I have tried to get some Castrol Super Clean in the UK, but it seems to be a US product name. Does anyone know the UK name for this product, or a similar product that is available here?
I am trying to strip the factory paint from a Revell Ferrari F1 kit, and brake fluid won’t touch it! 3 days, and the paint hasn’t even softened.
Cheers
Can you get Easy-Off oven cleaner there or something similar?
Mike
Can’t find “Easy-Off” here. I’ve just bought some “Mr. Muscle” oven cleaner, made by S C Johnson, and I will try that now.
I have tried various household solvents and cleaners. Nitromors paint stripper (MEK based) works really fast, but melts the plastic in a couple of minutes. Ammonia doesn’t work at all. Isopropyl alcohol loosens the paint, but doesn’t dissolve it. It comes off in small flakes. It is also too expensive to use as a paint stripper for a large kit.
Getting hold of “dangerous” chemicals is really difficult in Europe these days. You used to be able to buy isopropyl alcohol in any chemist shop (drug store), but now you can only get it in any quantity from a licensed supplier. Caustic soda and ammonia were readily available from supermarkets, but now you have to go to a chemist shop.
Seems strange to me that in the US you have warning labels on rear-view mirrors, microwave ovens and hot beverage containers, but you can still buy chemicals that the European Government has practically banned for consumers. Health and safety laws are very inconsistent.
Cheers
If you were not aware of it, remember that those oven cleaners need to be sprayed onto the model and then placed in a plastic container with a lid so that the fumes can do their job. [;)]
Mike
Seems pretty strange to us to! Although in most cases it doesn’t have that much to do with the health and safety of the consumers, it has more to do with keeping companies from getting sued by people who don’t bother to look and see that a vehicle is closer than it appears, or are clumsy enough to spill coffee on themselves and sue the company that sold it to them.