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PaintstrippingAll the talk about paint removers and which ones were safe for plastic is starting to make me wonder. I have heard some being tried and never believed them, I have also heard of some and tried them and got no results whatsoever. I am a pretty bad painter. I had a bunch a Necromunda Goliaths and some other minis that need to be stripped but I do not need all of them so I am not afraid of losing a few as sacrifices. And so let the experiments begin: THE PROBLEM What chemical/method should I use to remove paint from my PLASTIC models, hopefully without giving me cancer or melting my arm off in the process? THE TEST GROUP: Lizardmen Skinks, Lizardmen Saurus, Orlocks, and Goliaths dared to be volunteers for this experiment in hopes of a fresh start at life and renewed vigor. All volunteers had their weapons checked at the door and were tested for their specific skin afflictions (The miniatures were painted with Citadel/GW, Poly S, and Testors Model Master. They were primed with either Grey Armory Primer or Citadel Skull White). THE EXPERIMENT: In a specially ventilated room were placed several ziplock bags, each containing a specific chemical bath. The bags were attached to a rack by a clothes pin. For each test bath, 2 Lizardmen Skinks, 2 Lizardmen Saurus, an Orlock, and a Goliath volunteers were placed in a chemical bath. At each time interval, a volunteer was removed from each bath and sent to the scrubbing facility. Each individual was then told to take a shower and be scrubbed down with a Oral B electric toothbrush for 30 seconds. WARNINGS AND DISCLAIMERS Many of these chemicals have several warning labels ranging from skin irritants to toxic fumes to carcinogenic. I will try to list the more important ones here. Remember that these chemicals are very poisonous and dangerous when mishandled. Please read ALL precautions and directions on how to use these chemicals!! It should also be mentioned that some paints and pimers may increase the chances of melting plastic. For instance, it has been deteremined that Games Workshop's primer and some of the below chemicals (like Easy-Off) will react together and dissolve plastic. BEFORE STRIPPING ANY MINIATURE ALWAYS TEST AT LEAST A NON-IMPORTANT ONE FIRST!! RESULTS: Here is the list of chemical baths and the results I have seen:
LEGEND (sprayed) - Item was sprayed with a covering of chemical CONCLUSIONS Many Goliaths and Orlocks drowned in the chemical baths (they never learned to swim), and some had strange color changes as their skin mixed with the chemicals. The test group for the Pine Sol complained about a strange burning sensations. One Saurus, the only fatality among their ilk, was so deformed by the chemical, decided it was better to hide among the scavenged wastes or try to find a job ringing bells in a cathedral church somewhere... maybe even write opera... alas, he felt suicide was best. Otherwise all the other Skinks and Saurus liked the baths quite well and would like another go at it. They believe it added in their skin shedding and got most of the litle bits off. Also the scrubbing was very relaxing. If you know of, or have tried others with some success, email me and I will give it a try and post the comparitive results. ever the insane, haywire OTHER WEBPAGES THAT PERFORM THIS EXPERIMENT Dr. Faust's Painting Clinic retest for reuse, metal plastic damage, epoxy glue effects green stuff |