I use dettol in the uk, smelly but works on plastic and metal.

What type of dettol do you use mate?

The Brown stuff. I leave the figures in a jar of it for a few days. They scrub them with an old toothbrush with dettol on it. I then scrub them with cheap washing up liquid then finally wash them in water.

hi mate, you could also use pure acetone - you can buy it for £1 in most cheap beauty shops - I keep it in a jam jar with a tight lid ; 5 mins soaking in it and a quick go over with a toothbrush & they will look brand new

just remember to use it with the windows open & don't use it on plastic / resin 'cos it will melt them. Hope this helps

Metal figures ONLY - Nitromors, guaranteed to strip quickly.

A can will last forever, but not cheap and not green friendly - but it does the job. However if you rarely strip metal minis then this would be overkill unless you also use for DIY

I also put the figures in it in a glass (jam) jar, with airtight lid.

The best product is in my opinion "Biostrip20".

It works on metal and plastics and does the job super fast while not leaving a bad stench. It's not even harmful for the environment!

I usually put a couple of metal mini's together in a cup and fill it halfway up with Biostrip20. I let it stay there for an hour and then bring the mini's to the tap.
Then with warm water I wash off the Biostrip20 while scrubbing with a toothbrush. Within 1-5min (depending on the complexity of the model's angles) you can easily scrap off all paint of any model.

In 20% of the cases there are still a few spots left because of thick paint that had been under it or complex angles that couldn't be reached that easy. In those cases I just put them back in the dirty Biostrip20 leftovers from the cup and repeat the proces half an hour later.

It's really, really a great product and I use it all the time.

If you are really curious I could try to film it the next time I strip models to show you how easy it is.