Help removing the chrome base coat from parts

[Lusitano]

Hi!

I'm new here, but i have browsing this great forum for some time (and learning a lot!).

I am starting a Revell '69 Charger and stripped the chrome with oven cleaner without much of a problem.
However, the base coat (kind of a yellow-ish gloss coat) to which it sticks is tough as nails and I can't get it stripped either with oven clenar or soaked in brake fluid for a few hours .

I have read great things about CSC as a paint stripper, but it is not available in Europe, where I live. Do you think that it might work in this case? If so, is there any store that ships it overseas?

Sorry if it has been discussed before, but I tried both searching the previous posts and checking the FAQ with no luck.


I hope I can contribute to this community from now on.


Cheers,
Luis

[grundski]

What I used very successfully in the past is bleach. Good ol Clorox. It's a lot less messy than oven cleaner. Toss the parts in a jar, cap it wait a day or so and it's all gone.

[Jay!]

+1. Bleach to remove Revell chrome.

[Lusitano]

Thank you very much for your help, gentlemen.
I have placed them in "the bath", so let's see what comes up (or out, in this case


Cheers,
Luis

[Scale-Master]

I just recently stripped the chrome off a Revell '69 Charger using oven cleaner. Two applications and it was totally clean in a half hour. Look for an oven cleaner with a high amount of lye, seems to be the ingredient that does the work... - Mark

[winstona]

Originally Posted by Scale-Master

I just recently stripped the chrome off a Revell '69 Charger using oven cleaner. Two applications and it was totally clean in a half hour. Look for an oven cleaner with a high amount of lye, seems to be the ingredient that does the work... - Mark

Easy Off Oven cleaner available in an aerosol spray can is the best! I used it to strip the chrome off my Shelby Cobra 427 and it worked like a charm.

An additional note: The fumes of the oven cleaner does most of the job, not the soaking. You have to spray it all over the model and seal it in a closed box so that the fumes can do its job. Its effectiveness drops immensely if you leave it in open air.

Winston

[Lusitano]

Wow! Great tips!
I guess my fault with the oven cleaner was leaving it in open-air


Thanks again,
Luis

[Scale-Master]

winstona's point about the fumes is important. I too usually use Easy Off, but have been having good luck with the cheapo stuff from the 99 cents store. I spray the parts in a bathroom sink and cover the sink with an old plastic cutting board. Ziplock bags work well too. I always hold my breath when working with it, the fumes can really attack your mucous membranes. Use common sense... - Mark

[bhop73]

409 isn't quite as toxic as bleach and oven cleaner, and works also. See this link:

http://www.childofmecha.com/Modeling/Chrome/Chrome.html

[nugundam93]

try 90% isopropyl alcohol if you can find em. i pick up mine at a local chemistry supply shop, works on a lot of stuff.

[joy_ride]

HEY MAN, i'M NEW HERE TOO. hOW DO YOU POST YOUR QUESTION ON THE FORUM BOARD? I HAVEN'T FIGURED IT OUT YET. iF THIS IS GOING THROUGH, hOW DO YOU REMOVE THE FACE PLATE FROM AROUND THE RADIO OF A TIBURON WITH OUT DAMAGING THE SURROUNDING DASH?

[joy_ride]

hOW DO YOU REMOVE THE FACE PLATE FROM THE RADIO OF A TIBURON WITHOUT DAMAGING THE SURROUNDING DASH?

[nugundam93]

joyride, try to turn off your caps lock please.

are you referring to an actual tiburon? please try to post in the hyundai section, there is one.