Really old paint removal
RC Boater
applicable portions of the wings brush painted with red Testor's enamel.
The kit was painted this way about 25 years ago. The kit has only minor
assembly, most of the painted pieces have not been assembled yet.
I'd like to clean up the model and then assemble it. I figure that I really
need to strip most or all of the red enamel off as a first step., or I'll
never cover it with white.
I've gathered from posts here that brake fluid, oven cleaner, etc. have been
used by people to remove paint. Is there a method that would work on such
old enamel, that won't destroy the plastic, my lungs, or melt my hand off?
There are no glue joints to worry about, and the clear pieces are not
involved, if that has a bearing on which product to choose.
I'm more willing to spend time than money, within reason. I don't mind a
multi-step process, as opposed to a miracle cure, but it doesn't make sense
to buy $25 worth of chemicals to restore a $10 kit.
Thanks for any advice.........
-Bill
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Is there a method that would work on such
> old enamel, that won't destroy the plastic, my lungs, or melt my hand off?
Castrol Super Clean, in the automotive area of any good department store. It
comes in gallon jugs. I put a 40 year old car model in a plastic container.
Next day, used a toothbrush to get it spandy-clean. Took maybe 10 minutes,
but I'm picky...
WinBear
Rick Fluke
"SAK!" "SAK!" "SAK!"
Here's a review:
http://modelingmadness.com/ads/sak.htm
Also, we can now take credit card orders via PayPal. Just use my Email address
to place your order. "dog...@blackfoot.net"
A single bottle of "Strip-A-Kit" is $8 + $3.50 for S&H via USPS Priority Mail.
Two bottles are more of a bargain totalling $19.00 which includes S&H.
Again, I apologize to those modelers outside the Continental USA. Due to very
stringent international mail and small package shipping regulations, we are not
ALLOWED to ship this product anywhere but within the CONUS.
Rick Fluke
Hangar 3 Arlee
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your hands.
Gerald Owens
Penmod
>From: Rick Fluke Rick_...@newsguy.com
>Date: 2/27/02 6:20 PM Eastern Standard Time
>I often feel like that commercial on TV - The AFLAC Duck...........
>
>"SAK!" "SAK!" "SAK!"
>
>Here's a review:
>
>http://modelingmadness.com/ads/sak.htm
>A single bottle of "Strip-A-Kit" is $8 + $3.50 for S&H via USPS Priority
>Mail.
>Two bottles are more of a bargain totalling $19.00 which includes S&H.
>
...and the best part is, it really works! No messy, fumey oven cleaners either!
Heck, you can open a bottle, take a paintbrush and "paint" it on only the parts
you wish to strip! That's convenience!
MRLMMD:
Marty Oberman, Jr.
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"There is no spoon..."
RC Boater
My thanks to all for their responses.
-Bill
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Rick Fluke
>
>I just ordered a bottle-- it sounds like just what I was looking for.
>
>My thanks to all for their responses.
>
>-Bill
Bill: Thanks to the real time effectiveness of the I-Net, I have received
notification of your payment and the package will be going out this afternoon.
PayPal sure beats the heck out of a one week turn around with the mails.
Cheers!
C.R. Krieger
have been
> used by people to remove paint. Is there a method that would work on
such
> old enamel, that won't destroy the plastic, my lungs, or melt my hand
off?
Yes. Brake fluid, oven cleaner, etc.
> I'm more willing to spend time than money, within reason. I don't
mind a
> multi-step process, as opposed to a miracle cure, but it doesn't make
sense
> to buy $25 worth of chemicals to restore a $10 kit.
I understand. As a basically cheap bastard, I always go for the
low-cost solution first. You can get DOT3 brake fluid for a buck a pint
in a lot of discount stores. I wouldn't use it in anything I *drive*,
but it works well on a lot of old paints. Next, I move to oven cleaner
(messier, more expensive, still less than the commercial strippers) if
the brake fluid doesn't work. Finally, the commercial kit strippers if
all else fails. If I had stopped at stripping my first 3 kits, I could
have limited it to brake fluid ...
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C.R. Krieger
"Don't argue with 'em, dear; they're beneath our dignity." - W.C. Fields
jah bill
gallon or so of it costs only a few bucks. this stuff will strip *really*
old, *really* thick old paint without harming plastic (or resin in my
experience), overnight.
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jah bill
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