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Whoa. You work for the LATA company me thinks

KingCracker wrote:Whoa. You work for the LATA company me thinks

Lol, I thought somebody might say that xD

nah, I just spent about 5 minutes on Google. *shrug*

Ooooh so your sayin you work for Google then eh?

Be careful with pine oil based cleaners. They're not going to melt your figures like acetone but pine oil will eventually break down plastic minis. If you have to use it, do a 50/50 mix with the pine oil cleaner and water, and don't forget about it!

MasterSlowPoke wrote:Be careful with pine oil based cleaners. They're not going to melt your figures like acetone but pine oil will eventually break down plastic minis. If you have to use it, do a 50/50 mix with the pine oil cleaner and water, and don't forget about it!

I'm pretty sure this stuff is weak, at least compared to something like Pine Sol. I mean, I have to let it set for about 48 hours for it all to come off with the first scrub... I'm pretty sure if I were to 50/50 it, it would take days... I'll try it out though.

I tried diluting normal LATA roughly 50/50, and it only makes it take about a day longer, which is nice imo (i'm in no hurry...). That makes the 1 dollar bottle even that much better! lol.

Just wondering, does nail polish remover work on metal models? I've got an old librarian Tigurius model with some really thick coatings of paint, and I'm hoping I can just steal some of my sisters nail polish remover instead of having to buy a bottle of brown dettol to strip one model.
Im far too lazy to actually go out to the shops.

I'm currently trying to find the active ingredient for this but not having much luck. Citric acid has been the only real suggestion for an active ingredient. Anyone know what makes it work as i'm in Aus and well paying $24 for shipping doesn't seem like a good deal

Dark Apostle 666 wrote:Just wondering, does nail polish remover work on metal models? I've got an old librarian Tigurius model with some really thick coatings of paint, and I'm hoping I can just steal some of my sisters nail polish remover instead of having to buy a bottle of brown dettol to strip one model.
Im far too lazy to actually go out to the shops.

I remember a thread from awhile back where people were discussing using certain nailpolish removers to strip paints. They came up with, if your using plastics there was a specific type to use, other wise the remover would melt the plastic. But as far as I can remember Id say youd be fine if its JUST for metal. You might want to do a search for it first though, because that thread happened awhile ago and my memory is many things, but accurate isnt one of them

Denatured alcohol works really well to strip off paints. I'm redoing my army, it's been sitting for ten years, was primed, and I had painted over one color scheme before. I have a little mason jar with some denatured alcohol in it, dip in a pair of models count to ten and take one out, wipe it with a cloth or use a tooth brush on it and the paint falls right off. Put it back in and take out the second one, repeat. After a second dip all the little cracks and crevices are taken care of. It's not a hot enough stripper that it really does anything to plastic, metal, or resin that is more then two months post casting. Probably want to wear gloves.

Time to stock up!

Thanks Seth Rogen!

What works for me, and I don't know if they sell it in every country, but it is the Mr. Muscle (the kitchen version.)
I'd let the model soak for about 20 minutes, then just scrape it off with a toothbrush.
Really easy. Does not alter the plastic itself or the tin (resin I don't know yet.)

A Black Ram wrote:Time to stock up!

Thanks Seth Rogen!

Someone remembered
Anytime man huhuhuhuhuhuhuh *Seth Rogens annoying laugh*

so the LA Awesome does not mess with the details in the plastic? im nervious with cleaner ive used simple green and wasnt careful and it ate away at the details in my marines. i are was sad. and i used super purple which is a bit expensive but worked well. dont know if i want to spend 12 dollars on it. i use it for car parts and stuff so i had some laying around.

LATA didn't mess with any of the detail on all of the plastic minis I've stripped...how old were the marines? I'm surprised that it would mess with the detail since everybody recommends that stuff.

LATA works really well, and didn't do any damage to any miniatures (including a tactical squad that I believe dates back to second edition). Note that it doesn't work as well on latex-based paints (evidentially said 2nd edition marines were painted with latex paints, which stripped partially and then globbed up obnoxiously in some of the detail. Time to try again!)

As stated, LATA doesnt mess with details. Now I havnt left minis in the stuff for weeks (Ive heard people say theyve done this with other strippers, and Im sorry but I wouldnt do that)

I know someone who left a BFG fleet in LA's for over a year, it's not going to harm anything.

Well, I'm on the bandwagon (and making the rare wargaming-related post). I found LATA at Dollar General for 3 bucks in the big jug. I just started soaking my models at 7 pm Texas time a few minutes ago and this is what I have so far. I'll post result pics tomorrow.


Everything I need.


One of the sad orcs from my $3 Bloodbowl game. The paint is really thick and just kinda splashed on.


Incubate, my pretties!

Edit: Just realized that the copy of BB I picked up cost the same as the jug Kinda random.

Well cool, welcome to the bandwagon, we have fruity drinks with little straw hats in them


Let us know how your results were

21 hours I pulled them out and scrubbed away for a couple minutes on each. I purposefully didn't try to hard to see if it was necessary.




Aforementioned orc with lots of paint. The pics don't show much, but perfect results minus the tiniest of crevices which loved to hold onto a dab of that black primer. Either way, it's more than adequate and I fully approve

Edit: Comparison.


They're air drying now after a rinse so we'll see how they prime up

This is the thread I've been searching for for AGES! why did I not find DakkaDakka sooner.

Gonna try stripping some resin in Dettol, part of my Pylon, only a very small part to test is first. I'll let peeps know how it goes, for us Engrish peeps at least.

My question thought, to the Dettol users... Does it work on glossed models?

Never used the stuff, but as always if your unsure, try it on a test piece. This kindda thing itll either work, or it wont

Dedoctah. Give it a good soaking. It should come out

Dettol Works. I do not use it much because of cost per strip.

I have used Denatured Alcohol as well with very good results.

Gonna try it right now, only (since I live in the worst damn country ever) I'm using another product Wish me luck :/ Last time I tried my models melted >.<


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Sorry to double post:

To AK907554: Dermcare Nailpolish.

It smells strongly but in 5 minutes I was halfway done

And apparently, my test subject's former owner used cheap primer

Can I get rid of the LA stuff down a drain? Will it clog or hurt anything? Is it enviromentally safe? I live in an apartment so I'm having to figure how I'll get rid of the stuff once used.

I read the bottle when I first got it, but it didnt actually say. Now youve got me wondering because I kept the bowl full still Ill see if I can find their website and find out


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Well right off the bat is their review. She found that the stuff is non toxic, so Id imagine its safe to dump in the drain. But naturally her link doesnt work, so Ill keep looking.
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/1114158/product_review_las_totally_awesome_pg2.html?cat=6


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OK here be the site map
http://www.lastotallyawesome.com/html/Products_Degreaser.html

Something to watch out for! I have heavy callouses from playing guitar and this stuff dried my hands out so much that they fell off like leprosy. It's probably a good idea to use gloves or have good lotion on hand.

I actually picked up 2 bottles of this stuff today to try and strip my friend's eldar, the only place we found it was at The Dollar Tree.

Dettol test on resin was a success, so far no visable damage to the part. Only left bits in the little crevises.