Paint Removal on Clear Parts

Tools, Techniques, and Reference Materials Techniques
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Hi gang!
Quick question… I masked off the windows on the 1/72 blackhawk im working on and never masked off the big open area by the main rotor (hind-sight is always 20/20… )… so i have paint inside my model on the windows.
I know i need to pop the windows, but what do you recommend for removing the enamel paint from the clear parts???

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Find some carnuba wax in the auto model section, If you can’t find that, go to a hardware store and look for some plastic polish. There may stil be small bottles of plastic polish in the hobby stores as well. These will dissolve the piant and then you can repolish the glazing.

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You didn’t mention what type of paint. Acryls can be removed with plain isopropl alcohol and a little careful elbow greese. Enamels are toughter, but Testors has a dried paint remover that seems to works. You may still have to buff it out and apply a coat of Future to bring back the “clearity”.

Archer out.

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archer, he did mention enamel in the last sentence. I was having a little bit of trouble with this as well, so thaks guys.

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ok carnuba wax or testors makes dried paint remover… anyone know what its called?
nobody mentioned wiping the part with thinner, so im guessing that wont work, ill look around for the other things and give one of them a try… thanks again!!

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Thinner may fog the piece and/or make it more brittle.

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Greetings,
Testors paint remover is called “Model Masters Dried Paint Solvent” and is available from their website…

http://www.testors.com/catalog_item.asp?itemNbr=1166

Hope that helps.
Rory

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Don’t know where you’re from but in Oz you can get a product called ‘Shine’ by Autosol in supermarkets. It’s a metal polish in a tube, consistency of toothpaste. It’s magic for removing laquers (Alclad), leave it for 2 minutes & it’ll just wipe off. It will also work on acrylics but I haven’t tried it on enamels. You can use it to polish the clear parts, just wash clean & then dunk in Future/Pledge when done to restore clarity.

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Warning:

Under any circunstance use thinner on a clear part, I did it once and the part became cracked and fogged…oh boy what a mess!!!

later…

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If you are removing the clear parts and intend to clean ONLY the clear parts then us CASTROL super clean . it removes paint but will not harm clear plastic and is non caustic and non toxic. just soak and rinse.