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Hi guys,
I recently discover this wonderfull and amazing Game, and I Pre Order Operation: Ice Storm, and I can't wait for it!
But I have a question: I know that Infinity's Miniatures are in metal, but I heard that it is a " soft " metal and it's used to get a better result with the details, so I ask you: If I want to strip the paint on this miniatures, Can I use without problems Acetone?

I've yet to need to strip infinity but I've stripped metal from multiple manufacturers & I've found that acetone, brake fluid & simple green all work well.

The metal isn't much different to what you find elsewhere. Most metal models are fairly soft. I can't see them being a notable exception for acetone.

Personally I use Easy Off Oven Cleaner. Stick them in a glass jar, spray it with oven cleaner and give them a jiggle, and a few hours later the paint comes right off with a toothbrush. Benefit is, if they're on plastic bases, it won't destroy the base, and will help loosen any superglue, so the base will come off fine and be ready for another round of basing.

I used fairy power spray to strip some haqqislam last week. Got the majority off with the power spray but ran out so used dettol to get the rest of the paint off. Their were little bits of paint in the deepest nooks and crannies I couldn't get the paint out of but once primed these were unnoticeable.

Oven cleaner is pretty noxious while brake fluid can be used with just gloves & simple green needs no PPE at all. Acetone can be harsh on skin. Dunno about dettol or fairy power spray as I've no access to them here.

I use my air brush thinner and it eats paint right off the models.

I use Pine Sol floor cleaner. Soak in Pine Sol and the paint will literally gel off in one big chunk. Leave it long enough (overnight) and you won't even need to scrub it with a toothbrush.

It will depend on the paint - and I haven't met an acrylic paint that can't be stripped with methyl/ethyl alcohol (we call it methylated spirits) or even rubbing alcohol and a bit of work.

No need of acetone unless you are having to strip enamel off it.

Dettol. Safe, easy, cheap and available in just about every corner shop. Plus, you can clean the kitchen floor with anything left in the bottle.

 Red_Starrise wrote:
Oven cleaner is pretty noxious while brake fluid can be used with just gloves & simple green needs no PPE at all. Acetone can be harsh on skin. Dunno about dettol or fairy power spray as I've no access to them here.

You rank oven cleaner as more noxious than something that you generally need to seek out a mechanic to dispose of? Dot 3 is horrible, horrible stuff. For your sake I hope you take more precautions than just some simple rubber gloves.

 -Loki- wrote:

 Red_Starrise wrote:
Oven cleaner is pretty noxious while brake fluid can be used with just gloves & simple green needs no PPE at all. Acetone can be harsh on skin. Dunno about dettol or fairy power spray as I've no access to them here.

You rank oven cleaner as more noxious than something that you generally need to seek out a mechanic to dispose of? Dot 3 is horrible, horrible stuff. For your sake I hope you take more precautions than just some simple rubber gloves.

Agreed. Brake fluid is horribly toxic.

 -Loki- wrote:

 Red_Starrise wrote:
Oven cleaner is pretty noxious while brake fluid can be used with just gloves & simple green needs no PPE at all. Acetone can be harsh on skin. Dunno about dettol or fairy power spray as I've no access to them here.

You rank oven cleaner as more noxious than something that you generally need to seek out a mechanic to dispose of? Dot 3 is horrible, horrible stuff. For your sake I hope you take more precautions than just some simple rubber gloves.

Yeah not sure how that ranking system came about.

Super Clean (purple degreaser) is also fantastic. It breaks down the paint and super glue very quickly, and you can leave plastic models indefinitely. I generally toss models in a tupperware container and forget about it.

I use nitro solvent and acetone for Infinity. Nitro strips most paint almost instantly, then I drop the almost-stripped minis to bathe overnight in acetone which turns CA and Epoxy glue into gooey gum I can pick off with tweezers. Very effective method. Acetone is toxic so good ventilation/wash hands immediately, nitro is very toxic so outside AND good ventilation AND hold the mini with tweezers because normal rubber/latex gloves last like 2 seconds.