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If anybody out there isn't using the product Dawn Power dissolve to strip your worst painted model, you should definitely try it. Awesome stuff. Congeals after a few days, but just stir it a little and it's great.

Have you tried it on plastic or just metal models?? Please tell all...

oAFLORD

I agree with oaf.
Though, I don't deal with stripping models, I know MANY here do.

Please, give as much info as you can. It will be WELL received.
If you have some personal experiences you can detail, even better!

Eric

I'll pick some up and give it a go. Hopefully I can work up an article for this and other "new" stripping agents I've come across for my website.

MagickalMemories wrote:I agree with oaf.

Not worth sigging, but worthy of mentioning your on-going adoration of the Lord of the Oafs...

That aside, I may have to try this stuff, as Castrol Super Clean hasn't been 100% for me lately. Still love it, but always willing to try something new! Just awaiting the answer to the metal/plastic query!

oAFLORD

I've recently tried Krud Kutter. It's more expensive than CSC/Purple Power, but highly effective. I use it no for pieces that CSC struggles with. (It is safe for plastics.)

@YW7 - let me know if you need some help writing the articles; I'm happy to put my scientific glassware to good use, and I've been trying to get together the motivation to write such a series.

Is Dawn Power Dissolve environmentally safe/friendly? After all, that is why I use CSC.

Eric68 told me about simple green.
It works awesome, I dropped some metal marines and let them soak when I pulled them out and ran a toothbrush over them they came out clean (might have to use a stick pin to ge some of the deeper cracks, but a stiffer toothbrush could help there too).

It does not appear to harm plastics at all, and it does not disolve glue.

And it is environmentally safe/friendly.

Simple Green is all I use. It may weaken cyanoacrylate glue a bit, but is safe on both plastic and metal. Not too hard to get metal back to completely bare. Even plastic comes pretty clean (took enamel spray apint off, even - left a weird shiney finish on the plastic, but seemed to re-prime just fine). And it is cheap and safe.

I would agree on the Simple Green. I stripped my entire Dwarf army a few years back (BIG mistake!!!), but after leaving it in Simple Green for about a week, it was just time consuming but not too difficult at all.

Simple Green uses 2-butoxyethanol to clean (same chemical BP is using to disperse oil) just be sure to keep it in a ventilated area and if your pregnant or wife is pregnant try not to be around it.

I hear break fluid strips plastics well. Anybody try it?

I personally use a chemical called "gun wash" on pewter minis, it's a recycled product made from the solvents in the paint that body shops use to clean spray guns and thin paint, that they use to paint cars. It is extremely strong but works well. My minis come out clean with a brief tooth brushing. I let the minis sit overnight for best results but it all you have is an hour you can dip the mini in for a few minutes and the give it a scrub then repeat a few times. If you know anyone have any friends that work at a body shop I would recommend trying it out.

Norseman wrote:I hear break fluid strips plastics well. Anybody try it?

I did back in the day, it sort of worked. I had a real good cleaner that I had used for a number of years to strip paint but unfortunately cannot remember the name.

Gun wash, good stuff very strong. also uses 2-butoxyethanol but much more concentrated. Its also in Dawn dish-washing detergent.

This is why I want to compile information on various stripping agents in one place.

I picked up the Dawn Power Dissolver last night. It's a spray on substance to remove tough food. It has warnings all over it to not apply it to anything that has printed lettering or painted metals (always a good sign). I have some metals and plastics soaking in it right now, along with similar batches in CSC and Krud Kutter for side-by-side comparisons. Pics are forthcoming as well.

Just a quick run-down on various agents and what they are safe to use on:

• Brake (not break) Fluid: metals only
• Acetone: metals only
• Oven Cleaner: metals only
• Pine-Sol: metals yes, plastics limited
• Simple Green: metals and plastic
• CSC/Purple Power: metals and plastic
• Krud Kutter: metals and plastic
• Dawn Power Dissolver: to be determined, but I suspect safe for both.

Simple Green, CSC/Purple Power, Krud Kutter, and Dawn Power Dissolver are all bio-degradable. The other products I've listed are not.