RE: Stripping paint ...

Ouch!  I have a set of metal tongs that I use to place and 
retreive figures from my pine oil bath.  

I found them in our kitchen.  I asked my wife if she wanted them
back after I was done and she said no. 

:-) Oops...

-----Original Message-----
From: Keith Watt [mailto:kwatt@ExodusProject.com]
Sent: Friday, November 19, 1999 10:49 AM
To: gzg-l@CSUA.Berkeley.EDU
Subject: RE: Stripping paint ...

> The worst I have had is one that was glosscoated with the good Krylon
> gloss coating and then coated with Testors dull coat.  I had to let
that
> one soak in pinesol for about 3 days.
>
> One caveat, all pine oils are not created equal where stripping paint
> is concerned.  I only buy PineSol because the cheaper brands are hit
> or miss.

Another safety tip from sad personal experience:  always wear rubber
gloves
when washing and scrubbing the minis in the PineSol bath.  I had all the
skin dry out and peel off both hands.  Not too attractive and rather
painful
for the first couple of days....

Well, now I know, don't I? :-)

Keith

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