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Can you use brake fluid to strip paint from finecast without destroying the model?

If not, is there something else that would work?

If you want to try a new chemical to strip with always try it on sprue first. Prime it up and give it a coat or 2 of paint then try it.

Break fluid seems like it might be a bit harsh for finecast. Have you tried simple green? If you dilute the simple green down and let it soak a while it is a pretty good paint stripper. If not you can try nail polish remover WITHOUT ACETONE!!!!!

Cool, thanks. IIRC my friend has some simple green. I'll try it on some finecast sprue and see how it works.

There is a good tutorial on here about stripping paint. check it out

Will do...thanks for letting me know!

My biggest beef with stripping finecast is that it's brittle, and when you scrub it (for example with a toothbrush), you have to be super-duper careful that you don't put any pressure on the pieces.

Some of this might be because it's resin, but a lot of it just has to do with the unit's build -- there are a lot of very thin extrusions that can't take much pressure.

Yeah, I am dealing with an overwashed Broodlord model. Not as bad as some models thinness-wise, but not great either.

Yes, you can use break fluid, but dont let it bath for too long or your finecast end like ruber...own expirience... I think 1 hour should be enough.

 Naberiel wrote:
Yes, you can use break fluid, but dont let it bath for too long or your finecast end like ruber...own expirience... I think 1 hour should be enough.

This. I left 5 incubi in a container of break fluid over night and the models were ruined.

For delicate models I usually do not use a toothbrush. I rather use a cheap, not too hard, drybrush and then a needle to get the colour out of recesses.