<![CDATA[Latest posts for the thread "Best way to remove acrylic Vallejo paint but NOT spray painted enamel flat black undercoat?"]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/8.page JForum - http://www.jforum.net Best way to remove acrylic Vallejo paint but NOT spray painted enamel flat black undercoat? HW store)--whats the best chemical to do that? I say chemical because I'm assuming any sort of abrasive method would effect the enamel base coat layer. Alchohol? 409?

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 soitra wrote:
Fairy/ dawn power spray


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I use rubbing alcohol (regular drug/grocery store fare - 70% isopropyl) on a cotton swab to spot-strip models, when I want to repaint a particular section without scrapping the whole paintjob. If you've used thin layers of paint, even half a dozen of them can be erased with just a few gentle passes. The limited exposure leaves the more resilient spray completely unaffected.

If I wanted to partially strip a whole army, I'd experiment with different solvents and soak times to find one that could strip acrylic without touching enamel, allowing me to treat models en masse. For a single model, I'd just "erase" the paint - more effort per model than a batch soak but much faster, making it the best method, IMO, for one-offs. It's also the only basecoat-safe method I can personally attest to, for what it's worth.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/585342/6643888.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/585342/6643888.page GMT Re:Best way to remove acrylic Vallejo paint but NOT spray painted enamel flat black undercoat?
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 cento wrote:
Silly question here - would it not be easier just to strip the whole thing and just re-primer?



Thats one way--its a little bit of a hassle because I extract the paint from the can then airbrush it on. Then I gotta clean everything with lacquer thinner. Luckily I have my cheapo Harbor Freight siphon feed to do it with, rather than double duty my iwata

Also, I did that once and anything short of soaking in thinner (409, isopA) just wont get spray paint primer off. and the paint thinner started softening the plastic eventually--yikes.

So I just thought I'd throw it out there, hoping maybe there was a magic solution (pun intended) cause im seriously under-experienced painting plastic with acrylics. Im from the old testors enamel and pewter(lead?)miniatures generation. I still have my Mind Flayer from 7th grade--molded almost as badly as it was painted.

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mjp808 wrote:
Im from the old testors enamel and pewter(lead?)miniatures generation. I still have my Mind Flayer from 7th grade--molded almost as badly as it was painted.


Heh, I hear ya - my first GW minis were purchased in... 1988 or 89? Luckily, the local hoby shop diverted me from testors to acrylics around the same time.

And yeah, don't use thinner for the stripping - bad news for plastic indeed. There are lots of tutorials here, but I recommend simple green or brake fluid. I have left a figure in Simple Green for months as an experiment, and it did no real harm to even all the plastic bits, just some discoloration.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/585342/6644504.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/585342/6644504.page GMT