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Going to pick some up on the way home and see how it works on Army Painter Primers...

averykess wrote:
Going to pick some up on the way home and see how it works on Army Painter Primers...

I don't imagine you will have too much issue. As I said in my last post, this took of Krylon Fusion which "bonds to plastic". I don't think that Army Painter Primers will be any worse (or better depending on how you look at it ) than that.

A product called Super clean. Comes in a big purple jug at walmart in the automotive section. Same stuff. for about 5 bucks. I use it all the time.

A few notes. Don't wear regular gloves, get some thicker ones. I had some of this stuff get caught in little pinholes in my gloves and it really jacked my skin up for about a week.

Also, you really only need to soak the minis for about an hour or 2. Overnight is way way overkill. Also, this stuff will dissolve super glue like a bandit. Liquid cement will keep its bond as long as you keep the soaking down to an hour or 2. overnight and it will start to lose its bond as well. Metal models come clean very very easy. Some spray paints will not come off as well on plastic models. I tried some red Kyrlon primer on some khorne beserkers and didn't like it. the minis didn't come clean that well.

On another note, I went on vacation once and accidentally left some plastic minis in the tub with the lid closed for about 8 days. I got back, took a tooth brush to those bad boys and it was just fine. Didn't hurt the plastic at all. Not sure how resin would behave in this situation.

Just protect your hands, and wear goggles, toothbrushes tend to cause things like de-greaser splashing in your eyeballs. probably not good.

this entire thread had been super helpful. Getting some minis from a friend in about a week, gonna pick up some Awesome and test this out.

be careful with finecast. it does strip the paint, but for me it made the plastic brittle, like sword snapping in two instead of lightly bending, could be that they were harlequins and frail as well, used LAfantastic.

Thought I'd report on a recent use of some LATA that I used three times and let sit for a couple of months.

Stripped typical paint with ease.

I did have a couple of recently acquired minis, from two separate sources, that the LATA barely touches. I even let it sit in the sauce for 3 days. A little came off, but I have to think that it's not acrylic based paint.

Outside of that, i have a brand new bottle sitting in wait for a LR I bought off of here to arrive.

Well good luck on the LR. And thats pretty weird that the LATA didnt take that paint off. Must be some kind of crazy voodoo/hoodoo magic

Just to say, whilst I've not been able to source the LA awesome sauce, I've been using simple green for a while and I've found one thing made a huge difference.

I switched out my old toothbrush for a colgate sonic power toothbrush (a cheap electric toothbrush that takes an AAA battery) and it's bloody great for cleaning the very delicate dark eldar wyches I was stripping.

http://www.amazon.com/Colgate-Sonic-Power-Tongue-Cleaner/dp/B001KYVQ8A/ref=pd_bxgy_hpc_text_y

Aye, a good toothbrush is a very important tool for stripping paint.

 KingCracker wrote:
Aye, a good toothbrush is a very important tool for stripping paint.

Well, it vibrates in small motions at high speed. It's a lot better at reaching corners and details and is less likely to damage than manual brushing.

Not to mention you can buy one of those for around $5. Pretty cheap, specially if you strip minis often

Wish i could get this in the UK, I use dettol and brake fluid, one smells and can be messy and the other is not at all healthy and you must be careful disposing of. But not found this or Simply green available to us in the UK, a real shame as i have a real need of something like this.

Im fairly certain you can get it online and shipped to your location, though Im sure the shipping will be outlandish

Thanks for the info, I have some old war hammer high elves that I got as a lad...the Everqueen or something like that, which I really would like to repaint.

Hey, I'm going to be in Michigan for a few days in the coming weeks, so I'd love to pick this stuff up, what are the dollar stores called that I can get it at?

Thanks,

Ben

I purchased mine at Dollar Tree.

Thank you

 devilution wrote:
Could you find something like this in Europe?

Did you find something equal in belgium?

Ub3rb3n wrote:
Thank you

Yea, Dollar Tree, and Family dollar as well. Though at Family Dollar its $3, but its also a big ol jug instead of a sprayer. Anywhere else? Not sure


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And hey, I live in Michigan! Welcome! Watch out for muggers

Love this stuff.

Let a metal Ghazgul soak in the "bath" for a work week. By the time I had time to work with the model, the glue was broken down and all of the multitudes of layers of paint practically slid right off.

The Australian version of this is the Coles Homebrand everyday cleaner

It is a green container about 2 litres, should cost about $2.50

Can you use LATA for purely dissolving super glue bonds only? I plan on getting some from the dollar tree tomorrow.

thx i needed this for my tau.they were a painter's nightmare

The following website has a good guide on stripping with detol

http://limited-edition-warhammer.blogspot.co.uk/p/blog-page_27.html

Move over Detol, there's a new print stripper in town. Fairy Power Spray.

I've been using Detol for some time to strip models of paint and while I have found it to be effective it does have some flaws, namely the smell. lol

I had heard that Fairy Power Spray work in a similar way and I had never had the opportunity get my hands on some and try it out, until now. Its on sale at Wilkinson for like £3.50 and a few other places.

How Does it Work?
Basically you spay on the the model, getting a good coverage or empty the bottle into a jar and place the model in. Leave for over 4 hours, more if the model is coated in many layers of paint.
Next put on some gloves and take a tooth brush and scrub away at the model, the paint and primer should come off with ease, if not leave to soak longer and try again.
Unlike Detol the paint doesn't mix with the chemicals, meaning the model is close to looking new without any paint sludge in the gaps and the the liquid is good to use again.
It even takes off any protective layers that have put on like varnish and (this many be seen as a benefit or a minus) it doesn't weaken the glue holding the model together.

Overall its quicker, easier to use and doesn't sink the place out.

Hmmmmmmm...

I've tried Dettol, and it left lots of chunks on my models still (especially plastic) so that doesn't seem to do the whole job.

I can't buy Simple Green Concentrate without spending $30 inc shipping for a regular spray bottle (nor does the non-concentrate even remotely work).

So now I'm onto methylated spirits, and brake fluid if I have to.

God damnit, wish these products were sold outside of the USA urgh.

Do the sell this anywhere in Canada or am i stuck using ebay or going to the states?

 Revenent Reiko wrote:

SilverMK2 wrote:Curse America and its useful chemicals!

im with you!
tried googling and cant find it over here
but i have a tutorial for Dettol which apparently works great so thats the way for me i think

I use the concentrated Dettol and works a treat on metal, finecast and plastic, only downside is on some cheap primer/base layers the plastic is stained.

Works for me though.

Andy

Can you list the ingredients so we can try to find an alternative in UK?

Actually......the bottles dont show ingredients. They dont have it on their site either.

BUT! Heres a PDF of there MSDS and it looks like it shows whats inside of it.
http://apps.wku.edu/sds/uploads/docs/8095.pdf

Weight % Ingredient & Exposure Limit
0.01 to 2.5 Orange Oil Blend(CAS# 8008-57-9) & (CAS#111-76-2))
0.5 to 4.0 Ethoxylated Alcohol (CAS# 9036 19 5)
0.5 to 1.5 Disodium Salt (CAS# 6834-92-0)
0.5 to 1.5 Tetra Sodium EDTA (CAS# 64-02-8)
0.5 to 0.8 Hydroxy Sodium (CAS# 1310-73-2)
QS Water (CAS# 7732-18-5)


Hopefully that has what youre looking for. And as a tid bit, I decided to do an update to the first page of this thread to show how it works on minis covered in waxes and polishes after paint.