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Hey Gang,

I've just had it up to here with resin and GW's "primer" not adhereing beyond a few days. All my FW stuff has paint chips off it totally messing the paint schemes.

Is there a way that I can strip the paint off the resin? or am I totally boned?

And before any of you hit reply, yes I cleaned the resin. Yes, I used soap. Yes I used a brush. Hell I used several brushes. Just tired of the teflon-resin.

Although a bit unrelated to your query, I have had good success with using GW's (awful) spray varnish to lightly coat resin before priming. The paint seems to stick much better to the varnish than the resin.

Stripping paint? Don't know. Stripping paint and primer? Simple green.

very fine sand paper 1200 grit or higher , sand the area were the paint has chipped and repaint ,just like you would with a car .the sand paper will remove any more flaky paint and "key" the surface of the resin so it accept paint , then when its complete varnish the model.

mainly though just accept paint will flake off or scratch when you are using a model for wargaming, if you want the paint to stay on , paint it then put it in a cabinet and never touch it again .

Also i think better prep on the resin would be advised , i wash my resin twice and then when dry i hold the resin under a pright light and look for very shiney areas and give them a light rub with fine sand paper to take off the sheen as it seems to be these shiney areas that cause most of the flakes i have had in the past.