Hello,
is it very difficult to remove paint from ho walthers heavyweight cars. I missed out on the relase of pennsylvania parlor cars and coaches. I e-mailed walthers and they will not be doing another production of these expensive cars. Thanks in advance for any advice.
Regards Matthew Redden
Sandpaper, Dremel with wire brush or hot lava…all will remove the paint from your passenger cars…
However, if you want to remove the paint without marring the plastic, try Rubbing Alcohol.
David B
I just stripped two layers of paint from an Athearn SD40 shell. I used 90% Isoprophol alcohol and it took overnight to get all the original paint off. The second layer (applied by previous owner) came off in a couple of hours. After I scrubbed it with a tooth brush it was ready for a water bath and then primer. Works great, just be patient and you may have to do a second dip if all of the paint doesn’t come off the first time. It doesn’t harm the plastic at all.
-Bob
I also used 91% Isoprophol alcohol to strip paint off of some old Athearn Blue Box passenger cars. It took me a couple of days soaking to get to to an unpainted plastic shell. As Bob said, be patient.
Joe