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Title says it all really. I'm looking for a paint stripper that will clear off citadel white metal models, anyone have any recommendations?

Oh and while I'm at it, anyone know of one that will get the paint off plastics without melting them?

I just started using LA's Totally Awesome for my stripping. So far I've have really good results with metals and plastics. I haven't attempted anything with resin yet.
http://www.lastotallyawesome.com/
You might be able to find it at a local dollar store. I soak for a few hours and then run it through a few cycles in my sonic cleaner. Lots of people swear by Simple Green around the web, unfortunately I wasn't able to find it anywhere locally though.

Dettol - works every time. For metals and plastics.

I recently used non acetone nail polish remover, bought from super drug for £1.30. In 10m the paint fell off and that model was painted over 20 years ago!. I think non acetone was recommended as an all round solution to plastic and metal but i cant confirm this, so don't use on plastic or resin unless you are willing to ruin it.

Bio Strip 20, costs under a tenner for a tub (ebay or google fu), I've stripped approx 7 metal and 20+ plastic with no ill effect.

Put in the top 15 - 20 min take out and scrub with a toothbrush and repeat.

I left one model over night with no melted although sometimes the glue will weaken.

UK? Fairy Power Spray. No contest. Hands-down easiest to get hold of and use with fantastic results.

Yep I have to second fairy power spray. I use it all the time and it works a treat !

For metal models I literally got 99p Nail Varnish Remover, left them in a non-plastic bowl and waited an hour and used a toothbrush to scrub em off.

Fairy Power Spray, absolutely brilliant for plastics (but don't use it on Finecast!). As for the metals, pretty much anything will strip them. May as well use acetone for a quick strip that'll eat varnish and primer.

What would you suggest for painted and sealed minis. I have some figs that I picked up that are already painted and clear coated and I want to paint them over again. I also don't want to damage the minis. It is the clear coat that is giving me worries.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isopropyl_alcohol

Can be a bit expensive.. I've found it makes some superglue "spongy" so you can pull apart plastic bits without damage. Then just peel or clean it off with your knife.

Got a some 2nd hand models recently (all plastic) and they were very poorly painted and put together. Soaked in isopropyl for about 30 -40 min and the paint and glue just came away using a large paint brush.

i would like to add my voice to the Fairy Power Spray camp.

it is awesome.

 BlackOps wrote:
I recently used non acetone nail polish remover, bought from super drug for £1.30. In 10m the paint fell off and that model was painted over 20 years ago!. I think non acetone was recommended as an all round solution to plastic and metal but i cant confirm this, so don't use on plastic or resin unless you are willing to ruin it.

I second the acetone-free nail polish remover.

Just tried it on some old plastic minis that I could not get clean with my usual solution (Mellerud PVC cleaner), and it worked just great.
No problems with plastic (at least not during the 15 minutes I let them soak). Only side-effect: normal superglue gets dissolved, as well.

I'm on board with the Fairy Power Spray thing, it's about £3 a bottle but you can strip a hundred plus minis easy. The only time you'll run into problems is if you've used a car primer, I have a few mini's that I think I used a car spray paint on and it is pretty useless in that respect, but for anything else (GW/Army Painter) it is awesome. I mix half a bottle of power spray 50/50 with water in an old gym cup and give it a shake then you just put whatever you want to strip in there for an hour and give it a quick brush off with an old toothbrush. I reuse the mixture until my wife pours it down the sink in protest to me leaving it lying around. Probably best you wear rubber gloves, I don't but I'm an idiot and like the tingly fresh feeling.

I recently stripped about 50 plastic and metal space marines as well as some bikes and land speeders using Purple Power degreaser from Walmart. Let them soak overnight, the paint came off the metal bits with barely a touch and off the plastics with only a little work with an old toothbrush.

I use Simple Green, which you can get at both Lowe's and Home Depot.

I like Simple Green for plastic (yes, you can buy it easily in the UK - google it), and Cellulose Thinner in a glass jar for metals. CT eats EVERYTHING, including your skin, lungs and fingernails, so use with care. But my god, does it get rid of paint fast.

For metal - straight up pure acetone.

For plastic - Simple Green.

winterdyne wrote:
I like Simple Green for plastic (yes, you can buy it easily in the UK - google it), and Cellulose Thinner in a glass jar for metals. CT eats EVERYTHING, including your skin, lungs and fingernails, so use with care. But my god, does it get rid of paint fast.

I've never really understood the camp of "I'll just use a dangerous chemical to do it because it'll be quicker." It's either dangerous or a pain to work around it and obey all the safety requirements, and there are plenty of good alternatives, even for tough jobs.

Fairy Power Spray takes maybe a day, acetone is much quicker if it's a metal model, yet both of these products are designed for regular household use, and as such just try to avoid sticking your hand straight in the solution or breathing it too much .

Though this does remind of someone asking in one of these threads if nail-polish remover would give him chemical burns...

 JohnnyHell wrote:
UK? Fairy Power Spray. No contest. Hands-down easiest to get hold of and use with fantastic results.

Easiest to get hold of? Pah. I had to go to seven different supermarkets to try and get hold of some. It's also not removing the black primer from my falcons

I'll second Cellulose thinners for Metal models, because even though it is potentially dangerous (Only if your completely safety inept!) - it's often exaggerated. Spilling a splash of CT on your hands are simply not a death sentence! You just wash it off straight away and there's no harm done. Provided you aren't dousing your hand in it, or frequently getting on your skin, CT isn't all that dangerous, just use carefully - and it is very effective as a metal model stripper, but I would never recommend it for use on a plastic or resin...

Isopropyl really doesn't work too well on plastics with a primer coat - I tried it on several models and whilst it took of the main coats the primer was firmly entrenched. From what I've heard, Biostrip20 or Fairy Powerspray are the way forward with plastic or resin models.

+1 for Simple Green...worked for my metals and plastics. May take a while (soaked for a day or two), and it may eat through glue (if you don't mind re glueing things). Got my batch at the local grocery store of all places.

CT doubles up as airbrush cleaner and poly cement in a pinch.
Good stuff, and as mentioned not that dangerous if you're sensible. Do have adequate ventilation though, as with any solvent.