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Removing very thick, sticky acrylic paint?
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Author:  GothmogtheWerewolf [ Wed Dec 19, 2012 9:40 pm ]
Post subject:  Removing very thick, sticky acrylic paint?

I have some models that are badly painted including Khamul and some Khandish Horsemen that were undercoated with a really thick, shiny, sticky black acrylic undercoat which I want to remove before repainting but don't really know how. Could any of you help me with this? Thanks in advance :wink:

Author:  Ukfreddybear [ Wed Dec 19, 2012 10:06 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Removing very thick, sticky acrylic paint?

Soak them in a cup of nail varnish remover (acetone) then gently scrub with an old tooth brush. Only works on metal minis though so dont use it for plastics as it will melt them.

Author:  theavenger001 [ Wed Dec 19, 2012 10:10 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Removing very thick, sticky acrylic paint?

Simple green works well, or dettol. Search the forums, there's lots of topics about stripping mini's.

Author:  GothmogtheWerewolf [ Wed Dec 19, 2012 10:13 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Removing very thick, sticky acrylic paint?

Nail varnish remover?

Only gonna be stripping metal models as it happens.

EDIT: @avenger, Ah, b they are about normal paint, I mean an extra thick, extra sticky paint that will nbe more difficult.

And what is simple green. And by dettol do you mean soap?

Author:  theavenger001 [ Wed Dec 19, 2012 11:18 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Removing very thick, sticky acrylic paint?

GothmogtheWerewolf wrote:
And what is simple green. And by dettol do you mean soap?

Simple green is some sort of environmentaly (sp?) friendly cleaner. I'm not exactly sure what dettol is, I've never used it myself.

Author:  Ukfreddybear [ Wed Dec 19, 2012 11:46 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Removing very thick, sticky acrylic paint?

GothmogtheWerewolf wrote:
Nail varnish remover?

Yeh. It's what girls use to take the paint off their fingernails. Get it in any pharmacist or supermarket. Works a treat.

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