<![CDATA[Latest posts for the thread "Remove paint but not glue from metal models"]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/8.page JForum - http://www.jforum.net Remove paint but not glue from metal models so as above I have some models (metal infinity) that I'd like to strip the paint from- but not effect the glue at all.

I've seen plenty of threads discussing various household products & specialty solvents that seem to only do the trick for stripping everything, which doesn't really help me as I don't want to reassemble 20+ models before painting.

Any help is very much appreciated!

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Solvent type glues will not come off even if you strip them - it does however, make the joined areas slightly more brittle for you to pull them apart.
CA glues don't come off per se, but the compound becomes very brittle even in plastic-safe paint stripper. Generally, plastic friendly solvents are weaker compound.

TLR

It's not the stripper that matters but what kind of glue you've used.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/755990/9954509.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/755990/9954509.page GMT Re:Remove paint but not glue from metal models
 skchsan wrote:
It'll depend on what kind of glue you've used to assemble your pieces.

Solvent type glues will not come off even if you strip them - it does however, make the joined areas slightly more brittle for you to pull them apart.
CA glues don't come off per se, but the compound becomes very brittle even in plastic-safe paint stripper. Generally, plastic friendly solvents are weaker compound.

TLR

It's not the stripper that matters but what kind of glue you've used.


Cheers- that makes sense.
I used the regular cheap super glue (which would be solvent based for sure) & was going to use the acetone method, so i guess the glue should be ok- but perhaps a little weaker?

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Look up dettol, simple green, purple power at your locale store.

Edit - forgot you were stripping metal.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/755990/9955428.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/755990/9955428.page GMT Re:Remove paint but not glue from metal models
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Your best bet is probably Castrol Superclean. You MIGHT be ok with the glue joints. In my experience though, any stripping method I use weakens or kills superglue bonds.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/755990/9963275.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/755990/9963275.page GMT