What The Heck Is This Thing Primed In?!? Help!

[ElectricPaladin]

I bought a hideous red plastic rhino on eBay. After 24 hours in LA's Amazing APC, I scrubbed off a layer of red, followed by a layer of white, followed by a layer of tarry black cr*p that stubbornly clung to the plastic. After another 24 hours in LA's Amazing, the black tar is just beginning to show signs of death.

Seriously, what the heck was this thing primed in? Spray-on adamantium?

Anyone got any advice for getting this black sh*t of my rhino?

[DrLove42]

Plastic rules out acetone.

Keep doing what you're doing but immerse it in it, and then float the new thing in hot water, and hope the heat helps.

How much scrubbing are you putting in to it?

[Wolfshade]

Probably more of the same, not heard of LA's Amazing APC :S . Neat nail varnish remover works well as well. Though you have to be careful not to melt the rhino....

[The Madman]

Acetone-free nail polish remover is good with plastic as long as you don't soak it overnight. either apply with tissue and rub it off or soak it for a minute and then scrub it with a toothbrush. I've stripped 3 defilers, 4 rhinos, a bunch of chaos marines, a hive tyrant (metal) and a bunch of others, but I'd be careful with resin haven't tried it on that yet.

[Thiselton]

Simple Green...

[magickbk]

It's probably some sort of cheap Krylon-like auto primer. People buy it because it is under $3 a can, and then ask why their primer is obscuring all the embossed details on their models. I use old toothbrushes after it has been soaking for a little while. That scores up the surface of the primer and helps your solvent penetrate a little better.

[Deadlift]

I don't know if it would be good on your rhino, but WD40 used as a cleaner will shift just about any sticky crap off of anything. Squirt onto a cloth and give it a rub. Try a small area 1st, but I bet it works just fine. Just remember to wash the model afterwards if you try it.

[olberon]

I don't know if it would be good on your rhino, but WD40 used as a cleaner will shift just about any sticky crap off of anything. Squirt onto a cloth and give it a rub. Try a small area 1st, but I bet it works just fine. Just remember to wash the model afterwards if you try it.

didnt know the WD40 worked on models also:P

i would go for acetone free nailpolish remover and an old toothbrush works wonders on most of the crap

[ElectricPaladin]

It's probably some sort of cheap Krylon-like auto primer. People buy it because it is under $3 a can, and then ask why their primer is obscuring all the embossed details on their models. I use old toothbrushes after it has been soaking for a little while. That scores up the surface of the primer and helps your solvent penetrate a little better.

Well, that's basically what I just did - I scrubbed it, then tossed it back in the cleaner. We'll see if that helps.

[White Tiger88]

clearly this is a rhino of nurgle.....Have you tried to clean it with purifying flame and a gallon of simpe green? (or as the grey knights call it the emperors holy water?)

[lomaxxdurang]

try dawn power dissolver it will shift anything i have seen so far.

[ElectricPaladin]

try dawn power dissolver it will shift anything i have seen so far.

Is that a "sink it, forget it, and scrub it" method or a "spray and scrub" method?

[lomaxxdurang]

umm both spray let it sit then scrub it off after a few hours.