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i have loads of poorly painted old minis and wanted to know how icould get the paint off- i live in the UK so any products available in the UK would be nice lol

also once i find said product how do i take the static grass of the bases??

Plastics or metals? Also, what are the mini's painted with - I'm assuming acrylics all the way with the following.

If plastic - quite tricky to strip. I have heard people talk of repeated dunking and washing in soapy water and scrub with toothbrush
If metal - use some sort of paint thinners or strippers, there are a wide range of products out there.

As for removing static grass, I had a bunch of ebay material that had static grass on it and I used my trusty scalpel to slowly 'shave' it off.

Tutorial here.....
http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/60/238756.page#975376

All of these threads contain info on stripping miniatures...
http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/jforum.page?module=search&action=search&forum=8&match_type=all&search_keywords=stripping

I'd recommend bathing them in dettol overnight then peeling the skin of paint off. Works for me!

Mr Muscle oven cleaner does the trick apparently. I thought it would eat the plastic but I know several people who have used it extensively and not had any issues, works on acrylic and enamel paints.

I'm using dettol currently. Submerge the mini in it for <30 mins, put it in warm soapy water and scrub scrub scrub

Fairy Power Spray. May take a couple of sessions on plastic with especially thick paint, but leave some models soaking in it for 6 hours or so and then use a tooth brush to scrub the paint off.

Only 6 hours?
My models have been in that stuff for 4 weeks now and I'm still not sure if I should scrub them yet...

they are plastic space marines, along with a predator tank and metal command squad.

i used the games workshop paints.

so all in all dettol or mr muscle? any other ones? time doesn't bother me i just don't want to ruin the minis, although you could argue that the being badly painted they are ruined allready lol

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E93Ii_rH4_A
Plastic..I am going to pick up my gallon of Super Clean after work.

kool so i tried out the acetone free nail polish remover........AND IT WORKED!!!

thanks alot guys!!!