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Post by Gamera on Apr 12, 2013 12:38:43 GMT -5
Hi all,
I need to strip a few kits and wanted to know what you use?
Having tried various stuff with various results just wanted to know if I am missing some wonder stripper out there?
It would have to be avalible in the UK.
Regards
G
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Post by becdecorbin on Apr 16, 2013 22:55:07 GMT -5
Simple Green in a jar. Great if you're not in a rush. Doesn't leave fumes, you can touch it bare-handed and use it over and over again. Won't hurt plastic.
If you're more hurried, get out a can of Easy-Off (or the equivalent) spray in a place where fumes won't get you and come back after several hours. Put on rubber gloves and scrub. Another method is to place the parts to be stripped in a large sealable plastic baggie and spray the Easy-Off into the bag and zip it closed to concentrate the stuff.
To get stubborn paint off, scour with Ajax, Comet or something similar. (chlorine bleach)
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Post by becdecorbin on Dec 24, 2013 20:24:28 GMT -5
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Post by becdecorbin on Dec 28, 2013 12:07:42 GMT -5
The first real video I made for stripping paint from a kit was a cinch. The second part is much more involved and entails some real effort if you're working with a kit that has a lot of deep relief and wrinkles. This method is pretty forceful and if there are delicate parts on your kits, use more caution. My subject this time was the Revell Polar Bear who I made pretty sturdy with caulking material. For those of you (like yours truly) who won blandly-painted build-ups in auctions, this is one way of getting the original plastic back into the realm of restoration. YES, 40 year old enamel will come off, provided it IS enamel. I had a hell of a time with heavy lacquers and specialty plastic primers and will NOT use them again. www.youtube.com/watch?v=av-_4hOuX8w |
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Post by becdecorbin on Jan 1, 2014 11:59:51 GMT -5
 SOME of the layers used on this vintage 1970s "Pirates of the Caribbean" kit from MPC were NOT finished in paints made for styrene plastic and were impossible to remove without damaging an already dilapidated kit further. I could scrub the base, but the figure isn't as sturdy and flat and what little paint there is left in the little crevices, I can leave alone and throw on a brand new coat of primer. He was also glued badly, but the only recourse I had there was to lever stuck pieces apart and cracks be damned. Arrgh! |
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Post by scooke123 on Jan 8, 2014 22:10:30 GMT -5
I use the Walmart brand of Purple Power cleaner - works on all but the most stubborn paint. Gotta use gloves though - pretty rough on the skin! (Ask me how I know!)A good scrubbing with an old toothbrush takes paint right off. Plus its bio- degradable too.
Steve
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Post by jeffbrown on Jan 9, 2014 1:52:08 GMT -5
I bought some paint stripper made for plastic models; I think it was from Polly-S, and strippped several PS kits probibly around 1999 to 2001, not sure. I assume they still sell it. It did work but it left a white haze on the models that I think is actually the top plastic layer getting spungy or something. I recomend staying away from this stuff.
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Post by jeffbrown on Jan 9, 2014 2:03:14 GMT -5
I've been sitting on a used lot of Aurora animals I got off EBay that includes the black bear, the bison, a couple horses and a white tail deer that some kid in the 70s thought would look good slathered in a coat of gloss red paint. I think I'll try that purple wal-mart cleaner and see what happens.
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Post by becdecorbin on Jan 9, 2014 10:04:36 GMT -5
I've been sitting on a used lot of Aurora animals I got off EBay that includes the black bear, the bison, a couple horses and a white tail deer that some kid in the 70s thought would look good slathered in a coat of gloss red paint. I think I'll try that purple wal-mart cleaner and see what happens. Take some pictures of those kits and upload them on this thread---I love to see examples of unorthodox paint jobs. I want to see a gloss red deer. |
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Post by TAY666 on Jan 9, 2014 18:08:08 GMT -5
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Post by jeffbrown on Jan 10, 2014 2:00:58 GMT -5
 took a bit of looking but I found them. there is less red on the deer then I remember but the horses are unique; green on the white stalion and I don't know what on the other horse; white, pink, brown, green, blue, red. the bison is looking pretty bad but at least its kind of realistic, the bear was not painted but the bear's base was and that one looked the best out of all these. there was also a revell polar bear in the mix I forgot about. this must have been stap together kit; the others were badly glued with the 70s tub glue that is now brown and brittle. in the mix was some other little odds and ends including several little figers including some cowboys, indians, dinosaurs and some cows. don't know if they are collectable or not; no company marks on the things; I do recognize the two aurora bats from the vampire model. |
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