Just to make this clear; everyone asking the question "Will this remove.....", the answer is YES. Also, the question "Is it safe to use on....", again, the answer is YES. Yes it removes acrylic, enamel, varnish, primer, etc. Yes, it is safe for metal, plastic, resin, etc. YES!!!!!
I'm not afraid of poorly painted minis, but I am afraid that if someone has painted mini's poorly... they probably didn't do a superior job of assembling the mini's. I'm doing the army I always wanted to try now (finally), 5th edition Lizardmen, and I've been lucky. Several sets I bought were not even glued together. I suppose there is always some risk. I'm trying some Kaboom I just got today. Thank you. This is the kind of info I need. I stripped metal fig's with acetone. Worked well.
@Reaverhobbies I don't think a bag or jar would affect the potency. I only tried Pinesol once on an old Armorcast resin titan. Got a bad flu after putting it in and forgot about it for a month. The resin absorbed the Pinesol and softened and expanded the model. I had a puffy, floppy Warhound.
@skalathrax Doesn't seem to matter. A bag uses less cleaners so it is more economical. Also it is easier to to get small bits out rather than fishing them out of a dirty jar. Although with a jar you can use the same clean over and over and over. Guess it depends on how many minis you have to clean.
The Purple Degreaser brands and yellow LA's Awesome Cleaner (best so far,) will not hurt plastics, so use them Full Strength. But ALWAYS wear gloves! These degreasers will leach the oils out of your skin and cause painful damage, especially over time. You can reuse the cleaner over and over. I keep it in a salsa jar. Overnight soak, gloves, long tweezers, sink, toothbrush, done.
Testors is enamel based, not oil. It's been ages since I tired it on enamel, but I believe it will work. Finally, I suggest getting Vallejo paint instead of GW. It's better quality and better value.
@lukazila111 It should be. Keep in mind though "resin" is a very general term for a plastic compound and not all resin is the same. There is a difference between say the resin used by Forgeworld and the softer resin used by PP and for Finecast, both of which are closer to PVC. I haven't tried it on all forms of resin.
There's a new product out now called Dawn Power Dissolver. Its found with the degreasers at most stores and smells horrible but does what purple power and simple green does in only 2 hours and doesnt harm plastic. I stripped an entire army with a bottle with no loss of detail.
This was awesome, thanks so much!! If you find there are areas where you can't get at with a toothbrush you should buy the toothbrushes that are on a stick that are designed for people with braces. I have a bunch left over from when I had braces and they work wonders for getting in all the nooks and crannies!
Methalated spirit is the best thing to use i have found. It wont melt or soften plastic minis either. It will work fast, you only need to put it in for 15-30 mins and the paint comes off easy. Then just sift out any flakes of paint and reuse the same liquid over and over again. I have used the same bottle for the last year and its still as good as the day i got it
@UnitedWarGamers I haven't had a problem with it not removing primer. Let them soak longer I guess. Haven't tried bleach. On my webpage there is a huge list of different chemical that can remove paint. The problem is most are dangerous, harmful, toxic or messy. That is why I suggest CSC or PP. It's mostly safe and you can dump it down the drain. The worst it can do (with normal use) is dry out your skin if you soak your hand in it.
I was a big user acetone and brake fluid to strip battletech miniatures. I pickup some purple power to see how well it works. I think I found my new paint remover. A miniature that was well over 10 years old was stripped in a matter of hours. Some paint was still on in the crevices but a little more soaking and a finer cleaning brush I think I'll get it. The super glue was still on so I'll soak it for the week. My acetone and brake fluid stripping always took longer and was really messy. Didn't always get the paint off in one scrubbing. Even if it was soaked for months. Want to get the sonic cleaner to see how much cleaner it makes it.
cool video! Also, yes Purple Power will eat through almost anything! Turns rubber items into long gooey things that look like you microwaved a gummy bear lol
For metal minis, if you JUST CANT find purple or green, in the past I have used automotive brake fluid. Works great, just be careful, its not clothing and carpet friendly, and all that.
I was just gonna ask about ultrasonic cleaners as you started talking about it! I was looking at those last night coincidentally, to get one for my airbrush.
The main ingredient in all of these fluids is methalated spirit (not sure if iv spelt that right). But they water it down and pump up the price. pure methalated spirit will remove paint from plastic, and metal minis alike. about 10-20 mins in methalated spirit and its done, without damaging the minis at all.
