Has anyone here used Zep brand "Industrial Purple" as a paint stripper?

[LDO]

Lowes has it in 5gallon jugs. I'm wondering how it does as a paint stripper for plastic models. I got a glue bomb 1/16 King Tiger tank off ebay. That thing is huge. If no one here has tried it, I may get a small container and try it on some part that be replaced by scratch building.

Thanks, Lee

[Longbox55]

Works great, it's more agressive than Superclean. Definitely wear glove when handling it, it will burn your skin rather quickly.

[curt raitz]

Works really well at removing chrome as well...

[LDO]

I went with three gallons of Simple Green. That barely covered the parts in a tote I bought just for the job. I don't know what type of paint was used on this tank. I can only imagine it was Testors enamel. It's getting slowly lifted off, rather than dissolved.

Now that I'm into this project, I think it was false economy to buy the glue bomb Tamiya rather than a new Trumpeter kit. I spent 40 bucks on paint stripper and a container for. Now I'm investing time and labor in paint removal and replacing missing/broken parts. Eh...live and learn.

[jeffs396]

I went with three gallons of Simple Green. That barely covered the parts in a tote I bought just for the job. I don't know what type of paint was used on this tank. I can only imagine it was Testors enamel. It's getting slowly lifted off, rather than dissolved.

Now that I'm into this project, I think it was false economy to buy the glue bomb Tamiya rather than a new Trumpeter kit. I spent 40 bucks on paint stripper and a container for. Now I'm investing time and labor in paint removal and replacing missing/broken parts. Eh...live and learn.

But you wouldn't get the same 'satisfaction' with the new kit

[LDO]

It looks like Simple Green is not removing the base coat. It's soft/wrinkled on the edges of some parts. I've been using a toothbrush for scrubbing off the paint. Maybe I can try steel wool or even a small wire brush, used gently.