Best Way Removing Paint from Metal Miniatures

[pretre]

I keep wanting to get a cheap ultrasonic cleaner to remove the scrubbing part of the process.

[Chris33]

I have one one of those ultrasonic cleaners. They work well but you still have to scrub the models. Just makes it faster.

[Bahamut_Dragonlord]

I use L.A.s Totally Awesome, works good and fun name! (Can buy at most Dollar type stores)
http://www.lastotallyawesome.com/html/P ... easer.html

[MagickalMemories]

MM. The paints sloughs off, mostly. There's always some scrubbing needed no matter what you use.
With PP, the longer you let it soak, the less scrubbing needed.

I'm seriously considering it because... these things isn't purty!

Eric

[pretre]

MM. The paints sloughs off, mostly. There's always some scrubbing needed no matter what you use.
With PP, the longer you let it soak, the less scrubbing needed.

I'm seriously considering it because... these things isn't purty!

Eric

Pics? Share your misery.

[optimusprime14]

For metal, you can use almost anything. Brake fluid, paint thinner/turpentine, etc.

When I was a developer we used the phrase "cheap, fast or good: pick two" to describe pricing to clients.

When it comes to strippers you can say "cheap, fast or safe: pick one".

Almost anything that quickly and efficiently strips paint from metal is going to be slightly to very toxic. People talk about using brake fluid without realizing that many brake fluids are rated as carcinogens. People talk about using pine oil based cleaners without realizing that undiluted they can cause skin and lung damage.

The safest ways to take off paint from metal are cleaners like Simple Green but those take some time to work.

So you need to figure out if you want something done quickly or safely.

Don't go cheap no matter what option you choose. Cheap cleaners, fluids etc are cheap because they have less of the ingredients that ultimately strip the paint.

I used to race/work on cars so I know that. Glove and mask are always use, but I rarely use that stuff. However Nail polish removed I feel fine with , but I'm also not huffing the stuff. The models sit in a seal container with it, and when I remove them they get run under water and scrubbed with soap. Container gets sealed again.

[kturock]

Simple green, has petroleum distilletes. It's not plain 'soap & water'.
It can cause skin problems. I use it at work and used for most of my paint removal needs; until I found PP.
Both will affect your skin.

Also, SG will melt plastic and resin. So far, PP hasn't. I've left plactics in for a month. I only left the resin in for 3 weeks. It was only 2 sprues of finecast glued together and thats when the bond was weak enough to seperate.

[Masakik]

PP looks promising, the only problem is, where do I get it in Canada LOL!

[kturock]

we have it at walmart... so...???

[pixelgeek]

PP looks promising, the only problem is, where do I get it in Canada LOL!

Try Rona. If they don't have PP they will have the undiluted GS that you can try.

[Masakik]

we have it at walmart... so...???

its not on their walmart.ca site. I'll try Rona though.

[optimusprime14]

I found Simple Green at Canadian Tire

[Masakik]

I found Simple Green at Canadian Tire

Nice, any you would recommend on this list?

http://www.canadiantire.ca/en/search-re ... mple+green

Check this review out.

http://bluesmarauders.blogspot.ca/2013/ ... urple.html

[pixelgeek]

Stick with the products that say they are degreasers. I am not sure but I believe that is the component that interacts with the paint. Avoid the driveway cleaners etc as they probably won't have what you need.

Get a small bottle of the basic cleaner/degeaser to test and see if you like the results.

[kturock]

a seach for purple power online reveals:
these car parts stores:
http://www.clean-rite.com/storelocator.html

who makes it on it's MSDS sheet:
http://www.clean-rite.com/purplepower_i ... easer.html

company contact info. They're in South Carolina.
http://www.clean-rite.com/contactus.html

Here's the large size I get from walmart, shown for sale at Advanced Auto Parts:
http://shop.advanceautoparts.com/p/purp ... /7041632-p

The 1 gallon bottle is on ebay, for over tripple the walmart ptice. It's $10-12 in walmart for 3 gallons. Ebay is 1 gallon for $20-25.

I did a quick search using Bing. Google would probably yeild similiar results.
A search in using Canada as a location, might yield results in your area.

YMMV.