I've used this method frequently, I put it in an ultrasonic cleaner let it soak over night then turn on the cleaner for 5-10 minutes. Most of the time they come perfectly clean. Beware though, if you get this stuff on your skin it "can" cause chemical burns, especially if you get it in a cut. Wear eye protection and gloves.
I couldn't find any Simple Green at the few stores I went to so I pulled out a can on Goof Off to see how it worked. I sprayed it into a baggie with a few miniatures and left it for about eighteen hours. Everything came off. Paint, new primer, old primer. Everything. And it didn't eat through the baggie, so that was a bonus.
I live in Canada and am unable to find Purple Power; apparently some places like Walmart don’t sell it anymore. Does anyone have any alternatives, or know a place to find it?
Oh, super important note about Goof Off: it also dissolved some super glue I had used on one of the minis. This was on pewter, not plastic, so use caution.
Good to know--that's helpful! Does a fine job and you must have been picking up my thoughts about buying some figures off e-bay. Lousy paint jobs, but hard to find figures or figures I need for my armies.
Yep, take it from someone who bought about 25 pots of paints from GW, and after using it for a while, I bought 5 of vallejo Game Color, now I bought thru eaby 50 more pots and i am so happy right now.
Hi I have vintage Barclay lead figurines . I want to repaint them they are beat up. Will this method work without damaging them? I having never tried painting figures before. They are for a model railroad. Thanks for any info.
Everyone recommends Simple Green. I used too much primer on my plastic board game mini and want to remove the primer and start over. How long should I wait for Simple Green to effectively work on removing primer? The primer is only like 20 minutes old.
is it possible to just remove the varnish and not the paint underneath? I have some minis that I fucked up with Citadel varnish that are completely snowman'd. No re-varnishing method has worked. Please help me. I spent days painting these fuggin things.
Realistically, no. You can try using a stiff paint brush and the Purple Power, but your talking about trying to remove a microscopically thin layer of varnish without damaging the delicate paint underneath. Not that easy.
Cool, i've used super clean but im haveing a hard time removing primer off my models. Any ideas on what I should do? Also have you tried blech on models? I ask b/c I saw JOJOman us it on metal models.
Great vid, I use pine sol(and generic variants- same crap in my experiences) but I just fill up a small tupperware container and submerge stuff for a day or so. Would it be more potent to seal a few figures and some pine sol in a bag like so? Basically, does pine sol work the same way as this Purple Power godsend lol? thanks.
Will this work for Lead figures? I just bought some lead figures for the 1985 Marvel Superheroes tabletop RPG, and a few of them were painted, and not well. This is just what I was looking for!
Greetings Doc! I have Testor's model painted lead figures from back in the early 80's and wonder will the Purple Power remove the paint? I used Jasco to remove some but man the fumes were far too volatile to deal with and the safety requirements to use the Jasco are steep indeed, so I'm looking for a safer method. Thanks in advance!
@ThePaintingClinic ah cool so It's about as potent as it'll get then. Sorry for your loss haha, I cant say I have really anything resin but thanks for the heads up.
I have some Malifaux plastic miniatures that I put in Purple Power. 2 days later and the black primer (army painter) will not come off. Any suggestions? I did not mix in any water. I only primed them a week ago.
Doctor Faust's Painting Clinic I think I primed when it was too humid. Two of the models legs came out "fuzzy" so the primer added texture that I did not want. I am going to leave them in there for a couple more days. I read that Purple Power should remove Army Painter primer - so I suppose I need to be patient.
K Money I used something called LA's awesome Orange it seems to take everything off but you have to soak it for extended periods. It may be the same as his purple Power I haven't tried it yet.
A model has been a day in this treatment now, so far the liquid has turned to its color but nothing has came off so far. I used a different house cleaner (cillit bang), could it be the cause it hasn't been working, or have i misunderstood the guide by some other way?
+Zan he Give it time. It sometimes takes a couple of days. If the water is changing color then it's clearly working. Also at any rate, you still have to scrub the mini to get it all off.
Hey Doc, it's 2016 and I don't see purple power in stores anymore. I checked Walmart and only saw simple green. Have you since switched to a different product or did purple power get renamed? I bought some simple green today to test out on some old model kits.
HELP! I out of my cheapness/being broke after buying whole crap ton of minis ( something like 115 or so) win i first got into warhammer 40k(about 6 months ago)I didn't have the money to go out and buy Real GW paint so i used my old Testors oil paint instead (which worked well enough) But now i have the money and i want to take off the oil paint and primer (i got the primer from Home depot not sure which it is i could go find it if need be) Will this method work on oil paints?
