stripping

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reggie

I’m afraid that you may be screwed. Laquer is a lot “hotter” than enamels or acrylics and really “bites” in to a styrene surface (read - melts slighty). For years, Floquil Model Railroad paints were a laquer and every modeler I know (myself included) destroyed a plastic model if applied with a brush (unless you applied a protective coating which filled any detail). Then it was discovered that you could airbrush the laquer on and get a good finish. Unless you wanted to strip it. Years ago I tried to strip a laquer from a model. Used oven cleaner, industrial strength cleaner even brake fluid and none of them had any effect. When I found a stripper that would remove the paint it melted the plastic under it. You may have to log this one off as a learning experience. lol

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quincy, you couldent be too correct, its a 2-3 week 10 dollar parts shipment learning experience. this is my turn to widdle on the electric fence

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Yeah, I know they were chrome, but I’m just playing around with this as a break from armor and I’m going to see what it would look like without as much chrome. Just a little experiment, that’s all.

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One thing I used to strip the chrome was Windex. It took about two to three days for the larger parts but it did not harm the plastic. I was stripping the Chrome off the engine of a 68 T-bird since I didn’t want a fully chromed engine.

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i have a bottleful of generic glass cleaner, how long does it take to strip things ?