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Personal logo JammerMan Supporting Member of TMP06 Feb 2019 10:24 a.m. PST

I have bought some used figures and I need to remove the old paint. Anyone out there with a handy dandy way to remove old enamel paint?
thank you for the help

M1Fanboy06 Feb 2019 10:33 a.m. PST

Turpentine or paint thinner.

Winston Smith06 Feb 2019 11:26 a.m. PST

Simple Green or Pine Sol.

Toaster06 Feb 2019 11:31 a.m. PST

Oven cleaner

JimDuncanUK06 Feb 2019 12:38 p.m. PST

Glass jar, brake fluid, immerse figures, leave for a couple of days, rinse figure under running water, discard (carefully) the residue.

14Bore06 Feb 2019 1:46 p.m. PST

I use Goof Off, been stripping old units left and right here.

KeithRK06 Feb 2019 2:28 p.m. PST

Depending on what the minis are made of….
Metal figs – acetone
plastic or resin figs – Super Clean (formerly Castrol Super Clean)

Kropotkin30306 Feb 2019 3:26 p.m. PST

Dettol…….has good results and is environmentally quite clean,

10mm Wargaming18 Feb 2019 5:40 a.m. PST

My guide for stripping miniatures with Dettol hope it helps.

As always, comments are appreciated.

Take care

Andy

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