+DarkYokuo It won't even strip the paint that much on GW sprayed models and will not strip the GW primer. I would use LA's Totally Awesome, or Simple Green to strip down paint from GW sprayed models. You can find Simple Green at Walmart, Shopko, places like that and LA's Totally Awesome at Dollar General, or Dollar Store. They both work the same, they both keep the GW primer on, LA is cheaper, and they both do not damage the plastics or resins. Purple Power, use on models sprayed with Rustolean or Krylon.
Word to wise as well, make sure you guys use latex/nitrile/dish gloves when using this stuff, or else your fingers will prune up like you've been in the bath for hours...trust me, it's only funny the first time haha.
ScoutTrooperProdctns Plastic "glue" is not glue. It fuses plastic together by melting it, therefore there is nothing to dissolve. It can weaken super glue and make it easier to scrape off, but not dissolve it. I wouldn't mess with bleach.
Methalated spirit is the best thing to use. It wont melt or soften plastic minis either. It will work fast, you only need to put it in for 15-30 mins and the paint comes off easy. Then just sift out any flakes of paint and reuse the same liquid over and over again. I have used the same bottle for the last year and its still as goid as the day i got it.
TiredFellow7 acetone will work if you trying to destroy the details and it will turn your plastic miniature into a puddle of goo. It works great on metal Miniatures however.
+Doctor Faust's Painting Clinic Thanks! Do resin types differ as much as plastic? I'm just afraid of eating some miniatures that I'm afraid may be recast copies.
Just to make this clear; everyone asking the question "Will this remove.....", the answer is YES. Also, the question "Is it safe to use on....", again, the answer is YES. Yes it removes acrylic, enamel, varnish, primer, etc. Yes, it is safe for metal, plastic, resin, etc. YES!!!!!
Doctor Faust's Painting Clinic what if you only want to remove part of of the paint job?
@@deplorabledegenerate2630 YES
@@eddysplosion It will dissolve the plastics? YES! XD
I'm not afraid of poorly painted minis, but I am afraid that if someone has painted mini's poorly... they probably didn't do a superior job of assembling the mini's. I'm doing the army I always wanted to try now (finally), 5th edition Lizardmen, and I've been lucky. Several sets I bought were not even glued together. I suppose there is always some risk.
I'm trying some Kaboom I just got today. Thank you. This is the kind of info I need.
I stripped metal fig's with acetone. Worked well.
@Reaverhobbies I don't think a bag or jar would affect the potency. I only tried Pinesol once on an old Armorcast resin titan. Got a bad flu after putting it in and forgot about it for a month. The resin absorbed the Pinesol and softened and expanded the model. I had a puffy, floppy Warhound.
Time to clean up my mistakes from 4 years ago
@@ChirpyCrisp oof
I do not even paint or have minifigs, but your videos are raelly cool!
Well you better get some, it's a helluva lotta fun.
@skalathrax Doesn't seem to matter. A bag uses less cleaners so it is more economical. Also it is easier to to get small bits out rather than fishing them out of a dirty jar. Although with a jar you can use the same clean over and over and over. Guess it depends on how many minis you have to clean.
simple green can be found at any ace hardware.
The Purple Degreaser brands and yellow LA's Awesome Cleaner (best so far,) will not hurt plastics, so use them Full Strength. But ALWAYS wear gloves! These degreasers will leach the oils out of your skin and cause painful damage, especially over time. You can reuse the cleaner over and over. I keep it in a salsa jar. Overnight soak, gloves, long tweezers, sink, toothbrush, done.
Biodegradable, this was one of my main concerns. Very informative
@videoGunZ You can't just drop a painted mini into the ultrasonic cleaner. It only removes bits of loose paint. It still needs to presoak in cleaner.
Testors is enamel based, not oil. It's been ages since I tired it on enamel, but I believe it will work. Finally, I suggest getting Vallejo paint instead of GW. It's better quality and better value.
@lukazila111 It should be. Keep in mind though "resin" is a very general term for a plastic compound and not all resin is the same. There is a difference between say the resin used by Forgeworld and the softer resin used by PP and for Finecast, both of which are closer to PVC. I haven't tried it on all forms of resin.
There's a new product out now called Dawn Power Dissolver. Its found with the degreasers at most stores and smells horrible but does what purple power and simple green does in only 2 hours and doesnt harm plastic. I stripped an entire army with a bottle with no loss of detail.
I generally use PineSol, but it sounds like Purple Power is the way to go, thanks for the tip.
