Paint Removal Options

[Zombie]

Whats the best way to remove the piant from resin/plastic without damaging it?

Normally if I want to strip paint from say a Mini, I would soak it in Pinesol for a couple days, and the paint and stuff will slough right off... which is great for metal...

But I have some old Armorcast ruins I want to re-paint, I had painted them years ago, and am unhappy with them... and I know that the Pinesol method will ruin the resin.

[Chris Passeno]

Try Simple Green.

[Bryan Borgman]

Try Simple Green.
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Under Chris' advisement I turned to Simple Green this past Spring and it works great. I consider myself fairly "green" as it is so it's great using something that is non-toxic and eco-friendly. It also works wonders on acrylic and paint removal on both metal and GW plastics. I use it at full concentration and have never had any problems with it "eating" anything other than paint, super glue, and in some cases greenstuff/plumbers putty.

[Zombie]

Under Chris' advisement I turned to Simple Green this past Spring and it works great.  I consider myself fairly "green" as it is so it's great using something that is non-toxic and eco-friendly.  It also works wonders on acrylic and paint removal on both metal and GW plastics.  I use it at full concentration and have never had any problems with it "eating" anything other than paint, super glue, and in some cases greenstuff/plumbers putty.
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Awesome... I have a bottle of that here!

[BillyC]

Simple Green doesn't work on WOTC pre-painted minis!
That said it didn't eat the plastic either.

Billy

[Chris Passeno]

Simple Green doesn't work on WOTC pre-painted minis! 
That said it didn't eat the plastic either.

Good to know. I would imagine that's because the paint is actually baked on.

I've also found that Windsor Newton Brush Cleaner makes an awesome paint stripper, but only for metals. It'll pit plastics...my poor, poor SST Chickenhawk! Now with Battle Damage!

With Simple Green, you are going to want to let it sit for 24hrs at full strength. With WN Brush Cleaner, you can brush the paint off after about 15-30 minutes.

[Badgorilla]

For what's it worth,

I used oxi clean, and Palmolive oxi dish soap, for both metal and plastic.

Two scoops of Oxi clean to four drops of Palmolive in hot water, and let it go to town.

It takes about 3 hours, but the paint, start to peel off with just a touch of a finger.

Good to know.  I would imagine that's because the paint is actually baked on.

I've also found that Windsor Newton Brush Cleaner makes an awesome paint stripper, but only for metals.  It'll pit plastics...my poor, poor SST Chickenhawk! Now with Battle Damage!

With Simple Green, you are going to want to let it sit for 24hrs at full strength.  With WN Brush Cleaner, you can brush the paint off after about 15-30 minutes.
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[Chris Passeno]

For what's it worth,

I used oxi clean...
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That sounds cool. I'll have to give that a try.

[castellan]

I use Goo Gone a lot. I have used it on metal and plastic. I have not noticed any loss of detail on either. Though with Goo Gone you must be patient.
I also use Easy-Off Oven Cleaner. I have not noticed any loss of detail on metal or plastic using Easy-Off. Easy-Off can be harmful to the eyes, skin, and lungs so be careful. Be patient though not as long as Goo Gone.
I often let them soak overnight. After a soak with either one scrub them with soap and a tooth brush. If needed reapply Goo Gone or Easy-Off.

[Zombie]

I use Goo Gone a lot. I have used it on metal and plastic. I have not noticed any loss of detail on either. Though with Goo Gone you must be patient.

Last weekend I soaked a Yuuri overnight in Goof Off... It melted the plastic base.

I also soaked an enforcer in it, thinking since it took off the Yuuri's base, it would disolve the Greenstuff coat I made him, that I decided I was unhappy with. Sure enough, the Goof Off made the greenstuff slough off like meat from a well cooked chicken.

[castellan]

Zombie, Goo Gone and Easy-Off will probably do the same.

[Badgorilla]

Hi gang,

With in the last two weeks i started to Work with the cleaner Simple green.

I've got to say, I'm happy with the resultes of it.

I've striped closed to 50 minatures, of driffernt size, from another game company.. they where dipped in a contanier of Simple green. i used a 35% Water, and 65% Simple green, and a full bath in simple green.

The models where a mix of metal and platic, the worse where thick with polyurathane, paint and primer.. some of the plastics where just thick with paint.

The resultes where that after an hour, The sealent coat started to come off, after two, paint came off with a tooth brush, and the primer coat and glue was holding on.. after three hours, the primer coat started to give, as well as metal and plastic started to come apart..

I even left a batch in the dip till today, so about two weeks, and there was no harm to the metal or plastic, the plastic was stained with the former coats, but where other wise fine. Some of the metals where heavely coated with primer, and given that, they are not starting to peel.

There wasn't a real down side to using it. My hands didn't dry out, and other then a minty smell, there was no fumes. The models wash clean when rised with water. I haven't started to repaint them, and my only concern is that the primer might not stick, but i have yet to see this and no other users of simple green have reported it either.

that's is all for now.

For what's it worth,

I used oxi clean, and Palmolive oxi dish soap, for both metal and plastic.

Two scoops of Oxi clean to four drops of Palmolive in hot water, and let it go to town.

It takes about 3 hours, but the paint, start to peel off with just a touch of a finger.

Good to know.  I would imagine that's because the paint is actually baked on.

I've also found that Windsor Newton Brush Cleaner makes an awesome paint stripper, but only for metals.  It'll pit plastics...my poor, poor SST Chickenhawk! Now with Battle Damage!

With Simple Green, you are going to want to let it sit for 24hrs at full strength.  With WN Brush Cleaner, you can brush the paint off after about 15-30 minutes.