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AK907554 wrote:Does anyone know of any other effective chemicals for stripping that can be found in america?

Simple Green (get the purple industrial strength). Here's a link! http://www.simplegreen.com/
It's the best, I swear by it. You can use it to strip plastic and metal models, all in the same bucket. Dilute the purple stuff at least 1:1 with water and leave it in for 4-12 hours, then just use the instructions listed above. If it doesn't clean it enough the first time, resoak it. I bought a pile of old metal & plasts CSMs off of Craigslist and they were caked with the most terrible paint jobs. When stripped about 3 different colour schemes came out. I have used both a tooth brush and a fine metal brush (VERY GENTLY) and have had no damage to the models at all. The metal brush is nice for the deep cracks that the tooth brush doesn't get.

On another forum I frequent, one of the guys from the UK recommends Flash Clean & Care and I've heard Dettol is an option as well. Not sure how these products work, but it's a place to start.