FYI - If you have trouble finding this stuff at the big box stores try the auto parts shops. Look in the cleaners sections.
@NidPhobia0 Yes, but since 50% diluted with water works just as well, there's no reason to waste twice as much Purple Power.
This was awesome, thanks so much!! If you find there are areas where you can't get at with a toothbrush you should buy the toothbrushes that are on a stick that are designed for people with braces. I have a bunch left over from when I had braces and they work wonders for getting in all the nooks and crannies!
Methalated spirit is the best thing to use i have found. It wont melt or soften plastic minis either. It will work fast, you only need to put it in for 15-30 mins and the paint comes off easy. Then just sift out any flakes of paint and reuse the same liquid over and over again. I have used the same bottle for the last year and its still as good as the day i got it
@UnitedWarGamers I haven't had a problem with it not removing primer. Let them soak longer I guess. Haven't tried bleach. On my webpage there is a huge list of different chemical that can remove paint. The problem is most are dangerous, harmful, toxic or messy. That is why I suggest CSC or PP. It's mostly safe and you can dump it down the drain. The worst it can do (with normal use) is dry out your skin if you soak your hand in it.
Question. Im from Finland and we dont have said purple power. So i just need industrial cleaner with oil removing effect or am i missing something?
Dettol is a good alternative. Not sure if you have that stuff in Finland tho.
I was a big user acetone and brake fluid to strip battletech miniatures. I pickup some purple power to see how well it works. I think I found my new paint remover. A miniature that was well over 10 years old was stripped in a matter of hours. Some paint was still on in the crevices but a little more soaking and a finer cleaning brush I think I'll get it. The super glue was still on so I'll soak it for the week. My acetone and brake fluid stripping always took longer and was really messy. Didn't always get the paint off in one scrubbing. Even if it was soaked for months. Want to get the sonic cleaner to see how much cleaner it makes it.
Immediately liked just for MST3K intro
cool video! Also, yes Purple Power will eat through almost anything! Turns rubber items into long gooey things that look like you microwaved a gummy bear lol
For metal minis, if you JUST CANT find purple or green, in the past I have used automotive brake fluid. Works great, just be careful, its not clothing and carpet friendly, and all that.
I was just gonna ask about ultrasonic cleaners as you started talking about it! I was looking at those last night coincidentally, to get one for my airbrush.
The main ingredient in all of these fluids is methalated spirit (not sure if iv spelt that right). But they water it down and pump up the price. pure methalated spirit will remove paint from plastic, and metal minis alike. about 10-20 mins in methalated spirit and its done, without damaging the minis at all.
I've used this method frequently, I put it in an ultrasonic cleaner let it soak over night then turn on the cleaner for 5-10 minutes. Most of the time they come perfectly clean. Beware though, if you get this stuff on your skin it "can" cause chemical burns, especially if you get it in a cut. Wear eye protection and gloves.
@ThePaintingClinic We use it at work to clean fry grease. I will get some tomorrow to strip models I messed up on :P
Will this work on pre-painted D&D and Pathfinder minis?
I couldn't find any Simple Green at the few stores I went to so I pulled out a can on Goof Off to see how it worked. I sprayed it into a baggie with a few miniatures and left it for about eighteen hours. Everything came off. Paint, new primer, old primer. Everything. And it didn't eat through the baggie, so that was a bonus.
Edward Hickcox goof off is 60% acetone, so nailpolish remover (the smelly one) :> This is why it works. Its what I use
Do the models need any further treatment to make em repaintable after giving them a brake fluid bath?
I live in Canada and am unable to find Purple Power; apparently some places like Walmart don’t sell it anymore.
Does anyone have any alternatives, or know a place to find it?
Dettol is a good alternative. I've also used brake fluid before and it works even better, but it's quite toxic for your skin.
I've actually had brake fluid take a rigid resin miniature and it turned it rubbery.
Oh, super important note about Goof Off: it also dissolved some super glue I had used on one of the minis. This was on pewter, not plastic, so use caution.
Yes.
@matao0661 will left off the metal mostly and can be scrapped off, and it should come off in big flakes.
Good to know--that's helpful! Does a fine job and you must have been picking up my thoughts about buying some figures off e-bay. Lousy paint jobs, but hard to find figures or figures I need for my armies.
I was thinking of using the sonicator at work too, guess ill try that if the home remedy doesn't work!
I find that most acrylic paints unless sealed will come off by just soaking in plain water long enough.
No idea. Haven't tried it.
