<MISC>Stripping Acrylic Paint
Paul
Just though I'd share that common gasoline works great, a little messy
though.
P.S. Plastic dissolves :(
HCamper123
>
>Just though I'd share that common gasoline works great, a little messy
>though.
Great. But a slightly less volatile fluid would probably be better.
MRTINJ
All you need to strip acrylic paint (provided the figures haven't been sealed
already) is common rubbing alchohol. I keep a sealed jar of the stuff on my
painting table just to give my brushes the occassional bath to remove any dried
paint gunking up the ferrels.
Martin J.
BSu7739420
Your best bet is to use an enamel primer as your base coat; then Easy-off oven
cleaner or brake fluid will work nice.
bsu773920
Paul
BSu7739420 wrote:
Tried it, didn't work.
Dave (Ishtar) Rishar
Paul wrote:
>
> Just though I'd share that common gasoline works great, a little messy
> though.
>
Had the same problem with methyl ethyl ketone and diesel fuel, two of my
all-time favorite solvents. Of the two, diesel is my choice because you
can do anything with it. Seriously. Remove paint? Diesel fuel. Clean
a surface? Diesel fuel. Got some poison ivy out back? Dump the diesel
on it. And, if all else fails, pour some in the John Deer when it runs
dry.
As for stripping paint off minis, I swear by Pinesol, with a little
water thrown in to make it flow. Just tried it today for the first time
and I was nothing less than impressed -- not only did it take the
acrylic paint off, but removed the enamel undercoat as well. If you
have access to it, I'm thinking pine oil would work pretty damned well,
too. I haven't tried it on plastics yet, but it doesn't seem to
dissolve plastics. (I use it a lot at work -- great stuff, and it even
smells nice.)
Here's a thought, speaking of work-related solvents. I wonder how
Simple Green concentrate works? I can't tolerate the smell anymore (one
too many cases of Green Lung for me), but it might work, and it's
readily available. Anyone tried this?
-Con, Diesel Fuel Advocate. (It even gets the deposits out of your
coffee cup! Now beat THAT!)
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Dave (Ishtar) Rishar wrote:
> Paul wrote:
> >
> > Just though I'd share that common gasoline works great, a little messy
> > though.
> >
> > P.S. Plastic dissolves :(
>
> Had the same problem with methyl ethyl ketone and diesel fuel, two of my
> all-time favorite solvents. Of the two, diesel is my choice because you
> can do anything with it. Seriously. Remove paint? Diesel fuel. Clean
> a surface? Diesel fuel. Got some poison ivy out back? Dump the diesel
> on it. And, if all else fails, pour some in the John Deer when it runs
> dry.
I gotta agree that fuel oils can do just about anything, but the poisonous
vapors not only stink and are dangerously volatile, it seems to impregnate
the plastic and inhibit paint sticking. (It also continues to stink
afterwards. Been running tests.)
However, "that smell, that gasoline smell... smells like... victory."
It also gives your Leman Russes a sort of olfactory believability.
Jsmack65
>Dave (Ishtar) Rishar wrote:
>> Had the same problem with methyl ethyl ketone and diesel fuel, two of my
>> all-time favorite solvents.
Methyl ethyl keytone!?!? Geez, I wouldn't want this stuff in my
neighborhood, much less my house. Ditto for diesel fuel.
Try Goo Gone- it's sold in hardware stores as a stain remover. Just use
it in a well ventilated area. Or the cham-peen from the last time paint
stripping came up-brake fluid.
james
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Paul
Jsmack65 wrote:
> Methyl ethyl keytone!?!? Geez, I wouldn't want this stuff in my
> neighborhood, much less my house. Ditto for diesel fuel.
>
Actually if any on in your neighborhood uses oil for heat you have tanks of No.2
Heating Oil all over the place. And No.2 Heating Oil is pretty much the same as
diesel fuel.