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In my intrductory post,i got atleast 3000 pts in IG and guess what else......my cousin's paints and brushes and gw terrain buliding book! i check all the paint pots some are drying and brushes are frayed. damn him! also his paint jod ehhh not so great. i was wondering where can i buy new paints and brushes also how can i strip my newly obtained models? i headrd of ways but i'm looking for a easy and safe way i got small children running around AND a dog that gets into everything!

For plastic models theres a popular brand of household cleaner called Simple Green which does the trick for stripping paints. Just soak them overnight (or perhaps longer depending on how thick the paint is) and scrub at any hard spots with an old toothbrush.

There was also a walkthrough i saw on how to save old paints, I'll have a hunt around and see if i could find it, but from memory it was fairly simple stuff, water and a small amount of detergent, and using a toothbrush to mix it back together or something like that.


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Sma11wood wrote:For plastic models theres a popular brand of household cleaner called Simple Green which does the trick for stripping paints. Just soak them overnight (or perhaps longer depending on how thick the paint is) and scrub at any hard spots with an old toothbrush.

There was also a walkthrough i saw on how to save old paints, I'll have a hunt around and see if i could find it, but from memory it was fairly simple stuff, water and a small amount of detergent, and using a toothbrush to mix it back together or something like that.


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Stripping paint technique comparisons

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thanks for the help friend i gonna go to nearset hard warestore and buy me a gallon of this stuff! now i got to go and buy new painty sticks and some new paints!

For plastics, use Simple Green. For metals ive always used brake fluid. Let it sit for awhile then hit it with a tooth brush.

You can get new paints (citadel/GW) from a local GW store or gaming shop they pretty sell the best paints.

I dont really like their brushes, i prefer a brand called reaper they sell really good really durable brushes with a wide variety of styles

Thanks for telling me this I was gonna go out to A.C. Moore and buy their paint brushes but i'll buy from actual hobby shops near home!

Also if you got the extra cash once you really get in to high quality painting there is the reaper master series of paints which are a little more supier to the GW paints, but for washes metals and foundations stick with gw