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Hi guys.

I have a big 2-gallon glass jar that I topped up with acetone. I'd plunk my models in, let them sit a while (day or two), fish them out, and give em a scrub with the ol' toothbrush. Every now and then, I'd whip out the dremel and a soft steel brush and try removing paint that way after the acetone bath, but there would invariably still be some gunk in the recesses.

I'm lazy, and I also have a mountain of metal miniatures to strip. What is the most caustic stuff I could possibly drop these miniatures in that wouldn't hurt the metal, but would just eat the paint right off of there? I want something that will just blow the socks off any acrylic paint on these things. Acetone isn't cutting it in terms of effectiveness and economy of time. I just want something I can fill this glass jar with and drop miniatures in there, mad-scientist style, with my huge forceps and maniacal laughter.

What can you guys suggest?

I didn't know that stuff was more effective than acetone. You don't have to deal with the same amount of cleanup?

I'm also going to add the little caveat that I would really appreciate suggestions on where to obtain said paint-devouring substances with which to fill my Cauldron of Shame. A side note to this is that I'm in the US.

Zip Napalm wrote:Bar none, Toluene.

First, where can I find this stuff? Wikipedia (which is the first result for searching for this) suggests it's some hardcore stuff, which sounds great, as I'm hoping to find something so ridiculously mean to paint that it will embarass the acrylic right off the miniature and send it home crying to it's parents. That said, I'm not particularly sure how I might come in possession of two gallons of the stuff. (Or one, whatever).