Some paint questions

[Dyno247365]

Originally Posted by stevenoble

Well it depends how quick you want to strip it I suppose. I'd rather have it stripped clean and no brittle plastic, even if it takes a little longer. Doesn't matter how much paint is on it, it won't protect the plastic because the brake fluid is stripping the paint off, so the plastic will be exposed to the brake fluid anyway........

If it goes to hell, I'd have learned my lesson but the fact is I need to opt for the miracle faster way. I'll let you know how it goes.

[Dyno247365]

Faster way...five hours later and nothing has even peeled, just bubbled and even ran a little. I'm buying a new model anyway but cmon I was sure this would work from the feedback I read about. I'm using Synthetic DOT-3 brake fluid.

Before:



After 5 hours:

[Enilder]

i've also used polish remover to strip paint but it's been PITA. i am just moving on to my next project. i really dont think it's worth going through all the trouble unless you are working on expensive model (but then, you shouldn't be messing up that bad ).

[Dyno247365]

Originally Posted by Enilder

i've also used polish remover to strip paint but it's been PITA. i am just moving on to my next project. i really dont think it's worth going through all the trouble unless you are working on expensive model (but then, you shouldn't be messing up that bad ).

I assume that would be a catch 22.

[Didymus]

It's not a dip-it-and-forget-it situation. Don't expect either brake fluid or oven cleaner to just float away the paint. There's no way to tell if it worked until you rinse it off and try scrubbing it.

Get the stiffest toothbrush you can find. Or pick up a small brass brush at your local hardware store. A brass brush might sound brash (heh heh) but I've never seen any damage on styrene or resin. I wouldn't use a steel brush. Nor would I use a brass brush on clear plastic. And avoid brushing delicate features like window posts.

The little cracks and crevices are the hardest to strip. It will help to constantly dip the scrub brush in warm soapy water and/or alcohol. Sometimes you just have to pick out paint bits with a dental probe or an X-Acto blade tip.

Ddms