Paint Stripping

For stripping from resin, no suffestions, but: On metal I have used cellulose
thinners and paint stripper. The latter is wonderful on acrylics, they just
come off in sheets. The latter is
better for enamel and will also eat epoxy - I rescued some old Games
Workshop Star Trek ships and an SJG Ogre Mk V with it (remember the Chandley
anyone?). I am really tempted to clone the Ogres (I have a Mk III and V) but
this raises a lot of legal issues.

Cellulose thinners will soften resin - useful if you want to bend little
bits. I have left it soaking for an hour or so with no ill effects, but I
would be very wary about anything important.

I have not tried oven cleaner but it is wonderful for cleaning the glass front
of our fire, and if it can handle that (wood tars?) paint should not be a
problem.

> I have not tried oven cleaner but it is wonderful for cleaning

Strong Oven cleaner is based on caustic soda (sodium hydroxide) you can get
sources of this in other cleaning products such as drain cleaner or you can
buy it from chemical suppliers and harware stores and use it directly.

Another good product is Ronstrip (there are most likely to be US equivalents)
this is a caustic soda based material that you apply like a soggy paste and it
strips furniture and miniatures very well. You peel off the paste and all the
paint comes with it, this will go through multiple layers of ancient paint.
Caustic soda is unlikely to be a solvent for metal, plastic or resin so is a
very good universal stripper. The usual cautions apply (goggles and gloves and
ventilate).