I have heard about that technique you're using, but prefer using a cheaper and less toxic one using either liquid or pasty soap used to clean ceramic covered floors (brands found in Belgium and France are "D'Or" or "Palmidor" - we called that in my area's dialect "Vier Savon" - meaning green soap) and have effectively striped down multiple layers of oïl and enamels as well as two sprayed coats of car primer from resin, plastic & metal figures and models with such. Simply prepare a mix of lukewarm water (about 40 ° celcius) and dip the model and let it set in the mix overnight. The next day, clean with lukewarm clean water and a toothbrush… The advantage also is that not only does it strip the model but also cleans it of any grease and dust (I use this to clean all my models prior to painting them !). Hope this'll help too. Eric.
@DeronShank6 жыл бұрын
Hey Shane. Cool video. Here in the USA we use what is considered the Purple Pond. It’s a floor waxing / washing product called Castrol “Super Clean” that’s the expensive name brand of it. There’s a generic brand to this that u can buy at Walmart and what you jus call the pound shop over there like Family Dollar or Dollar General called “Purple Power”. Don’t be fooled and buy Super Clean because Purple Power is the same identical stuff and is actually made in the same warehouse as Super Clean is. Simple Green works S well and there’s a mockery generic of that called Mr. Green at the Dollar Stores.
@longlance676 жыл бұрын
thanks for sharing mate,this will be helpful for my viewers in the US!
@andylovatt72884 жыл бұрын
Try using dot 3 or dots 4 brake fluid, safe on plastic,I use it to strip paint off of subbuteo figures .No distortion of figures , just do the same as you have been doing with tooth brush, after soaking model for 1 or 2 days then when done rinse in warm water.
@dasguero96552 жыл бұрын
I was surprised how well brake fluid works, cheap also
@dasguero96552 жыл бұрын
I usually use brake fluid, which works surprisingly well, or oven cleaner, I have accidentally left a tiger tank soaking for s week in oven cleaner and no problems, however I would always remove rubber band tracks when stripping paint, and link and length tracks you can expect to have a couple pieces come loose or off, also use a large strainer when scrubbing kits because you prolly will have some parts come off, especially if you work in 72 scale, also headlights on real small afv's always seem to come off during scrubbing, in the future I will just remove beforehand, much easier than finding them later, also small mg barrels, maybe put a bright color on to keep yourself aware of them or you will be making new ones
@SmallSoldier6 жыл бұрын
Great solution for stripping paint. I use Super Clean which works as well.
@longlance676 жыл бұрын
heard good things about super clean too !
@the-primered-thumb6 жыл бұрын
Great tutorial Shane, I recently used household bleach to strip chrome off a kit I'm building 🖒😉
@longlance676 жыл бұрын
thanks mate ! I've never been brave enough to use bleach as the fumes mess me right up lol
@HamilkarBarkasScaleModelling6 жыл бұрын
Interesting! that is one of the few things in the hobby i have never done so far. Nice demo mate :)
@longlance676 жыл бұрын
its my first time too, and was born out me not wanting to buy another VC hahaha
@joinery18886 жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing. Will be trying this on a varnish job gone wrong....after hours of painting.
@longlance676 жыл бұрын
happens to the best of you
@lasercreation-world19816 жыл бұрын
Hello Shane, thanks for the great video,👍😀
@longlance676 жыл бұрын
thanks mate !
@schweinhund2276 жыл бұрын
Keep up the good work Shane !
@longlance676 жыл бұрын
thanks Norm !
@brandonbrockwell49975 жыл бұрын
91% isopropyl alcohol has always been my go to, can get a pretty big jug of it at the pharmacy for only a dollar. Soak it overnight and usually don’t even have to scrub much, just rinsing under the sink is enough. Plus I can also use it to thin my tamiya so dual purpose
@longlance675 жыл бұрын
great bit of advice there! I wish we could get bottles of the stuff still in our pharmacies they are near impossible to find in Ireland
@basicminiaturepainting6 жыл бұрын
Cool stuff mate,I've got an old wh40k rhino I may try and strip it
@longlance676 жыл бұрын
will make short of work it mate !
@jeanmarcgalzy77476 жыл бұрын
Très intéressant travail mon ami SHANE Merci pour tes conseils 👍 Very interesting job my friend Thank you for your explanation 👍
@longlance676 жыл бұрын
Jean Marc Galzy thank you my friend
@alj6446 жыл бұрын
mais t'es partout ;) ca va toi?
@jeanmarcgalzy77476 жыл бұрын
Al J Oui ça va Et toi mon collègue tu fais quoi en ce moment tu bricoles ? 😂😂
@alj6446 жыл бұрын
suis sur une traction avant, sur le paladin M109,l'abrams tusk,et le panther G....je bricole pas mal oui ;)
@jeanmarcgalzy77476 жыл бұрын
Al J C est bien mon ami Il me tarde de voir cela !!!!!
