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Most efficient, easiest/less damaging methods you guys use.

Got tired of seeing red marines so converting my blood angel drop army to pure night lords.

I've just bought a load of marines / terminators and a dreadnought off ebay for my son - all thickly coated with several layers of acrylic paint.

We gave them a 24hr bath in Dettol disinfectant. If you can't get this where you are, the active ingrediant is chloroxylenol, so that's what to look out for.

After this bath, give them a scrub with an old toothbrush dipped in more Dettol (NOT water - we found this causes a nasty chemical reaction which generates black goop).

Leave to dry. Spray prime. Good to go. Worked brilliantly, and now he has a brand new army all set to go for a fraction of the cost.

I use a Simple Green bath overnight, and then scrub with a worn-out toothbrush. It works, although there are probably far more refined methods.

 Zed wrote:
I use a Simple Green bath overnight, and then scrub with a worn-out toothbrush. It works, although there are probably far more refined methods.

Glad to hear Simple Green works on Plastic models as well, where they just normal 40k models? Have you tried Finecast models yet?

I use Mr Clean with Frebreeze. No worries about chemical reactions and safe to go down the drain.

Takes about 32 hours, day and half, but works great. Also cleans your hands as well.

'LA's totally Awesome' works well if you let the models soak overnight. or more. Left some models in their for few months when I forgot about them. No harm to the model, paint fell off with barely any scrubbing. Just keep in mind green stuff will turn to putty.

And yeah I don't get the name either, but my buddy buys it and it works wonders.

I have always used Simple Green with great success on metals and plastics. It will take off anything from acrylics to Testors oil base model paints, primer and all. The only variable might be a linger soak in some cases or several days. It will break down glue bonds, but will also destroy Green Stuff.

I have heard rumored horror stories of Simple Green destroying Finecast by making it spongy and soft. I don't know what it might do to Restic.

There are some good resources on dakka, mainly in the painting and modelling subforum and tutorial subforum. Search is your friend : p

Paint Stripping Guide: Strip your army for under $5!! *updated 5/23/13 NEW STUFF
How to Strip FAQ
Stripping paint from metal and plastic using Dawn Power Dissolver.
UltraSonic Paint Stripping results using superclean.

ntdars wrote:

 Zed wrote:
I use a Simple Green bath overnight, and then scrub with a worn-out toothbrush. It works, although there are probably far more refined methods.

Glad to hear Simple Green works on Plastic models as well, where they just normal 40k models? Have you tried Finecast models yet?

Standard 40k models, yes. An AOBR Dreadnought most recently.

I haven't bought any Finecast models yet, so I don't know if Simple Green works on them or not. As Yonan said, a dig through Painting and Modelling would probably tell you.

I'm a big fan of Fairy Power Spray here in the UK (No idea if you can get it elsewhere, and no idea what the magical ingredient is).

A gaming friend of mine did have a bad result using it on Finecast though...

Forgot to mention, don't use Pine-sol. It works great on metal, but on plastic, it can warp/melt/bend them. Used a test Hormagaunt piece, and the claws went limp.

Also it's hard on the fingers and can burn if not careful.