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I'm going to be repainting all of my vehicles to Iron Warrior colors, I just need to know what would remove the GW paint that i have on there now with out hurting the models.

http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/380791.page

At least look on the front page before asking a question :<

Wow so great to see some people are just full of stupid. That is for pewter models. Last time i check GW never made pewter vehicles.

I give you the power of a link!
Should work on vehicles, never had to strip a vehicle ever before. But i'm assuming it'll work. same type of material.

http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/365067.page

Frogboy14 wrote:Wow so great to see some people are just full of stupid. That is for pewter models. Last time i check GW never made pewter vehicles.

Insulting people who try to help you - class act!

People ask questions on stripping models every single day. I am hardly exaggerating. Just peruse the first page or two and see if someone's already made a topic (they have) and read it instead of making the same thread for the millionth time.

Frogboy14 wrote:Wow so great to see some people are just full of stupid. That is for pewter models. Last time i check GW never made pewter vehicles.

Seriously this is like the 5th time this has come up in the last week *sigh*

Here are 295 instances of this being talked about already that you could have found by using search....

--link--Stripping Paint--link--

To Responders:

Guys and gals, chill out. He just asked a question, and yes, he could have searched for it, and yes it is a question REPEATEDLY asked, but it was just a question... he didn't kill a baby.


No need to get yer knickers in a twist, you should cut a new guy some slack.


To OP:

Dude, read the rules of Dakka, there is no need to get all bent out of shape, and call people "Full of Stupid." You want help, someone will help you... but remember - You are on the internet, you have to grow some thick skin, and not let every less than courteous response send you to flameville. - Also FYI - GW did make some metal vehicles and some Metal vehicle upgrades.

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NOW! To your question -

Step 1: Go to Walmart (Or Dixons) and buy some Simple Green or Super Clean cleaning solvents (I used Super Clean and it works great) a big bucket and a disposable electric toothbrush (They are kids brushes and normally cost about 5 to 7 dollars.)

Step 2: Use the straight solvent, do not add water!! And soak your vehicles for about 24 hours. It wont damage the minis but might loosen some hobby glues.

Step 3: Use the electric tooth brush to clean off the paint. DO NOT WASH THEM till the paint is off. No water till you are done otherwise it will turn the paint gummy and make it even harder to clean off.

You're Welcome.

You could always take an Angry Marine stance on the problem and yell at the models till the paint falls off

Failing that, Simple Green has worked well for me in the past

Frogboy14 wrote:Wow so great to see some people are just full of stupid. That is for pewter models. Last time i check GW never made pewter vehicles.

And if you had the good grace to continue reading, you would have also seen advice on stripping Plastic models in that thread too. Perhaps next time, do yourself a favour and pay attention to what is posted rather than mindlessly flame because you didn't manage to get past the first sentence.

Connor McKane wrote:To Responders:

Guys and gals, chill out. He just asked a question, and yes, he could have searched for it, and yes it is a question REPEATEDLY asked, but it was just a question... he didn't kill a baby.


No need to get yer knickers in a twist, you should cut a new guy some slack.


To OP:

Dude, read the rules of Dakka, there is no need to get all bent out of shape, and call people "Full of Stupid." You want help, someone will help you... but remember - You are on the internet, you have to grow some thick skin, and not let every less than courteous response send you to flameville. - Also FYI - GW did make some metal vehicles and some Metal vehicle upgrades.

**************************

NOW! To your question -

Step 1: Go to Walmart (Or Dixons) and buy some Simple Green or Super Clean cleaning solvents (I used Super Clean and it works great) a big bucket and a disposable electric toothbrush (They are kids brushes and normally cost about 5 to 7 dollars.)

Step 2: Use the straight solvent, do not add water!! And soak your vehicles for about 24 hours. It wont damage the minis but might loosen some hobby glues.

Step 3: Use the electric tooth brush to clean off the paint. DO NOT WASH THEM till the paint is off. No water till you are done otherwise it will turn the paint gummy and make it even harder to clean off.

You're Welcome.

See this was help full thank you.

+1 for super clean

http://www.google.com/products/catalog?hl=en&client=firefox-a&hs=OE&rls=org.mozilla:en-USfficial&q=super+clean&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.&biw=1680&bih=735&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=shop&cid=15357634029551640471&sa=X&ei=sYEUTvLeA4OisQLAnN3UDw&ved=0CEUQ8gIwAw


I just got back into war gaming about 6 months ago from a 15 year break. I stripped a ton of my models and repainted them. I used super clean on all my plastics and pewters with a stiff bristle tooth brush. It works really well and does not hurt plastic. I stripped probably over 150 miniatures with it and a good number were plastics.