@RollingThunderModels6 жыл бұрын
Very interesting video! I guess the more aggressive alcohols in the solutions attack the paint. I removed paint from my models as well using IPA (isopropanol) it works great and does also not attack the plastic. I work as a chemist at a aerosol/paint factory, so video's like these are quite interesting for me. Take care mate!
@longlance676 жыл бұрын
thanks mate ! I've been trying to source IPA to try out but its from what I've been able to find quite expensive
@RollingThunderModels6 жыл бұрын
Could be, i don't think its available in large quantities for normal people. I was lucky to get some from my work. Your method seems to work fine tho, thanks for uploading mate!
@claytonmcclain1826 жыл бұрын
Like this video Shane. I tried to do some of the same thing. It was such a pain in the butt I ripped off the metal barrel and resin parts and I'll just build a new kit. It worked but some of my kits I've used enamel paint and that WON'T come off :-( oh well such is life. Great video as always.
@longlance676 жыл бұрын
Ya enamel is an immensely tough mate to remove but I am sure there must be some way to do it
@ArmourEmpire6 жыл бұрын
Really useful vid Shane. I've got s couple of paint mules I practice on and this will come in dead handy mate
@longlance676 жыл бұрын
thanks mark ! it so handy for practice pieces as you can endlessly recycle them as you wish !
@martinoconnor43142 жыл бұрын
I use methylated spirits to clean my airbrush, its a hell of a lot cheaper than airbrush cleaner and yes I do it in the garden as I do my spraying in the shed.
@longlance672 жыл бұрын
I wouldn't recommend using methylated spirits to clean your AB. As it will start to attack the seals within the AB after a while
@martinoconnor4314 Жыл бұрын
@@longlance67 Yes that is true unless they are Teflon which mine are, I've been using it since I bought the airbrush a few years ago.😀
@inclusivemodeldesigns166 жыл бұрын
Excellent video! Great tips!
@longlance676 жыл бұрын
thanks mate
@jakobp80206 жыл бұрын
Very helpful
@lasercreation-world19816 жыл бұрын
yes I think so, great idea👍✌
@canton71804 жыл бұрын
yeah the main problem I encounter is that I 'am not simply trying to strip acrylic paint, but alternate layer typically build up of other products, like oil paint, and lacquer, which react differently and require different based solvents ir petroleum-based opposed to acetate, I guess simply oven cleaner would work best.
@longlance674 жыл бұрын
it is the other go to for many modelers
@danphilpott63026 жыл бұрын
Very helpful information. Much appreciated!
@seansmodelingchannel11495 жыл бұрын
I have a chally to strip will get a couple of bottles and give it a go good video bud
@hazardtrooper27914 жыл бұрын
i tried this for a 1/35 panther, painted with Vallejo air colours, and the paint just doesn't want to come off. ive had it soaking for 3 days, and every day i try to scrub off more paint, but still only about 5% of the paint has come off
@longlance674 жыл бұрын
what are you soaking the model in?
@hazardtrooper27914 жыл бұрын
@@longlance67 methylated spirits, however, in Australia the methylated spirits isn't purple like in Ireland. also, I did put a 88mm flak in as well (which was primed with Tamiya spray can and painted in Vallejo) and that seems to be removing paint nicely. I'm not sure if the Vallejo surface primer on the panther is sticking better to the surface than the Tamiya spray can on the 88mm. Thanks
@klonik796 жыл бұрын
Ever tried to use technical alcohol? Not sure how it is branded at around you. We call it technical spirit. What it is 91-94 pure ethylalcohol with some benzen, close to blue staff you are using, but less toxic. I use it as airbrush cleaner as well (Vallejo AB cleaner is 50% or around alcohol, if I am not mistaken), costs zero point nil per liter :) Actually last time i bought it it costed 2,8Euro per liter and for stripping it will last for some time in closed container.
@longlance676 жыл бұрын
I've heard of using ethyl alcohol before but could never find it for cheap must have been looking in the wrong places
@klonik796 жыл бұрын
This technical is cheap, because it can't be drank (it will not kill you, but that benzen will turn your stomach inside out completely, that;s why it is there), it does not have consumption tax on it, as most of them would do. Medical ones (like isopropyl) are usually more expensive as they are "safe" and not exempt from tax. Our local version of windex has too low alcohol content (
@klonik796 жыл бұрын
You could try some welding and paint preparation spirits, that's what this is in first place.
@davidjones16456 жыл бұрын
I only build aircraft... done this a few times... but I use a product called fairy power spray ..
@longlance676 жыл бұрын
I know fairy power spray, I am sure it works well though least where I am their products can get expensive and I personally prefer bathing the model in a solution but thats just me
@kevinegan68766 жыл бұрын
a handy one shane
@longlance676 жыл бұрын
thanks my friend !
