried it with plastics and resins?
As an aside I do love the way the sales page says "no solvents", then you look at the technical data and the main ingredient is a solvent. I mean pretty obvious because otherwise it's not going to do a lot to paint, but you gotta love the marketing!
Brother Meredith
Lord
D’oh!
rhynn_o
Serf
I tried with plastics without problems (never did more than a couple of days, tho) with very good results (better than ISO alcohol, degreaser etc.) but not with resin figures.
As for the solvent I don't know why they stated something like this, however it's a non volatile stuff, the consistence and the smell (bland) resemble liquid soap, more or less.
ChickenSupreme22
Serf
I have been successful with jus Isopropyl Alcohol... Dipped for a few hours(some even for a couple of days because i forgot) and the paint came out after using a tootbrush. But the material was 40K plastic(1998).
Brother Meredith
Lord
I think it really depends on the paints used and thickness applied?
More modern acrylics will be thinner coats and much easier to remove than globules of enamels from four or so decades ago!
More modern acrylics will be thinner coats and much easier to remove than globules of enamels from four or so decades ago!