Time is your friend with any of these simple/mean green products. The older/dryer the paint the longer it needs to soak. Have waited for up to 48 hours on one stubborn @$%$ uh- difficult little monster; each try, “some” paint came off- layer by layer. Eventually , though, it all came off.
Nail polish remover. Large bottle, costs peanuts, lasts ages, and is instant. Takes off all paint, and leaves the plastic perfect. Brilliant. The last bottle I bought was about $1.50 some months back. Usually use tissue soaked in it, then rub down the model. When tough, I use an old toothbrush, and 2-3 applications.
It has another application. It removes excess filler. On a recent build, where there’s excess filler where the fuselage meets the fin, I used a cotton ear-bud, soaked in nail polish remover, and rubbed it along the seam. Took quite a while, to be honest, but the finish was better than sanding alone (I did some sanding).
In my view, along with Future/Klear/Pledge everyone needs a bottle of nail polish remover!
I would be real cautious with nail polish remover as it contains acetone which is pretty harsh stuff especially on clear plastic. Super Clean is much less toxic smelling and does a great job.
Never tried it on clear parts. It does stink a bit though! However, for non-clear parts, it’s a dream (if you don’t mind a smell whilst working). Girls use it to clear their fingernails though, so, not too bad.
Well Mike where the auto primer caused the enamel to crack and split it also scared the plastic. Am I dead in the water or is there some kind of hope? Buddy B.
There is nothing that can’t be fixed. [;)]
What is scarred and where?
The bottom of the wings and the fuselage. I’ve got the paints off, but where the enamel shrank and split, it left spider web like scares on the surface of the bottom. A lot of sanding, but I’m afraid I’ll lose a lot of detail. Really smooth. Buddy B.
Can you prime over it and cover the damage?
Well Mike the mention of primer gives me the hives, but I think your right. I think I’ll pencil back in the details with some scribing. [B] Here is to no finger hash![:S] G-night and thanks to all. Buddy B.
You can buy NON-ACETONE nail polish remover. Cheap! While I haven’t tried removing paint with it, I find it works well for thinning and removing Squadron putty, before it dries. And it won’t attack the plastic.
After it dries too! If you go to the Airfix GB, you’ll see the ‘Widgeon’ I’m building, and how I covered it in green putty where the engine doesn’t meet the fairing, and mostly using nail polish remover smoothed to something nice.