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Any acetone based cleaner will work on metal, I reccomend nail-polish remover. For plastic, I soak them in Simple Green for 24 hours then scrub them.

Ninja'd you, Frankie!

Yeah, with spray I find several gentle coats are best, and I've found that skull white out of the pot is pretty much useless for anything other than blending your own shades...

That's an interesteing idea... I'd never thought of using Q-tips before. Thanks for the inspiration, Kaidsin!

NeedsMoreDakka wrote:Very good to know! Was going to try nail polish remover but im definatly waiting on Simple Green now...any idea where i could buy some? should i just order online or should a hardware store have it?

Funny story. I asked the same question here about a year ago, and was directed to the simple green website. I checked where they sold it, and yes, they did sell it in my country but after a week or two of looking in hardware stores, supermarkets etc I went back to the website and emailed them, saying that I'd heard good things about their product, why I wanted it, and that I'd be a regular customer if it was only possible to buy it in my town. A few weeks later there was a shelf full of it at my local supermarket and a slapped-together-looking ad playing regularly on TV. Just goes to show what us wargamers can get done!

brother_zach wrote:
Simple green works best on plastic, but an old friend of mine told me that some forms of easy off oven cleaner can strip plastic models as well, because many ovens use plastic components. I'd look into this more if I were you.

Lol, I use simple green on my oven. After using it on minis I realised it's actually just a really good all purpose cleaner, I keep a bottle in my kitchen and bathroom in addition to the one I keep for stripping paint.

Or, they can use simple green anyway:
http://www.simplegreen.co.uk/