Stripping alcohol

[MPWR]

Originally Posted by klutz_100

The alcohol stripped some TS (fresh) in less time that it took me to say "supercalifragilisticexpialidocious"

Must be one of those Polish prases, loosly translated to "how long does it take this stuff to work, anyway?" Or, someone has been to EuroDisney far too recently.

Enough with the brake fluid- yes, it gets paint off (but then so does laquer thinner, or for that matter, gasoline). Sometimes you will get away fine, and sometimes it will utterly destroy your body. It does attack plastic, so is it really worth the risk? There are always better options.

KTem- Can you find a household cleaner called Simple Green? In the States, it's availible in hardware, home supply, and car supply stores. Stevenski, you've found this stuff haven't you? Lately it's my favorite paint stripper. It quickly, safely and easily removes laquer and acrylic (haven't tried it yet on enamel, but I hardly ever use enamels), and it claims to be fully non-toxic and biodegradable- good stuff by me.

What are you trying to strip, anyways?

[klutz_100]

Originally Posted by MPWR

Must be one of those Polish prases, loosly translated to "how long does it take this stuff to work, anyway?" Or, someone has been to EuroDisney far too recently.

Just call me Mary Poppinska

[KTem]

MWPR: I'm trying to strip a car body painted with Tamiya TS paint I don't know about the Simple Green, I'll see if I can find it, thanks for da suggestion! *drives away in his pimpin' Yugo*

[nugundam93]

uh-oh. be careful with thinner. least damage it could to if you soak it would be to make the body brittle.

worse damage...completely eat the body.

*looks at the half-dissolved R34 V-Spec II body in the spare parts bin*

[klutz_100]

What abou this?

Yes, Andy I got super green here - about 20USD for 1 litre

[MPWR]

Come to think of it, didn't Hiroboy recently threaten to start carrying isopropyl in his online store? I remember he said he can get it. Maybe he'll ship across the channel?

[Svendsen]

Originally Posted by cyberkid

Hrm... thinner and brake fluid at the same time?
You should be careful when doing combo's like this.
Not sure if the two will mix tho.
Give some results 'cause I'm curious about your mix

It went great, 1litre of DOT4 and just some thinner. But it was so much paint on it that i need to do the DOT4 one more time to get all off and the primer.

I jsut wonder how i will clean it, the DOT4 sticks well and I belive new paint wont like it.

The car looks just fine to me also.

[ZoomZoomMX-5]

Originally Posted by MPWR

Must be one of those Polish prases, loosly translated to "how long does it take this stuff to work, anyway?" Or, someone has been to EuroDisney far too recently.

Enough with the brake fluid- yes, it gets paint off (but then so does laquer thinner, or for that matter, gasoline). Sometimes you will get away fine, and sometimes it will utterly destroy your body. It does attack plastic, so is it really worth the risk? There are always better options.

KTem- Can you find a household cleaner called Simple Green? In the States, it's availible in hardware, home supply, and car supply stores. Stevenski, you've found this stuff haven't you? Lately it's my favorite paint stripper. It quickly, safely and easily removes laquer and acrylic (haven't tried it yet on enamel, but I hardly ever use enamels), and it claims to be fully non-toxic and biodegradable- good stuff by me.

What are you trying to strip, anyways?

I've been hearing that people are having great luck with stripping all kinds of paint, including TS sprays, with Dawn Power Dissolver that you get at the grocery store. I have some, but haven't tried it yet. It's in a pump spray bottle and it's fairly inexpensive. I have no idea if it's sold overseas.

[cyberkid]

Originally Posted by Svendsen

It went great, 1litre of DOT4 and just some thinner. But it was so much paint on it that i need to do the DOT4 one more time to get all off and the primer.

I just wonder how i will clean it, the DOT4 sticks well and I believe new paint wont like it.

The car looks just fine to me also.

For the cleaning of the DOT4, just run it under the tap then light scrub it with some dish detergent using a toothbrush. The water will neutralize the brake fluid and the dish detergent will clean the rest off. Just curious what type of thinner did you use? Normal lacquer thinner? or modeling (synthetic) lacquer thinner? and around how much?

[Svendsen]

@Cyberkid: I used Tetrosyl thinner, it is a cellulose thinner ment for mixing with primers and paint.

Well I used a smidge... just had some in it said *blop blop* about two times... not much. just to add some extra. I was abit afraid about the mixing.

Thanks for the tip with water, and that you told me how it did work

[Svendsen]

Do not use thinner with it, and don't keep it there too long. Two parts of my car did break loose. Maybe abit hard handed by me to.

[f1speeds]

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