@waltervanvooren9946 жыл бұрын
Thanks for your video,cant you use brake fluide dot 4?ore is dis only for resin kits?
@longlance676 жыл бұрын
Walter Van Vooren you should indeed use break fluid though Ive never used it myself, I hear it works and both plastic and resin and also it breaks down glue too I believe
@waltervanvooren9946 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the answer shane,y thought a expert like you know the answer😁
@SmallSoldier6 жыл бұрын
I've used brake fluid before and it works great. Doesn't attack plastic and has virtually no odour at all. Works great to clean an airbrush as well.
@klonik796 жыл бұрын
Brake fluid is great cleaner, it will clean rust from steel as well (if you have stuck bolts), but it is skin irritant so gloves are required.
@longlance676 жыл бұрын
haha don't know about expert though :)
@robbie_rohm882 жыл бұрын
What would mentholated spirits do to the glue?
@longlance672 жыл бұрын
I tends loosen lightly glued parts, but for the most part it doesn't seem to bother the glue at all
@negativeimage24453 жыл бұрын
I'm late to the party. I've seen videos using Dettol as well. Do u have an opinion on which works better? Thanks, cocked up the body on a tamiya Ferrari
@longlance673 жыл бұрын
Both work fine, with the Dettol method being the less toxic option of the two, the only reason why I used Spirits over Dettol in this video is that Dettol is quite expensive for a small bottle which would require several for a large model. But its really up to you what you want to use
@negativeimage24453 жыл бұрын
Many thanks for your trouble
@pinkmidget36805 жыл бұрын
Would dish soap work? Have been looking for house hold cleaners that would work
@longlance675 жыл бұрын
washing up liquid would have little effect on anything other an a little light paint, something along the lines of oven de-greaser would be your best bet
@stovallholmes30606 жыл бұрын
Hey there, nice video. i messed up a tamiya m60 and wanted to repaint it. will this technique work on plastic or just resin models? thanks
@longlance676 жыл бұрын
yes it will work on both plastic and resin and at a guess it will work on metal parts too
@stovallholmes30606 жыл бұрын
Thanks so much! i actually use Simple Green but the result was the same.
@longlance676 жыл бұрын
happy to hear you found something that works ! A lot of my US friends use Simple Green and swear by it
@Duraltia4 жыл бұрын
Any Information on if the Methylated Spirits would attack ABS? I'm currently stripping a Tamiya #56020 Leopard 2A6 Full Option model ( upgraded to a 2A7+ one: imgur.com/a/GzLRqvl ) after accidentally mixing brands of paint/varnish resulting in an orange peel effect and I noticed that one of the various paint strippers I've used in the process to strip that model ( Oven Cleaner, Revell Paint Stripper, VMS Clean Slate ) must have attacked some of the structural ABS parts ( rest is PS ) of the model though I'm not sure which one as I only noticed it fairly late in the game - Thanks to 3D Printing though I managed to replace all the broken parts
@longlance674 жыл бұрын
I can't say for certain if the spirits will attack ABS plastics and I wouldn't want you to risk such an expensive model on bad advice
@alj6446 жыл бұрын
thanks for the tip Shane :) is it for enamel or acrilyc paint?
@longlance676 жыл бұрын
it will destroy acrylic paint very easily, enamel is a bit tougher and I don't use it but it might work on it too just may take longer to break it down
@thetyrannicalllama22116 жыл бұрын
Is there something a little less toxic that I could use in the UK? Great video anyway.
@longlance676 жыл бұрын
I m told degreasers work well too, it just depends on what your budget is really
@thetyrannicalllama22116 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the reply, I will look into those.
@allanatwick16064 жыл бұрын
Hahaha" this is toxic as fuck" Love it, cheers mate you just made my day. I must say, I've used this technique (repeatedly cos I'm crap) and it works a treat, you can also filter off the sludge and re use the liquid a number of times
@longlance674 жыл бұрын
can't beat an Irish Public Safety Announcement lol
@bucknertarsney76746 жыл бұрын
Mmmmmmmm, postules!
@longlance676 жыл бұрын
Papa Nurgle approves ;)
@extreme_loe3 жыл бұрын
It really upsets me seeing you do this to such a lovely model
@longlance673 жыл бұрын
Don't it will return even nicer once I get back to it! Was never fully happy with the final result I got with the original version as it was one of the first Shermans I did and made a lot of mistakes with the build
@extreme_loe3 жыл бұрын
@@longlance67 I'm actually biulding one of these next month so I'm looking forward to what you do now.
@longlance673 жыл бұрын
@@extreme_loe its a really nice kit and builds up very nicely! I planning to refurbish mine to have track add on armor seen on late war Canadian Firefly's so it should make for a striking model when finished
@vasili12076 жыл бұрын
I seen strip I seen models, I will be honest here mate I am a bit dissapointed. Had my fivers at the ready who am I kidding I'd be lobbing pounds at them like pitch and toss I aint a millionaire. :)