Forum adverts like this one are shown to any user who is not logged in. Join us by filling out a tiny 3 field form and you will get your own, free, dakka user account which gives a good range of benefits to you: No adverts like this in the forums anymore. Times and dates in your local timezone. Full tracking of what you have read so you can skip to your first unread post, easily see what has changed since you last logged in, and easily see what is new at a glance. Email notifications for threads you want to watch closely. Being a part of the oldest wargaming community on the net. If you are already a member then feel free to login now.

Ok... so I know what I need to remove the paint from the plastic. I used super clean on a land raider and it did a decent job. However there was alot of primer still on the tank after cleaning. My questions is this. I have seen and heard of people using an electric toothbrush to clean the models and it seems to be more effective. Will a cheap $5 oral b spin brush from walmart do the trick? Do I need a legit electric toothbrush or is the battery powered 5 dollar one effective enough? Thanks for any input just want to get as much paint as I can off these bikes.

The problem with plastic is if you used a good primer. A true primer will bind with the plastic, so no matter what you use some of it will not come off. I've used a denture toothbrush to good effect. .99c at RiteAid.

Very good sir! Thank you much I suppose I will just use the brush I used last time hopefully the primer will come off better this time around!

I use simple green and old tooth brushes. Let said model rest submerged for about 5-6 hours and it come off without a problem. Also, wear rubber gloves.

Dawn Power Dissolver - best thing every to get rid of paint together with a cheap toothbrush.

An electric toothbrush shouldn't get any more paint off than a normal one, it just takes a bit of the scrubbing work off your hands. Any decent primer should be more resilient than acrylic model paint, but unless it bonds chemically to plastic, like Krylon Fusion, more rounds of soaking and scrubbing should get rid of it, eventually.

Alright then so since I want to be lazy and not have to scrub plus there are little pieces I don't want to break I think I'll get a cheap electric. Thanks.

If all the primer doesn't come off don't sweat it. Just try to get it out of all the little cracks and crevices so when you repaint you're not losing that detail. I recently purchased one Ultramarines Terminator model off a friend to convert to a Wolf Guard with Cyclone Missile Launcher. I stripped it down to the black primer, reprimed in white and can't see any of the black primer showing through.

actually , i think that you can use sandblast paint remover to remover the paint. But , i'm not sure whether it's work or not ? What is the suitable product to remove the paint ? What is the product name ?

Any advice on removing paints from plastic on this side of the pond?
I vaguely recall non acetone nail polish remover might work?

Non acetone can work but sometimes it eats the detail still. If your going to do that I wouldn't leave them in there for more than 3 minutes at a time.

It is indeed amazing as long as you do not leave em in there too long lol. I tested it on a plastic old marine just to see how long it would last. After about 30 minutes of soaking I took it out and started scrubbing and the details started to scrub away. So again it does work just do not let them soak for long periods of time. Soak, Scrub, Rinse and Repeat!

Ive also heard that Pinesol can be used to good effect