Re: Stripping Miniatures - Again...

  %50 pine sol and %50 water works well.  6-36hrs.  Will melt plastic
miniatures if you leave them in too long.
  I'd suspect coke or taco bell hot sauce would work as well, but thats
just a guess based on how well they eat through everything else...  :D

On Sun, 16 Apr 2000, Scott Speiker wrote:

> Howdy all,
>     I had read a post a while ago that pertained to stripping
miniatures of
> the poor paint jobs that they currently have.  In the past I had used
laquer
> thinner, which worked great.	However, I would like to use something a
> little less smelly and if my memory serves me right (often it
doesn't), I
> believe that someone mentioned that you could soak the figures in
dishwasher
> detergent for a while and that would loosen the paint.
> 
>     These figures are painted using Acrylic paints, but the detergent
did
> not work for me.  If maybe there is something that someone can suggest
as
> well as offer some idea of the concentration used to make it work, the
> gesture would be greatly appreciated.
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> Scott Spieker
>