Pool shock

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**dajobe**

7 years ago when i started 40k, i painted my guys as ultramarines, and didnt do the best job, i have heard that if i dip my mini's in pool shock that the paint will come off, is this true?

**MeanGreenStompa**

I think I read that simple green is recommended for paint removal.

**greenskin lynn**

if you search around, you should find multiple threads on stripping minis, i use simple green myself

**dajobe**

kk, thanks

**Gavin Thorne**

Yup, this horse is regularly beat to death. Simple Green or Purple Power are very acceptable paint removal items. Soak overnight + toothbrush/cleaning brush = almost new models.

However, I have has a recent batch of metal models accrue some weird kind of corrosion after sitting in Simple Green for about a month. Looked a lot like battery corrosion, heavily built up (almost covering the models completely) whitish and kind of fuzzy. After cleaning it off with baking soda, it left a whitish residue that didn't affect the detail of the model and didn't show after priming. Any ideas what it could have been?

**chromedog**

Oxide coating? Or some other -ide, -ite or -ate.

Not ALL metallic oxide by products are destructive. Chemical interaction between the solvent and the metals? Doesn't have to be an acid if you know the relevant chem.

**Ouze**

WarOne has a great article here showing how to strip miniatures. You shpuld try this first. This is how I do it, and it works great.

If that doesn't work out, there are more aggressive methods listed here.