[? I’m making a depot for a friend down in Garden .Have some small detall parts,that I need take the paint off.Scratch built windows and doors ,dont want to make again do to time.Any info would be great [:D]
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SCRATCH
I had asked one of the guys on here about removing paint from shells that I had painted and wanted to change road name. He told me to soak the shell in PineSol. Never heard that. He says it will take the paint off and not the plastic. Have not tried it yet.
If you leave the part in Pine-sol for to long it will attack the plastic. I learned this one the hard way. Also MEK or paint remover will attack the plastic.
I have had good results of masking old cars where the lettering was and then glass bead blast the areas where i wanted the paint to be removed. Cut the air pressure down to 35 to 40 psi and go slow. You can also frost the glass in the windows this way.
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Terry
91% Isopropyl Alcohol does a good job of removing most acrylics without damaging the plastic.
If you can’t find 91%, 70% will work, but is much, much slower. The 91% is more expensive, but it will save you a lot of time and will require using less of it.
What are the parts made out of, plastic?
What type of paint is on them?
For oil based paints I have heard brake fluid works well, but do a test first. For water based paints, alcohol works well, but I like denatured (wood alcohol). You can get this from the hardware or home improvement store, not the drugstore.
Well Elliot, for me it is the usual model railroad paints [I think they were water based]. Then sprayed with gloss coat and then a light coat of dull coat. They were sprayed in the 80’s and I think it was Testers. Long time for an old man to remember.[:D]
The doors and windows are wood ,some with testors some with water base and the depot is wood
Do you think I could use a thinner or will this harm my glue
Some advise not to remove the paint; rather paint over it.
Most elaborate and best way is to use a popcorn machine-like device that blasts it off w/plastic pellets.
dav