Paint striping

[Ruric Torrune]

I've been trying to strip the paint off of a few old plastic models that were the first things I painted. Does anyone know a better method of striping paint from plastic models then a knife, and sand paper?  

[Aznhothead5]

Submerge them in simple green. Leave it for a day or two then wash and scrub under warm water. Paint comes off normally.  

[Ruric Torrune]

Aznhothead5

Submerge them in simple green. Leave it for a day or two then wash and scrub under warm water. Paint comes off normally.

K... but what is simple green?  

[Jera_Laguz]

I heard break fluid is good...im going to try it since I have alot of Orcs that need to have paint stripped...they were my FIRST models sweatdrop  

[Reddemon]

Jera_Laguz

I heard break fluid is good...im going to try it since I have alot of Orcs that need to have paint stripped...they were my FIRST models sweatdrop

It works, and if you leave it long enough, it undercoats em too(dont do that though)  

[Ruric Torrune]

Reddemon

Jera_Laguz

I heard break fluid is good...im going to try it since I have alot of Orcs that need to have paint stripped...they were my FIRST models sweatdrop

It works, and if you leave it long enough, it undercoats em too(dont do that though)

A guy at the gamers store I use to go to said the same thing... I thought he was jokeing. I think I'll try it. Yeah, I'm trying to strip a few Chaos Space Marines I have from when I first started... They have about ten coats of paint on them...(First things I ever painted...)  

[FlashbackJon]

Break fluid or simple green is the way to go.  

[Ruric Torrune]

FlashbackJon

Break fluid or simple green is the way to go.

Will somone please tell me what "simple green" is?...  

[Aidenn K]

Ruric Torrune

FlashbackJon

Break fluid or simple green is the way to go.

Will somone please tell me what "simple green" is?...

It's just a house hold cleaning agent.
http://consumer.simplegreen.com/cons_prod_ori.php <--they even have a website for it.  

[Ruric Torrune]

Thank you for telling me what it is.  

[Dark Lore]

I don't know about this simple green stuff but i've used Brake Fluid, it's nasty stuff very corrosive and the vapours are toxic. I really wouldn't recommend using it.  

[Ruric Torrune]

Lol, its probbly as bad smelling as the nail polish remover I use on metal models... Oh word of advice to anyone that doesnt know this: Dont soak plastic in nail polish remover, it will melt your miniture. I learned that the hard way...  

[[.Psycho.Doughboy.]]

I might have to go out and get some simple green. Today was my first time priming by spray and I brought the can just a TEEEEENSY bit too close. >.> It's nothing HORRIBLE, just some of the defining features on my necron's faces are a little harder to make out.
Also, I stripped my metal Lord figure, but, like the guy above, my stand got all warped. X[  

[Battle_Brother_Edward]

i have used all of the above , started with brake fluid 10 years ago or so, then tried easy off oven cleaner then simple green, and finally castrol super clean degreaser. by far the quickest and easiest for me to use was castrol superclean, just be sure to wear gloves when you use it, it will suck the oils right out of your hands. i filled a coffee can half way full of it and stripped over 150 figs with that half a can. it comes in a gallon jug for aprox. $10 usd and it lasts forever. put the minis in and and 2-3 hours later pull em out (after the first couple of batches i got smart and started using tongs) then hit them with a soft toothbrush and the paint slides right off, sometimes you dont even have to take the prush ot them depending on the primer you used. also on a side note the bad thing aobut brke fluid is that if oyu odnt get 100% of the paint off the fig and rince it realy well it will be inmosable to paint over the old paint spots, the paint doesnt dry over it, leading to haivng to restrip the figs over and over again untill the paints gone.