Re: Stripping Miniatures - Again...

I've been doing some paint stripping on some old mini's this week so I
thought I'd put my two cents in.

I've used the 50/50 pine sol mix to strip figs and it works fine.  On my
latest batch of leads I decided to try something a little stronger;
acetone.  Oh boy does it work better.  Dip the mini for about 5 minutes,
then toothbrush it.  Dip the brush in the acetone and work any trouble
spots.	Takes about 10 minutes per mini (or less).

You can get acetone at your hardware store, and a quart will run you
about
$5.  They sell it for thinning epoxy.

Bill

									
							
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  %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
>