Any tips for cleaning finecast?
will it remove the primer too?
quick question is it better to have the bag / jar sealed or does it not really matter?
Yep, take it from someone who bought about 25 pots of paints from GW, and after using it for a while, I bought 5 of vallejo Game Color, now I bought thru eaby 50 more pots and i am so happy right now.
Hi I have vintage Barclay lead figurines . I want to repaint them they are beat up. Will this method work without damaging them? I having never tried painting figures before. They are for a model railroad. Thanks for any info.
can i get the complete paint off with an ultrasonic cleaner? or do i still need the bath in purple power? nice vid btw
will this harm resin models?
Very helpful, thanks doc
Will it work with reaper bones “bones” material?
I have a model that has been covered in a Rustoleum clear matte finish, will Purple Power remove it as well?
I have used pure acetone. Not sure if it works on everything.
@matao0661 oh yeah make sure you let the minis soak for 8 plus hours if this is the primer that was used. I would go with a full 24 hours myself.
Hi! Does anyone know what equivalent to buy in Europe? More specifically, Croatia.
Everyone recommends Simple Green. I used too much primer on my plastic board game mini and want to remove the primer and start over. How long should I wait for Simple Green to effectively work on removing primer? The primer is only like 20 minutes old.
Depends of various factors like the type of primer and type of plastic and how long it's been curing. 1 to 3 days average.
does this work on models that have been sealed with layers of gloss and matte varnish?
is it possible to just remove the varnish and not the paint underneath? I have some minis that I fucked up with Citadel varnish that are completely snowman'd. No re-varnishing method has worked. Please help me. I spent days painting these fuggin things.
Realistically, no. You can try using a stiff paint brush and the Purple Power, but your talking about trying to remove a microscopically thin layer of varnish without damaging the delicate paint underneath. Not that easy.
Nice tip! Thanks!
Good vid buddy. You can also use Pinesol.
what about on models like abadon the despoiler (uses a different plastic, not sure what kind)
Can it remove glue and a thick coat of Spray Paint?
L.A.'s Toatally Awesome works wonders on paint removal
Does it work on scale model plastic. Need IDEA.
Cool, i've used super clean but im haveing a hard time removing primer off my models. Any ideas on what I should do? Also have you tried blech on models? I ask b/c I saw JOJOman us it on metal models.
will this remove primer? and are those wet spots on the model just in need of drying?
Great vid, I use pine sol(and generic variants- same crap in my experiences) but I just fill up a small tupperware container and submerge stuff for a day or so. Would it be more potent to seal a few figures and some pine sol in a bag like so? Basically, does pine sol work the same way as this Purple Power godsend lol? thanks.
It works fine.
Is it ok to use it concentrated?
How long did you leave the figures in the Ultrasonic cleaner ?
Ok, how will this work on polyeurothane resin? I have a resin funny car body I badly botched the finish on.
Will this work for Lead figures? I just bought some lead figures for the 1985 Marvel Superheroes tabletop RPG, and a few of them were painted, and not well. This is just what I was looking for!
Yes. The older the paint the harder to remove, though.
Greetings Doc! I have Testor's model painted lead figures from back in the early 80's and wonder will the Purple Power remove the paint? I used Jasco to remove some but man the fumes were far too volatile to deal with and the safety requirements to use the Jasco are steep indeed, so I'm looking for a safer method. Thanks in advance!
Maybe. The older the paint the harder to remove.
@ThePaintingClinic ah cool so It's about as potent as it'll get then. Sorry for your loss haha, I cant say I have really anything resin but thanks for the heads up.
Does purple power work ok on resin? Or does it break down?
I have some Malifaux plastic miniatures that I put in Purple Power. 2 days later and the black primer (army painter) will not come off. Any suggestions? I did not mix in any water. I only primed them a week ago.
K Money That means it's really good primer. Do you NEED to remove it if it's doing what it's suppose to do? Just primer over it again.
Doctor Faust's Painting Clinic I think I primed when it was too humid. Two of the models legs came out "fuzzy" so the primer added texture that I did not want. I am going to leave them in there for a couple more days. I read that Purple Power should remove Army Painter primer - so I suppose I need to be patient.
K Money I used something called LA's awesome Orange it seems to take everything off but you have to soak it for extended periods. It may be the same as his purple Power I haven't tried it yet.
Wouldn't some Isopropyl alcohol suffice to remove paint?
+Johannes Blank Yes. Lots of stuff can remove paint. But this works the best when accounting for toxicity issues.
A model has been a day in this treatment now, so far the liquid has turned to its color but nothing has came off so far.
