new guy

[carlxie007]

hey, everybody, yeah, i'm a new guy to this forum.
I'm gonna ask a question that many other may already asked, but i want answer that help me to solve in where i live.
so here's the common question:
1, how to remove old paint off the model car? and what can i get from Australia (most importantly)?
2, how to strip parts off a assembled kit? it just one of my old finishes, and i wanna repaint everything again.
thanks for everyones' time.

[stevenoble]

Originally Posted by carlxie007

hey, everybody, yeah, i'm a new guy to this forum.
I'm gonna ask a question that many other may already asked, but i want answer that help me to solve in where i live.
so here's the common question:
1, how to remove old paint off the model car? and what can i get from Australia (most importantly)?
2, how to strip parts off a assembled kit? it just one of my old finishes, and i wanna repaint everything again.
thanks for everyones' time.

Hello and welcome.To answer your questions.

1: Depends what paint you have used to paint it.Enamels I use Mr Muscle oven cleaner.Anything else isopropyl alcohol 91%+ strength.With the oven cleaner place the parts to be stripped in a plastic sandwich bag, spray in the oven cleaner, allow to soak for a good few hours, then remove and scrub the parts.Repeat if necessary.With the alcohol pour the alcohol in a suitable tub with a sealed lid and soak the parts to be stripped in the alcohol overnight.Next morning remove the parts and scrub off the old paint.It may take a couple of soaks to remove all the paint.

2: Depends on the type of glue you have used for assembly????

[rockinanko]

Hi, aussie new guy! welcome to AF!!!

1) my method of removing paint from body is using brake fluid. it works excellently for de-chroming too! but do test out the plastic to see if the fluid 'attacks' or not!

2) my method is 'freezing the whole item in the fridge for a day...then gently knock them off one by one. but there's no guarantee part won't break ok!?

hope it helps!

cheers
marc
SSGP

[carlxie007]

Originally Posted by stevenoble

Hello and welcome.To answer your questions.

1: Depends what paint you have used to paint it.Enamels I use Mr Muscle oven cleaner.Anything else isopropyl alcohol 91%+ strength.With the oven cleaner place the parts to be stripped in a plastic sandwich bag, spray in the oven cleaner, allow to soak for a good few hours, then remove and scrub the parts.Repeat if necessary.With the alcohol pour the alcohol in a suitable tub with a sealed lid and soak the parts to be stripped in the alcohol overnight.Next morning remove the parts and scrub off the old paint.It may take a couple of soaks to remove all the paint.

2: Depends on the type of glue you have used for assembly????

thanks for the quick reply, guys.
I use tamiya products in all my works.
the model car has been assembled for a while too.
for the aussie answer? if i put it in the freezer, am i suppose to just sand the marks off?
cheers

[rockinanko]

for the aussie answer? if i put it in the freezer, am i suppose to just sand the marks off?

well, in general yes.

the last time i tried to de-glue a model car it works quite well, only a couple of broken inserting studs. please make sure you put the item in a ziplock bag for hygiene sake before freezing!

there may be more methods in de-gluing the item...stay tune for more replys from the other modelors...

marc
SGP