Stripping Plastic, Metal & Resin Miniatures BETTER Than BioStrip

[@ThePickleJar]

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[@Kolyarut]

Coming back to this one a year and a half later, for any UK people using the Amazon links, the 500ml one now takes 3-7 *months* for dispatch, which is crazy. The 1l one sends the next day on Amazon Prime as normal. Something to be aware of! (obv not Josh's fault, can't be expected to check every link every day for the rest of forever, I'm sure it was fine at the time!)

[@monkeyboyvii]

Great video, really like the format, keep up the great work Mr Pickle.

[@ThePickleJar]

My pleasure :)

[@pretzzull3265]

Looking forward to seeing them painted dude!!

[@ThePickleJar]

Me too!

[@redacted8374]

I'll try your way never had much luck with stripping to plastic but this looks great

[@ThePickleJar]

You're welcome :)

[@THX-to6gg]

Thanks for the tip I’ve just finished my tub of bio strip. I’ll be down to Wilko’s asap.

[@ThePickleJar]

Always happy to help :)

[@velvetinedrapes4359]

Methylated spirits is even cheaper and faster. Get a bottle from B&Q for less than a fiver and you can apply via a rag or cotton bud or pour into a plastic cup and submerge plastic and resin minis for 30 seconds then scrub with an old brush and repeat the process. I stripped a mini last night and the paint and AP primer was gone in less than 5 minutes. With metal minis just swap methylated spirits for acetone but careful of the fumes.

[@ThePickleJar]

Meths are another great option, great advice

[@tuvaaq]

Try bioethanol instead of methylated spirits, it used to be £6 for 2 litres in B&Q but now it's £8. Same properties only its plant-based alcohol and not petrochemical, doesn't have toxic methanol added and is cheaper!

[@edhartill7969]

I find meths and iso leave paint in the little nooks and crannys. Will be trying this on my guys this weekend.

[@jbol2454]

@@edhartill7969 How did it go? Did they work good?

[@lemontangs]

Great vid. I just picked up a cheap sonic cleaner, for a few plastic and metal ebay miniature rescues. Dunked these in methylated spirits and set the cleaner for 3 minutes, followed by a little elbow grease. After two cycles they came out great.

[@ThePickleJar]

Sonic Cleaners are the unsung heroes of stripping miniatures

[@h.j.peters.2891]

I love this stripper, been using it for years. it was amazing on an old dreadnought that went through several chapters. if you leave it in the gunge for longer it kills the old super glue and I'm guessing UHU.

[@marckfu7099]

I've been using this stuff, it's benzo alcohol based. I did get a shock a few weeks ago when I left a metal model soaking in the stuff with a slotta base and the base melted away. But is was left a few days. Also available at B&M bargains 😉

[@ThePickleJar]

Ooooh, good to know about B&M

[@sosurko]

Literally was gunna settle and find some stripper methods for resin after my primer went wrong awesome stuff buddy.

[@ThePickleJar]

Always happy to help :)

[@stephenrenwick8781]

Great work Josh.

[@ThePickleJar]

Thanks very much :)

[@MSPaints]

I NEED those metal necrons in my life, lad. Holy faff they’re hideous but so wonderful!

[@ThePickleJar]

Hideous?! HIDEOUS! How dare you sir, how DARE you!

[@scroggie_mini_painting3983]

Awesome tips Josh 👍🏼

[@ThePickleJar]

Cheers dude

[@Frandog99]

Cracking job mate. They look like they are brand new models! 👍

[@ThePickleJar]

I’m so surprised how well they came up tbh.

[@Del_S]

Apparently some thermoplastics like Siocast can react poorly to these kinds of stripper - they're known to go weird in biostrip (apparently being nylon-based they react poorly to an acid in the biostrip mix). I wonder if the same may apply with this?

[@ThePickleJar]

I’m not sure on that, not had anything made from that before

[@andrewr880]

Great advice, cheers mate

[@ThePickleJar]

My pleasure :)

[@candmatt656]

Get some clean spirit from Wilko mate, safe for plastic and strips really well, I leave models soaking overnight, best bit is its £2 for 500ml and can strip 4-6 times before it starts to not work as well!

[@ThePickleJar]

Another good shout there, cheers for the tip :)

[@DenePaintsThings]

I've always used meths for stripping, but this stuff worked really well. Looking forward to see what you do with those Chaos Androids!

[@ThePickleJar]

I cannot wait to get some paint on them!

