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[Longbox55]

Use it straight.

[blueoval92]

thats what i figured. i went ahead and tried it and man i love it. By the way, its not bad on bare skin, at least to me anyway, but im used to haveing brake parts cleaner and other automotive chemicals on my hands all the time so im use to thing like that.

[Michigan Madman]

It seems to work very well on Revell and Moebius plating/undercoat. I leave it in a sealed container on the porch so the sun heats it up. Keeping it as warm as possible will help to speed up the chemical reaction. (Trust me- I'm a janitor by trade, I know how cleaning solvents work! ) Some manufacturer's thick undercoat (cough cough, Round 2) takes a little longer, but within 24 hours the plating and undercoating on the Revell and Moebius stuff was gone. A quick scrub and a rinse under hot water did away with the remainder.

It also stays clearer than other strippers like Purple Power. I've stripped quite a bit of stuff in it over the last two weeks and it doesn't appear to be losing any effectiveness.

Still haven't tried it on paint, but I've had pretty good luck with Purple Power there.

[raildogg]

OK now that I've found it and using it has anyone recycled it. I've noticed some chrome flakes on the bottom of my dechrome tray. Can I run it through a filter and reclaim it for storage when I'm finished decheoming??

[Fat Brian]

You should be able to reuse it a few times but I have noticed that it loses it's effectiveness after a while so don't plan on buying once and it lasting forever.

[oldnslow]

Jim, I've stripped several of the Phantom bodies with 91% and they came clean with very little brushing.

[eizzle]

91% isopropyl alcohol works great to strip lacquer and urethane paints and clear coats. I have a mustang body with a couple coats of clear on it and a couple coats of lacquer paint that I needed to strip and redo. I filled a storage Tupperware container about halfway up the body and sealed it up, let it sit overnight, about 6-7 hours, and this morning, the paint is coming off in sheets! I didn't take any pics, but the fumes must do some damage to, the car was upside down and the paint on the bottom of the car was peeling off to. Next time you need to strip a body, try this, it's a lot easier on the lungs and it won't do anything to the plastic.

[Ace-Garageguy]

I've really got to try this. I often use 70% isopropyl alcohol as a cleaner to remove wax and polish residue from paint and mold lubricant from parts specifically because it doesn't do any damage.

[eizzle]

I use it to thin my urethane clear coats. Works great for that to!

[hooterville75]

I don't know if it will react any different with paint or not but when I strip chrome wheels, I use regular old bleach and it strips chrome in no time at all.

[eizzle]

I don't know, I guess it would since it will strip a plating, but your gonna have to try that one, I found this by spilling a bottle of alcohol on my desk and watching it wrinkle off overspray on my cutting mat. The paint will literally come off in sheets, it doesn't dissolve it as much as it breaks the adhesion to the plastic. There is a little sanding to do afterwards, but it works a lot better than oven cleaner for me.
BTW, I strip my chrome parts the same way.

Edited by eizzle, 23 September 2012 - 12:46 PM.

[eizzle]

This is a sheet of paint that came off the hood, keep in mind, this is at least two layers of urethane clear coat, a couple coats of tamiya flat aluminum acrylic, and a coat of model master lacquer. The lacquer seemed to have dissolved as the alcohol was blue. Anyway, check out the hood vent detail.

The hood is smooth and when it's dry (I washed and rinsed it really good) it will be ready for a new coat of primer.

Edited by eizzle, 23 September 2012 - 01:35 PM.

[beancd5]

I bought a half gallon of the LA's Awesome stuff and it does work very well, Took off the chrome on some wheels and stripped 2 hoods, smells like windex!!!
Thanks for the TIP!!!!

[Jordan White]

I still prefer Easy Off for stripping chrome. It'll strip it off in about 10 minutes and seems to take off the undercoat as well.

[Platerpants]

ive know about using alcohol since 6th grade in science

[eizzle]

It doesn't seem to be working all that well on model master lacquers, but it works great on urethane and acrylics.

[hooterville75]

With the few parts that I've stripped chrome from Bleach has worked perfectly for me in a very short amount of time. Then again the only parts Ive stripped were wheels.

[Burwell555]

Has anybody ever heard of/tried castrol super clean degreaser? Before I kinda dwindled out of the hobby for a while it seemed to be great as far as dipping and soaking bodies over night. I know it works well for base clear, model master and the Boyd customs type paints as I had stripped those. But what some if the other 20plus year old paint was I have no idea as I received somebody's old collection and that was all I knew of it lol

[Fat Brian]

Yep, Super Clean does a very good job on enamels and some soft laquers.

[martinfan5]

It doesn't seem to be working all that well on model master lacquers, but it works great on urethane and acrylics.

Give it time, it will work, try sanding a lilttle bit before, I use 91% to strip MM lacquer all the time, and it has worked all the time, just the time it takes does vary a little bit