Re: [Modelling] Information Request: Paint Removal
From: "laserlight@q..." <laserlight@quixnet.net>
Date: Mon, 2 Dec 2002 12:41:13 -0500
Subject: Re: [Modelling] Information Request: Paint Removal
The_Beast said:
>Evil Empire(tm) sure LOOK/SMELL/TASTE like 'styrene, and that would be
what
Randy used brake fluid on.
>Armorcast, which had a GW license, but no way associated otherwise,
uses
the slightly yellow stuff, very similar to Geo-Hex's. I'm thinking it's
a
polyethylene resin, but no warranties assumed.
Unpigmented PE is translucent white, feels waxy, bends without
breaking
and is a real pain to paint.
My two guesses would be styrene or polyester...but I don't recall
whether glycol affects polyesters. It might turn it into a glob of goo.
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