[@EssexBoyz]

Fantastic tips mate, couldn’t have come at a better time for me as I have a whole Eldar army to strip and re-paint. Awesome stuff I’ll post my progress on the discord 😃👍🏼

[@ThePickleJar]

Happy to be of service :)

[@ronnocrd]

Dude I'm not kidding I've just spent about half hour yelling at videos where people spend five minutes jabbering on before they even mention what they are using to do the stripping....explaining their results before they even say what they're using...I mean seriously, who cares about the results if the flipping products there using are stupid...which they usually end up being, after you've wasted 5 minutes waiting for them to get to the f#cking point lol.. 45 seconds into your video and you've shown me the product you're using, and you've began explained what it will work on, so I know I'm not wasting my time watching the video. Thank you mate! folks making videos need to use a video like this as a good example of the right video model for an instructional video. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

[@ThePickleJar]

haha, thank you very much! I do try and get straight into the videos without too much faffing about, glad you appreciated it :)

[@ronnocrd]

@@ThePickleJar Don't get me wrong I love seeing you and Luke wind each other up and your edits are always entertaining regardless of whether thay stay on topic or not, because the value of simplicity in order of operation in the video keeps it easy to follow...I know I'll struggle to pay attention if I'm spending half the video trying to guess what product is being used, and lack of patience usually results in a lot of cursing. you're videos make me less noisy lol.

[@elstonation]

A good morning, cup of tea with a pickle, what could be better 😁😁

[@ThePickleJar]

:D

[@jbol2454]

How does this compare to acetone for metal models?

[@ThePickleJar]

Loads easier to use and quicker too. Plus, it doesn't stink.

[@jbol2454]

@@ThePickleJar Thanks, is it as good as acetone for getting rid of super glue stuck between metal parts?

[@jmc7034]

Great vid❤️❤️❤️

[@ThePickleJar]

Thanks very much :)

[@killroy255]

Sounds cool, what's the main ingredient in it? Doesn't look like I can get it in the US

[@ThePickleJar]

I shall check when I get home :)

[@tuvaaq]

It's mostly just benzyl alcohol in a suspension medium all the water-based strippers use it AFAIK since the bans on methylene chloride. Try Klean Strip or a similar US brand.

[@LJamesWorkshop]

I’d like to see just how long you can leave different types of models in these different stripping methods

[@ThePickleJar]

Would be an interesting video, just need some *ahem* volunteers to get dunked

[@LJamesWorkshop]

@@ThePickleJar just picked some up and looking forward to giving it a try, can you reuse it like Meths ?

[@geekfreak69]

BioStrip thank you for sharing the information Josh

[@ThePickleJar]

No problem buddy happy to help

[@kaoticmachine]

I used to use biostrip but now i just use methylated spirits. No issues with an half hour soak, strips everything and doesn't affect anything, metal models need like 10 mins to work, and hardly needs brushing off. defo nothing wrong with biostrip though

[@ThePickleJar]

Yeah meths are another good one.

[@Gumlass1]

If I strip a mini and the primer stays on, I stop there. It's usually fine to paint over.

[@ThePickleJar]

Yeah by that point it's usually fine

[@GoldenRogueMinis]

Never stripped a mini, don’t plan to! Did I watch the video though?…. YEP, did I still enjoy it?… YEP.

[@ThePickleJar]

Haha thanks for the support buddy

[@madMARTYNmarsh1981]

Dettol was a disaster for me, I used it on my Ahriman model; it didn't get all the primer off and it's changed the chemical composition of the plastic some how, the outside of the model has a crust of plastic that plastic cement can't melt.

[@ThePickleJar]

Oh no! Hopefully you can sort it?

[@madMARTYNmarsh1981]

@@ThePickleJar nope, it's ruined. I've tried so many things to fix it but the crust is almost 1mm deep so would destroy the model if I scrape all that off.

[@Gumlass1]

Even when Dettol works, it leaves your mini stinking.

[@imagecollections6665]

Plastics are best stripped using isopropyl alcohol.

[@ThePickleJar]

I'd rather just buy one product that does everything tbf. This does that

[@tuvaaq]

I thought you'd be using pickle jars in this video 💔

[@ThePickleJar]

You know what, missed opportunity there. I feel ashamed

[@TheEnd]

Josh is a stripper?

[@ThePickleJar]

No one wants that

[@jaquesevers2355]

One word..Oxitol