Castrol super clean question

I have a model and a couple of parts sitting and soaking for more than a day now, and the only way i can get some paint off is by scratching it with my nail. Should I wait longer, or something else is wrong?

And what kind of paint is it....?

You're not putting your bare hands in the CSC are you?

Also, CSC won't work on lacquers.

enamel. and no i am using gloves
isn;'t tamiya a lacquer?

there seem to be a couple types of paint that super clean won't work on, generally if the paint doesn't fall right off the surface in 3 or 4 hours it isn't going to.

I picked up a Tamiya 1/12 Renault RE20 a month ago that had been sitting in someones basement for 10 years, whoever started it stopped after the first page of the instruction book. The Super Clean stripped the chrome parts clean as a whistle in 2 hours flat. The ground-effect underside was brush painted white and 3 days of soaking and heavy tooth-brushing just barely removed it. One of the front bulkhead pieces had an aluminum color and some sort of clear coat that the Super Clean wouldn't even soften after a week. I admit it is really exciting when Super Clean works well but it isn't the silver bullet for everything. YMMV

I would keep soaking it. When I've removed enamel with CSC, I let it soak over a weekend or so. When it softened sufficiently, the paint came off in strips. It may take a bit of scrubbing to remove it all completely, but it's still probably worth giving it some time.

The CSC is probably working fine. I let the part soak for a couple of days and then use a toothbrush and toothpaste to get the rest off. Use eye protection also, if you use the toothbrush.

JB

im stripping some rims in CSC now and is been a full week and just noticed some progress.