Stripping paint from a resin?

[disabled modeler]

I was just curious if there is a way to strip paint off a resin body,etc. without harming the resin?

[MrObsessive]

Easy Off Oven Cleaner (Yellow Can) I've found to be the best way.

Just to be careful..........make sure you've got rubber gloves, and you might want to put the model in a separate room covered up so you're not breathing the fumes.

Edited November 25, 2011 by MrObsessive

[Modelmartin]

Same as with styrene kits, basically. Resin will resist lacquer thinner for a bit while styrene won't. I wouldn't soak it in thinner, though. Hot paint strippers will eat resin just like they do styrene. Easy-off yellow can is waht I like. Some like Castrol Super Clean and Simple Green cleaners.

[disabled modeler]

For plastics I have always used ether brake fluid or Super clean de-greaser straight with rubber gloves...just had no clue about resins?...cant afford to harm anything I had a resin dashboard mess up in these two before maybe I left it in too long or something? How long is too long to let resin soak to remove old paint? Thanks for the information guys! Mark

[LoneWolf15]

Never , Ever , Ever , use brake fluid with resin ! It will turn your body into Spagetti or merely a puddled lump !

[highway]

Never , Ever , Ever , use brake fluid with resin ! It will turn your body into Spagetti or merely a puddled lump !

I also thought that I heard the same for CSC. I seem to remember a friend of mine using CSC and found his resin in a lump, but I could be wrong.

Has anyone been brave enough to try Dawn Power Disolver on resin yet??

[disabled modeler]

Ok so now thanks to you guys I know not to use brake fluid on any resin stuff.....thanks! Any other ideas?

[Mike Kucaba]

I have stripped dozens of different resin models with SC or purple power with no damage. You can also strip most resin with lacquer thinner used on a cloth and just keep rubbing it off,then repeat with denatured alcohol and a good soapy bath. Is the resin your contemplating stripping oily feeling? I don't think any stripping procedure will cure that.That is usually the sign of a bad mixture.

[disabled modeler]

I am just new to working with resin bodies,etc.and don't want to mess anything up when I get started on some projects in case there's a paint problem with them. Will be doing a partial resin conversion to make the first Mad Max black interceptor from the movie, and mid 60s Dodge van project, then there is 59 Ford 4door wagon body....love wagons....would like to find a few more.

[Edsel-Dan]

Most resin casters say to soak the parts in "Wesley's Bleche White" tire cleaner to

remove mold release, so that is also a good option for paint stripping.

[Art Anderson]

Westley's active ingredient is TSP, or Tri Sodium Phosphate--which can be had in other forms. TSP is widely used in the restoration of antique furniture for stripping lacquers and shellacs (which is what most furniture is finished with). You can get TSP at most home improvement stores, or paint stores--as well as at your local supermarket (Spic & Span).

Hope this helps out a bit!

Art

[disabled modeler]

Thanks for the information guys! I would hate to mess anything up so its all good to know.