Now that I have your attention. Anybody try to strip the paint off these Malibu cars? (vans specifically) The paint on these doesn’t accept other paint very well. Oil or acrylic. I took all the plastic parts off one and soaked the metal body in gas for a week and that didn’t do anything. Scrubbed it with a steel brush in gas too. This is some tuff stuff! Any ideas?
Honestly can’t remember any stripper action in Mailbu–have to go to West LA or Oxnard, I’d guess.
I would try Cameleon stripper. I use the gel formula and it takes paint off just about everything.
Nick
Get ahold of the 1/87 vehicle group as there is a guy over there stripping the truck cabs with very good results. www.1-87vehicles.org
I stripped the paint off a larger diecast car a while ago using household paint stripper. Pollystrippa I think. Took it right down to the bare metal. Has to be used in a well ventilated space and you need to use rubber gloves. Paint just rinsed off when it was done.
As always when someone says “strip” I always say Polly S ELO . Costs more, reusable , I been using the same can for 6 months , still using it. It works slow but I’ve used it on everything, works every time. And yes I used it on Malibu cars already.
Here in NY when I take a shower, I strip…
Never stripped in Malibu…never been there…
I did strip in Hawaii once…well 6 times…was there 6 days…
oh, actually it was twice on 2 days…after being in the ocean…
Seriously: I would as mentioned look for the heavy duty household stuff. It may be that the paint on the models is actually some kind of baked on enamaly type stuff???
Will it scruff up with good sandpaper to accept new paint? (probably not if a steel brush in gas does nothing. Good thing you didnt start a fire and blow yourself up with sparks)
Of all the things and time for paint to stick! On the very ones you want to alter!
best luck
Not so…I use Polly S ELO, but recently I acquired some Lifelike Scenemaster figures, and even soaking for a few days it did nothing (it has worked on a lot of other items). Whatever paint did they use on these model figures anyway, it just laughed at all the old favorites: Polly S, brake fluid, 91% Alcohol - even EZ-Off Oven Cleaner (in an enclosed container, so the fumes could work over a period of a day - nothing!). Yes, I did scrap a little bit of paint off a figure as a test, so it’s not molded in…but dang, if only household finishes were that robust! [:(!]
Thanks for the advice all. Someone on 1/87 site said brake fluid and that worked great. Soaked it for 2 hours and a little brushing and picking and Shazam! Clean as a whistle. If you wanted paint to stick like this it never would!