Stripping Miniatures, a guide

[RedScorpionsGirl]

Thought I'd clearly post the link for this article:

http://redstickstudio.wordpress.com/2010/08/26/stripping-miniatures/"]http://redstickstudio.wordpress.com/2010/08/26/stripping-miniatures/

Any comments, critiques or questions about it, please post here!

(and yes, I did realize after I posted I spelled Miniatures wrong, however we can't correct the title of the post see on the forum, nor can we delete them)

[Petite Francois]

Well written article! I only have just begun to strip plastic miniatures, I didn't think it could be done. After all, paints are plastics and plastics are plastics, right? But your article is very encouraging. In the United States, Pine-Sol disinfectant is wonderful for metal stripping, and you can speed up stripping plastics by soaking them in Pine-sol for 30-40 minutes( it won't eat the plastic in such a short time), and then rinse and use the Simple Green. Sorry, I don't remember if you mentioned what country you are in, but I notice that different places have differing product brands available. Anyway, nice article, liked it a lot!

--- Frankie

[DrLove42]

Good article just two questions

1) For those of us outside the US do you have any ideas what sort of products that are available?

2) How about stripping resin?

[Kirsten]

promising, but when I look up 'Simple Green' online, there are a huge range of products, what is actually being used?

[RedScorpionsGirl]

Good article just two questions

1) For those of us outside the US do you have any ideas what sort of products that are available?

2) How about stripping resin?

Dr. Love,

In response :)

1. I am not sure of any of the products outside of the US. I was actually hoping to get ahold of someone outside the US in each of the other countries that model and ask them a few questions, so I could compile a larger article that would encompass this.

2. I have used the aforementioned Simple Green on resin without any problems, so far, not to say it won't give problems, but it's seemed to work well any time I've used it. I wouldn't recommend leaving it in to soak as long as plastic though, just to be on the safe side. There is another type of stripper I used on an old armourcast tank, but I've since lost the name of it ( I just remember buying it at Autozone a couple of years ago) which worked amazingly well. If I can find the name of it I will post it, and add it to the article.


promising, but when I look up 'Simple Green' online, there are a huge range of products, what is actually being used?

Kirsten, the product I am speaking of can be found at this link:
http://www.simplegreen.com/products_all_purpose_cleaner.php


Thanks to everyone who responded so far!

[Kirsten]

ok thanks, do you dilute it at all or just tip it into the container with the plastic model?

[RedScorpionsGirl]

ok thanks, do you dilute it at all or just tip it into the container with the plastic model?

I recommend not diluting it, as the more you dilute it, the longer it will take. Straight from the bottle is the best bet, but if you're trying to stretch it so you can strip more minis, I wouldn't recommend adding more than 30% water to 70% Simple Green.

[Kirsten]

aah ok thanks, I am not worried about cost, just checking. I might be able to rescue a few old plastic models