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so i'm working on some plastic cadians that i picked up used and some of them have some pretty thick primer while others have what i can best describe as fuzzy primer.

is there any way to fix this?

   
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Regular Dakkanaut





put em in simple green for a day or so and get out an old electric toothbrush and go crazy.
   
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Fresh-Faced New User





Try spray painting in a warmer or cooler area, or an area with less particulate pollution, or try holding the can farther away.
   
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Pine Sol works much better than Simple Green, in my experiences.....and I've been stripping a bunch of plastic recently. Let the models soak in Pine Sol for about 1-3 hours and scrub with an old toothbrush. The primer should just slide right off (crevices can be harder to get to).

A word of warning though with Pine Sol. It will soften up the plastics over time, so avoid leaving the models soaking in it for a prolonged period of time (overnight can be too long, esecially if there are thinner pieces of plastic on the model). This is not a problem with Simple Green, but Simple Green (even the concentrated version of it) and Brake Fluid are second class to Pine Sol in paint removal.
   
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Lancaster PA

I actually had a lot better luck with Simple green than Pine Sol. (It also was softer on my poor, unprotected hands.) Not infinitely better, but noticably. I did change the % water to Simple Green concentrate a few times to get a better mix; I just used the Pine Sol straight.


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Posted By newpaintbrush on 06/17/2007 2:22 AM
Try spray painting in a warmer or cooler area, or an area with less particulate pollution, or try holding the can farther away.


This would be relevant if they weren't models he'd picked up used and already primered...
   
 
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