Cleaning off paint

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Ok I recently bough about 40 catachans they were painted and I just got them for the legs and heads, some arms maybe too as I am mixing them with cadian torsos and arms to get a unique force.

The problem is they have been chilling in brake cleaning fluid for 2 weeks now and the paint is not coming off with hard brushing I could get just a little off but the premier is still underneath.

what is the best way oven cleaner?
I heard Pine sol but I live in Poland and not sure which product can be a replacement please help

[telecustom]

Most of the time I just scrape the paint off with my hobby knife. It is not the best answer, but it works for me.

[ssgtdude (M.I.A)]

If the models are metal you could use the oven cleaner as well as some other products. there is one we have here in the states that is simple to use and very effective called simple green. However, being in poland I do not know if this product has made it across the pond yet.
Another product people will use is Purple Power.


Pine Sol doesn't work very well. and I am surprised that the break fluid isn't either. You sure you are using break fluid and not break cleaner?

Acetone will work if you are stripping paint from metal models, but DO NOT use it on plastic as it will melt the plastic and you will end up having models that look like they been through a acid bath.

Hope this helps.

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They are plastic, the catachans, and I just put them in oven cleaner well a few for a test see what will happen.

I am using brake fluid called dot 3 but I added a little water maybe that is the problem?

I know pine sol simple green would be available here under a different name but I cannot place the exact formula for those so it is hard to try if you guys have ingriedients on the bottle can you possibly post it

BTW the ratio for pine sol cleaners is like 50/50 with water right

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Use Simple Green. It works like a charm. Though it will stain your metal models significantly.

[ssgtdude (M.I.A)]

this is taken from the MSDS on Simple green. Hope it helps you...

The only ingredient of Simple Green® with established exposure limits is undiluted 2-butoxyethanol (<6%) (Butyl
Cellosolve; CAS No. 111-76-2): the ACGIH TLV-TWA is 20 ppm (97 mg/m3). Based upon chemical analysis, Simple
Green® contains no known EPA priority pollutants, heavy metals or chemicals listed under RCRA, CERCLA, or CWA.
Analysis by TCLP (Toxicity Characteristic Leaching Procedure) according to RCRA revealed no toxic organic or
inorganic constituents.
All components of Simple Green® are listed on the TSCA Chemical Substance Inventory.

for more information on the MSDS here is a link to it. It will tell you what sort of precautions you need to take when using it as well as what sort of medical treatment you should use if you get it in your eyes, on your skin, or heaven forbid you or someone else drinks it.

www.simplegreen.com/pdfs/07_msds_simple_green_pad.pdf

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Thanks I am off to the store with the ingridients list

[fatuous]

try nail varnish remover and a tooth brush.

[ssgtdude (M.I.A)]

Fatuous Nail varnish remover is made of Acetone. Acetone and plastics do not play well together unless you are creating a traitor legion of Nurgle Guardsmen I would stay away from acetone.


There is some products that are acetone free, but from my experiences it too melts some plastics.

[fatuous]

oops, sry, tbh I haven't had to strip paint from minis in ages, but that was what I used to use, maybe I was lucky and had an acetone free one. I used varnish remover on metal figs, but that stuff is nasty stuff and burns ur hands as well as melting plastic.

Will update otehr thread too.

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Now I can get off all of the paint, apart from some small areas that are difficult to reach my main proble is I can not scrub the premier off

It is not that much of the issue wherever I want to GS I will scrub with a hobby knife yet I should put another layer of premier on right, will the old fall off in the futer and wreck my mini

[angelusmortis]

It depends on the type of paint used. However, I can absolutely garauntee you, that as long as it was standard GW or off the shelf paint (the good old $1 spray paint cans) then Pine-sol is absolutely the best. I have tried everything everyone here has used and can assure you Pine-sol works better than everything else. It will remove 90-100% of the paint. Put them in it and let them soak for an hour then try, if its not working put them in for another hour, etc. I painted up 60 Inquisitorial Stormtoopers (the old style metal ones) this way.

EDIT: Word of warning, Pine-sol is more caustic than it appears. Make sure you wear surgical gloves when using it and make sure you rinse off as much as possible before you scrub with a brush. Most of the paint will just rinse right off with the Pine-sol anyways. If you scrub with it on your skin for more than a minute or two it will cause serious damage to your skin and make you very sick (could be life threatening if its too bad). Just follow my precautions and it will not be an issue. RINSE BEFORE YOU SCRUB!

As far as a Polish equivilant to Pine-sol, look for a kitchen or bathroom cleaner thats would be a form of Pine oil. Barring that I dont know what to tell you Brother.