andozane Posted February 23, 2017 Report Share Posted February 23, 2017 Hi there...I have been doing some paint stripping lately, so wanted to share with people as it seems the questions still abound how to do it. Now, this is for METAL models...don't use Pine Sol on plastic or resin, unless you want to melt them. I guess if you were limited with your time it might work, but why chance it. To this day there is no great way to strip plastic, sorry. If you have one, please post an article with pics :) The models I will be stripping are a mix of fully painted and some with just some gray primer on them. They soaked in the pine sol for about a week. OK, so here you go...Here is a shot of the minis in the jar of pine sol, I have already dumped some out, but they were all submerged. Next we see the group in the kitchen sink ready for some clean up. Here is a fellow who was fully painted... Couple of minutes under running water and the electric toothbrush, and bam! Another example... Nice and clean... Banner bearer! Much better Mr. Banner Bearer! And a nice clean group shot ! Now to recharge my toothbrush and start another batch... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottshoemaker Posted February 23, 2017 Report Share Posted February 23, 2017 Plus your breath is now pine fresh 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K_DUB Posted February 23, 2017 Report Share Posted February 23, 2017 I like using Citristrip for metal models. Works really well....just another option. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purajh Posted February 23, 2017 Report Share Posted February 23, 2017 Next time I do plastics in Simple Green I will take some pictures and log the process. The big misconception with stripping plastic models not working well is that the actual stripping process tints the plastic. It still cleans the models details out and after priming they look good as new. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KIRBY Posted February 23, 2017 Report Share Posted February 23, 2017 A little Pine Sol goes a long way ;-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InfestedKerrigan Posted May 18, 2017 Report Share Posted May 18, 2017 I have used pine sol on plastic. The smell stays a while. It does soften the plastic the longer you have it in, as ando said. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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