HELP!!! nephew "helped out", painted model with rustoleum paint..

[Emc-Icon]

anyway.. an 8 year old paints a model with no experience and with the wrong paint..

how do i strip this stuff without melting the model?..

the model is the revell 1998 corvette pacecar

this was my gift to him, and i was gonna help him build it and get him into building models..

and.. um.. this..
help me out.. isoprophyl alcohol (70%) does nothing to the paint..

[freakray]

Check out the other threads on the subject.

90% Isopropyl.
Castrol Super Clean.
The FAQ.

[MPWR]

What is Rustolium, enamel? Either way, 70% iso isn't usually strong enough to budge anything other than Tamiya acrylics. 90%+ may do the trick, but for enamels I like degreasers such as CSC, Purple Power or Simple Green (my personal favorite).

[Scale-Master]

Rustoleum comes in different formulas, but of the stuff I have used, (I'm pretty sure it was enamel based, not lacquer), I used mineral spirits to clean up the overspray.
(Lacquer thinner worked even better for that purpose, but it was on metal, (and skin), and lacquer thinner will definitely damage the Vette body.
If it doesn't say lacquer on the Rustoleum can, I don't think it's lacquer.)

If it is completely dry, you might try oven cleaner, it always works for me on other enamels... - Mark

[lumpulus]

Sounds like you need a new nephew.

[dag65]

Originally Posted by Emc-Icon

anyway.. an 8 year old paints a model with no experience and with the wrong paint..

how do i strip this stuff without melting the model?..

the model is the revell 1998 corvette pacecar

this was my gift to him, and i was gonna help him build it and get him into building models..

and.. um.. this..
help me out.. isoprophyl alcohol (70%) does nothing to the paint..

Wrong Paint? I thought you bought it for him?
Let him build it his way with whatever paint he wants to use.