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I've always used super clean to strip minis and never had much of a problem. Recently I've started using Army Painter Color primer and I had a batch get a little goofed and I have to strip them. After 24 hours in super clean the paint isn't budging! Is this stuff that hard to strip? The Krylon primer I've used in the past almost falls of on its own when I've done this!

I have had no problem with it using Simple Green.

I use Dawn Power Spray (much better than Simple Green, IMO), and it cuts through most Army Painter Primer - except in some cases the black, which seems to actually soak into plastic minis and stain them. It gets most of it off, but that black stain is impossible to get out. Which isn't a big deal, since I just prime over it again.

SavageRobby wrote:

I use Dawn Power Spray (much better than Simple Green, IMO), and it cuts through most Army Painter Primer - except in some cases the black, which seems to actually soak into plastic minis and stain them. It gets most of it off, but that black stain is impossible to get out. Which isn't a big deal, since I just prime over it again.

Do you soak them? If so, how long roughly?

SavageRobby wrote:

I use Dawn Power Spray (much better than Simple Green, IMO), and it cuts through most Army Painter Primer - except in some cases the black, which seems to actually soak into plastic minis and stain them. It gets most of it off, but that black stain is impossible to get out. Which isn't a big deal, since I just prime over it again.

I'm going to go look for some of this today. There must be something in the army painter color primer that makes it tougher. I've let these pieces soak most of the week...the parts I was going to make lighter I primed with krylon white primer and that stuff came right off, easy as pie. The army painter stuff wont budge though a small bit of color comes off on my gloves but the layer of paint is still there. I was able to get a bit off with my copper brush that I use on metal models, but the plastic started to scratch up and that's no good!

For plastic minis, I've found that army painter color painter just doesn't come up after you get a few layers.

But as long as it's not too thick (which is the usual issue with it), it'll get the over-done layers off and make it possible to go back in.

As others have said its tough work
But it does come up, mostly.

Here in the uk, I like to use Fairy Power Spray... without knowing what this 'dawn power spray' is... it sounds like it could well be the same/similar thing.

It takes back most paint in 15minutes tbh. I found with army painter primer, models needed a 2nd go, and the deeper crevices hold the primer very well.
The black I used did noticabley darken the grey of the plastic, but this is not a problem, the primer is off, detail is not obscured, just the base colour of the material is no longer even; good job your going to prime again to remedy that eh?

SavageRobby wrote:

I use Dawn Power Spray (much better than Simple Green, IMO), and it cuts through most Army Painter Primer - except in some cases the black, which seems to actually soak into plastic minis and stain them. It gets most of it off, but that black stain is impossible to get out. Which isn't a big deal, since I just prime over it again.

I just wanted to take a minute to thank the folks that posted here! I went out and got some dawn power spray last weekend and after a day soaking the primer came off! It was still a little tougher than normal, but the dawn spray blows simple green/super clean out of the water!!

So, thanks again...had it not been for the help here at dakka, I'd probably have tossed $40 of minis in the trash!

Yep. I'd put money that they're the same thing, or near enough that it makes no difference. Perhaps a slightly different makeup to account for different national health and safety standards.

Yeah, Dawn Power Dissolver is PFM as they say in the Navy. Pure F!&^ing Magic... Oh, and btw...it's awesome at getting gunk and burned in crap off of pots! I made dinner for the wife and butchered it. Dawn Power Dissolver made it as good as new.