Howdy all, I had read a post a while ago that pertained to stripping
miniatures of the poor paint jobs that they currently have. In the past I had
used laquer thinner, which worked great. However, I would like to use
something a little less smelly and if my memory serves me right (often it
doesn't), I believe that someone mentioned that you could soak the figures in
dishwasher detergent for a while and that would loosen the paint.
These figures are painted using Acrylic paints, but the detergent did not work
for me. If maybe there is something that someone can suggest as well as offer
some idea of the concentration used to make it work, the gesture would be
greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance,
Pine Sol. Simply soak them in it for about a day, then use a toothbrush under
running water to lightly brush the remaining paint off. Don't use it on
plastic figs though, as they will melt. Also, you can use the pine fresh or
lemon Pine Sol, and that takes care of the smell that you're worried about as
well
:)
> Scott Speiker wrote:
> Howdy all,
Simple Green works well too, at least at getting the paint off, but it will
also discolor the metal (not a big issue since they get repainted anyway), and
is less effective on old superglue.
Brian Bilderback
> From: Mark Reindl <mreindl@jps.net>
%50 pine sol and %50 water works well. 6-36hrs. Will melt plastic
miniatures if you leave them in too long. I'd suspect coke or taco bell hot
sauce would work as well, but thats just a guess based on how well they eat
through everything else...:D
> On Sun, 16 Apr 2000, Scott Speiker wrote:
> Howdy all,
I've been doing some paint stripping on some old mini's this week so I thought
I'd put my two cents in.
I've used the 50/50 pine sol mix to strip figs and it works fine. On my
latest batch of leads I decided to try something a little stronger; acetone.
Oh boy does it work better. Dip the mini for about 5 minutes, then toothbrush
it. Dip the brush in the acetone and work any trouble spots. Takes about 10
minutes per mini (or less).
You can get acetone at your hardware store, and a quart will run you about $5.
They sell it for thinning epoxy.
Bill
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%50 pine sol and %50 water works well. 6-36hrs. Will melt plastic
miniatures if you leave them in too long. I'd suspect coke or taco bell hot
sauce would work as well, but thats just a guess based on how well they eat
through everything else...:D
> On Sun, 16 Apr 2000, Scott Speiker wrote:
> Howdy all,
Maybe it's just all those government monthly safety briefing booklets the
supervisor sent around instead of tying us up in monthly safety meetings
(Safepacks) (full of stories to fill volumes of candidate's for the Darwin
lists) but having been splashed a few times in Chemistry classes:
I hope you remember - Ventilation, ventilation, ventilation
Eye-goggles are a pain but if you are working with your face close to
the brush (some do you know)...
Keep said brush away from pets (including children <grin>)
Okay, you get the point. My supervisor would have made us don goggles for the
Pine Sol...
Gracias.
Glenn Wilson, Triple Threat Wargamer - (loses equally well in
SF/Fantasy/Historical Games.) Prefers Fantasy Dwarves, Starguard
Science
Fiction, 1500-1700 North America Skirmishes, the First Crusade.
> On Wed, 19 Apr 2000 08:46:36 -0500 bbrush@unlnotes.unl.edu writes: