Stripping models

GearHead · Post by **GearHead** » Mon May 07, 2007 5:40 pm

Yknow, I've tried oven cleaner and it didn't do a thing.

These days I mostly use Simple Green, but I keep some Citristrip around for those tough jobs (and to dissolve glue and epoxy.)

OOPS! brand stripper works really well on everything I tried it with, but it's not cheap, highly volatile, and melts plastics ('cept vinyl, for some of those more obscure minis) faster than a bic lighter.

ohioguy · Post by **ohioguy** » Mon May 07, 2007 6:05 pm

Ive used it for years now and its been very good to me. Ill put the mini's in a plastic bowl, Spray um with a thick coat and let them sit over night. Rinse them off with some hot water and use a toothbrush for hard to reach area's. Maybe have to do it 1 more time and thats it. Pretty easy!

npd_bigdaddy · Post by **npd_bigdaddy** » Mon May 07, 2007 9:14 pm

ohioguy wrote:Oven cleaner all the way for me when it comes to metal mini's. $1.00 a can at the cheap store.....You cant beat it.

I've heard that too for metal, but I've never tried it. I've always been a tradtional Pine Sol soak guy and toothbrush.......

What's the method used for spray oven cleaner?

Erik

ohioguy · Post by **ohioguy** » Tue May 08, 2007 12:00 pm

^^^^^^^^ I posted the steps I take right above your last post

Matthew Murray · Post by **Matthew Murray** » Tue May 08, 2007 1:42 pm

Oil based paint is the easiest thing to strip off of miniatures. Any grease cutting cleaning solution will work, with the aforementioned SuperClean in the purple jug working great on plastics, even better if they are painted with enamels. I get mine at Meijers, I imagine any store with a sizable automotive section that has cleaning supplies should have it.

For metal miniatures I soak them in a cleaner called Lestoil. A little stinky, probably has some undesireable stuff in it, but it is the best stripper, hands down, that I have ever used. Puts Simple Green to shame. If it is painted with an oil based paint it will be stripped without the need for any scrubbing; just soak for about a day and rinse off with water. In some cases the miniature will come out looking like a drop of paint has never touched the miniature, in other cases it will be discolored grey. For water based paint soak for about a day or two (I'm never in a hurry so I soak for extended periods) and then rinse in water with a firm bristle tooth-brush and rubber gloves. The paint will usually be a skin that is ready to come off with a little scrubbing. DO NOT STRIP PLASTIC MINIATURES IN LESTOIL, THEY WILL GET MESSED UP.

If you get any paint that just does not want to come off it is probably either an unusually good primer or it is a paint/primer that you will need to use Acetone to clean off. Before you dip any plastic in Acetone test a piece you don't care about (like sprue material) for about an hour before putting anything you care about in it.

Anglacon · Post by **Anglacon** » Tue May 08, 2007 2:29 pm

Well, I own a printing company, and the best stripper without a doubt is stuff called: "Rubber Rejuvinator". It is used to , well, rejuvinate rubber rollers, etc...

It will take the paint of a METAL mini in about 1 second...

However, if it goes near plastic, well, they will turn into a grey pile of goo rather quickly.

-Anglacon

Lormax · Post by **Lormax** » Tue May 08, 2007 6:57 pm

For my metal minis I've used just good ol' fashioned paint stripper from Home Depot. Soak em overnight and the paint would literally just peel right off the miniature. Do NOT use it for Plastic.

For plastic minis, all the GW store employees near me, and a LOT LOT LOT of the customers at the LA Battle Bunker swear by a product called LA Awesome. I haven't used it personally, only cuz I haven't needed to strip a plastic, but I'll be picking some up really soon.

npd_bigdaddy · Post by **npd_bigdaddy** » Wed May 16, 2007 4:30 am

Well this may be a <not smart> question, but with it being in the LA Battle Bunker and called LA whatever, it is only available in LA/west coast areas?

I've never heard of it here on the East Coast

Erik

Lormax · Post by **Lormax** » Thu May 17, 2007 7:52 pm

Dunno to be honest on that one. There's a thrift store near the Battle Bunker that sells the stuff, I think it's like a dollar a bottle? I'll pick some up this weekend and try it out on an old termagent I have. If the results are good I'll be happy to help distribute it.

npd_bigdaddy · Post by **npd_bigdaddy** » Thu May 17, 2007 10:45 pm

Lormax wrote:Dunno to be honest on that one. There's a thrift store near the Battle Bunker that sells the stuff, I think it's like a dollar a bottle? I'll pick some up this weekend and try it out on an old termagent I have. If the results are good I'll be happy to help distribute it.

Hmm, maybe i need to check out the local Big Lots and Dollar Stores then. Wouldn't that be stellar to get a great stripper for a buck

Erik

Lormax · Post by **Lormax** » Fri May 18, 2007 4:24 pm

I'd love to get a stripper for a buck..they usually ask me for $20 for 2 songs.

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