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looking at a really crappily painted resin model to pick up. Is there a safe way to strip resin.

I figure you'd be ok with Fantastic.

I don't KNOW that you'd be ok.

Simple Green. It may soften the resin, but not so much you can't scrub the paint off with a toothbrush. Once it is stripped, cleaned, and rinsed off; it should go back to its former hardness after 24-48 hrs. YMMV.

Do not use paint thinner or even non acetone nail polish remover. It will destroy it.

Moving thread.
More appropriate for discussions.

Eric

Simple green works fine, it may need a couple of bath though to get it clean properly.
Otherwise Brake Fluid is also pretty awesome on resin, but it's a pain to deal with in terms of safety and disposal...

Cheers

J

I have had good luck with Purple Power on metal and plastic. Any ideas on how it would do on resin? (Especially really OLD resin from the mid-90's)?

-P

thanks for ideas i'm getting a resin model soon and I may need to strip it.

Ironhide wrote:Simple Green. It may soften the resin, but not so much you can't scrub the paint off with a toothbrush. Once it is stripped, cleaned, and rinsed off; it should go back to its former hardness after 24-48 hrs. YMMV.

I've had small resin bitz melt in Simple Green...so, maybe not...?

How long did it sit in there?

Ironhide wrote:How long did it sit in there?

Overnight.

Granted it was FW Elysian bitz that were pretty small...but, yeah, checked them in the morning and was like "WTF!?"

Yeah, I advise against small or thin resin bits being stripped, but the bigger/fatter pieces should be fine overnight.

I don't understand the logic.
---Granted, I have precisely ZERO experience stripping minis---
If it'll melt small resin bits, why won't it eat small details off of larger pieces? Seems like it should be an 'all or nothing' kind of thing , to me.


Eric

MagickalMemories wrote:I don't understand the logic.
---Granted, I have precisely ZERO experience stripping minis---
If it'll melt small resin bits, why won't it eat small details off of larger pieces? Seems like it should be an 'all or nothing' kind of thing , to me.


Eric

I imagine it eats into the resin slightly, that's why larger pieces get soft. So maybe it softens smaller pieces to the point of melting...

ancientsociety wrote:

MagickalMemories wrote:I don't understand the logic.
---Granted, I have precisely ZERO experience stripping minis---
If it'll melt small resin bits, why won't it eat small details off of larger pieces? Seems like it should be an 'all or nothing' kind of thing , to me.


Eric

I imagine it eats into the resin slightly, that's why larger pieces get soft. So maybe it softens smaller pieces to the point of melting...

That was my understanding.