Problem with stripping minis...

[mikeyc222]

I believe the US equivalent is Simple Green. That's what I use, and it works well, but I usually soak them at least 24 hours for good results, sometimes more if I'm in no rush.

good to know!

[Dr. Von Richten]

Actually I found Dettol to work better on metal miniatures too. Acetone is good, but I forgot about a bunch of metal miniatures soaking in Dettol for 48 hours once; The paint was so loose (if a little sticky) running the miniatures under hot water would just cause the paint to fall away with ease.

Hmm, that's good to know, but in my experience, Acetone will do that in just a few hours.

[TexturedSun]

I had a very similar issue quite recently with some metal minis which were purchased from eBay. It appears they were basecoated with some form of car spray paint I believe as even pure acetone hasn't took the bulk of the paint off.

Sadly I have also had to resort to running warm water and a tailors pin to slowly chip/scrape away the paint layer.

Absolutely horrendous.

[mikeyc222]

yeah, I just had the same experience with some dwarves I picked up. not quite as bad as the chaos team, but not good either. I had to resort to pure paint stripper, and then use a wire brush to get the paint out of the beards.

[bound for glory]

easy off oven cleaner. it will strip anything and won't hurt plastic...

[Tritex]

Just use Biostrip 20 it is seriously the best way to strip minis and its clean and healthy too. Strips plastic and metal minis Trust me.