I used a different house cleaner (cillit bang), could it be the cause it hasn't been working, or have i misunderstood the guide by some other way?
+Zan he Give it time. It sometimes takes a couple of days. If the water is changing color then it's clearly working. Also at any rate, you still have to scrub the mini to get it all off.
Doctor Faust's Painting Clinic Alright, thanks for answer. Guess i was just a little bit inpatient.
Hey Doc, it's 2016 and I don't see purple power in stores anymore. I checked Walmart and only saw simple green. Have you since switched to a different product or did purple power get renamed? I bought some simple green today to test out on some old model kits.
+TheRobotAssassin Last time I bought a bottle a few months ago they still had it.
+Doctor Faust's Painting Clinic thanks! I just found purple power yesterday at another Walmart in their automotive section.
Does it remove enamels as well?
HELP! I out of my cheapness/being broke after buying whole crap ton of minis ( something like 115 or so) win i first got into warhammer 40k(about 6 months ago)I didn't have the money to go out and buy Real GW paint so i used my old Testors oil paint instead (which worked well enough) But now i have the money and i want to take off the oil paint and primer (i got the primer from Home depot not sure which it is i could go find it if need be) Will this method work on oil paints?
Yes and yes.
Would this work on miniatures that were painted nearly a decade ago? I happened to find an old game of mine and would like to redo the paintjob.
flap Yes.
flap would it work if I was wearing a long sleeve tee?
Will this work even after a matte varnish spray has been applied to the mini?
+MPRIV Yes.
+Doctor Faust's Painting Clinic Thank you!!!
How much does Purple Power cost where you are? Does 50 bucks sound normal? That's the price here.
Under $10 at Walmart.
Will this work on the primer undercoat? Specifically the GW primer spray
+DarkYokuo It won't even strip the paint that much on GW sprayed models and will not strip the GW primer. I would use LA's Totally Awesome, or Simple Green to strip down paint from GW sprayed models. You can find Simple Green at Walmart, Shopko, places like that and LA's Totally Awesome at Dollar General, or Dollar Store. They both work the same, they both keep the GW primer on, LA is cheaper, and they both do not damage the plastics or resins. Purple Power, use on models sprayed with Rustolean or Krylon.
Good vid. Thanks
Any one in Australia tried to do this and a name what you used
Can you recommend what ultrasonic cleaner to use for this?
I just bought the cheapest one I found on Amazon.
Big help thank you
And how about to remove paint from metal minis?
acetone
I swear by Simple Green, on this end. I don't dilute it, and generally only takes an overnight soak for plastic, resin, or metal minis. Works for me!
Hey Doc, is this stuff safe for resin models? I have two ancient Armorcast Titans and would hate to mess them up.
***** Yes.
Thank You!
would that work on a varnished miniature?
Yes.
Word to wise as well, make sure you guys use latex/nitrile/dish gloves when using this stuff, or else your fingers will prune up like you've been in the bath for hours...trust me, it's only funny the first time haha.
Does it remove gw plastic glue or just super glue and could you use bleach just a theory
ScoutTrooperProdctns Plastic "glue" is not glue. It fuses plastic together by melting it, therefore there is nothing to dissolve. It can weaken super glue and make it easier to scrape off, but not dissolve it. I wouldn't mess with bleach.
Anybody know what would be the UK equivalent?
also need to know
I found one video for Dettol
use the cheap or brown one
not tried myself yet
+MadLadDesigns any de-greaser will work
i have used the dettol in the past and it does work and in about an hour
Methalated spirit is the best thing to use. It wont melt or soften plastic minis either. It will work fast, you only need to put it in for 15-30 mins and the paint comes off easy. Then just sift out any flakes of paint and reuse the same liquid over and over again. I have used the same bottle for the last year and its still as goid as the day i got it.
Does this destroy details?
TiredFellow7 I wouldn't recommend it if it ruined the mini.
TiredFellow7 acetone will work
if you trying to destroy the details and it will turn your plastic miniature into a puddle of goo. It works great on metal Miniatures however.
Does this work with resin, or should I use something else like Isopropyl?
+Noel Shen Resin is fine.
+Doctor Faust's Painting Clinic Thanks! Do resin types differ as much as plastic? I'm just afraid of eating some miniatures that I'm afraid may be recast copies.
+Noel Shen Resin is plastic.
Thx for the tip
Can you get that kinda stuff in Europe?
Will this stuff remove oil based paints?
GreenskinHolland Should.
Yes!