Beowulf  | 30 Jun 2007 10:24 a.m. PST |
I need to strip some very old plastic Dark Elf crossbowmen, and i don't want to damage them (it took me a while to find them). The general consensus is that Simple Green works best, but which one should I use? The cleaner and degreaser, the house cleaner, window cleaner? I want to stay away from Pinesol, since it ruined a large batch of GW plastics. The figures went "soft" and never quite hardened afterwards. The fine detail kind of melted. So help me avoid this unpleasant experience! |
| miscmini | 30 Jun 2007 11:36 a.m. PST |
I second the All-Purpose cleaner. |
| CraigSpiel | 30 Jun 2007 12:17 p.m. PST |
Look at Home depot or Lowes for the big jugs. Also, Autozone carries it. |
 McKinstry  | 30 Jun 2007 1:32 p.m. PST |
Here's a third vote for the All-Purpose cleaner. Just try one of the spray bottles and just one figure. I don't think anything beyond a 12-18 hour soaking is needed. |
| Wyatt the Odd | 30 Jun 2007 1:46 p.m. PST |
Use the jug, Luke. Costco has it for $8, Home Despot about $12 USD and Lowes about $9 USD or 10. Also, get a package of the Ziploc or Glad semi-disposable containers to soak the pieces in overnight. Then, use an old toothbrush to remove the loose paint. A dental pick also helps. Have a gowl of clean water for washup. Wyatt |
 John the OFM | 30 Jun 2007 5:49 p.m. PST |
I bought the spray bottle just today.
I have stripped too many perfectly good figures to want to go through that again. I would rather start with new figures and play with the old, regardless.
I also use it for cleaning! BTW, I had an ACCIDENT the other night, in which a Perry Riedesel fell face down into a vast vat of 5 minute epoxy.
You can never wipe it all off, so I didn't even bother. Let it set, plop him in the vat with some Simple Green, and give the good General the usual indignities. |
| (Leftee) | 30 Jun 2007 10:49 p.m. PST |
Have some 25mm Renaissance Minifigs (that were primed, humbroled – no less, and semi-gloss coated) that Simple Green managed to burn through (left in for days). I still have to take a wire brush to get some of the junk out and 'shine' them up again for priming but was very happy this stuff worked without killing me or the family with fumesn or taking flesh off the skin. Safe to dispose of too. Hope it works on your plastics! No experience with that. |
| crewchiefmodels | 01 Jul 2007 12:03 p.m. PST |
The simple green works good for me. Let them soak for a while and then take a tooth brush to them. |
| John the OFM | 01 Jul 2007 12:29 p.m. PST |
I would still recommend wearing rubber gloves while scrubbingwith a toothbrush, just on general principles.
Like ALL cleaners, Simple Gtreen will de-fat theskin cells. Some are more aggressive at it, but all cleaners do it. |
| Bob Faust of Strategic Elite | 06 Jul 2007 6:53 p.m. PST |
Striaght Simple Green degreaser. Be careful though, I soaked some GW Space Maring bikes in it for too long and it warped the plastic. I'd soak your DEs for 10-12 hours in full immersion then scrub them with a toothbrush under warm running water. Don't worry if you don't get all of the paint off, because the remnant will be so thin it won't affect the repainting process. |
