Paint Removal from Resin Heads

[gman]

Ever bought a parts "lot" that had a bunch of crappy painted heads that you wanted to re-do or goofed up a paint job and wanted to start over? Well try Easy-Off Oven Cleaner..... It works.

I used a plastic container for the head....


Spray it in the container --- A lot..... And close it up for 5 min.


After awhile it'll look like this...

Now -- wash it off with lot's of hot soapy water.


Now dry it off and you are ready to re-prime your head. ( the orange paint's pigment actually bled into the resin and stained it.)


Hope this helps someone out sometime.

[jessica]

Wow! That is fantastic! I just use nail polish remover.

[David Lee]

Thanks Scott, I will be giving this a try... I know Modelers use it, but I never thought about this for resin heads, brilliant!

-Dave

[ThatBatmanGuy]

I do the very same thing as Scott. But I use Dawn Power Dissolver.

Bob

[BlackKnight]

Interesting....

[thunderbolt]

The only problem I've had with using Easy off on plastic models is that it doesn't work on black spray paint to well.

[ddgaff1132]

So this is for heads painted with "Testors" or model paints. Would it work with acrylic or other water based paints?

[gman]

The paint on that head was acrylic.

[misterdroid]

Just posted this elsewhere... I use it to strip vintage aurora kits. In my opinion Pine-sol works better than oven cleaner. It's also less toxic. same procedure... I soak the stuff overnight in a sealed container and the paint litterally bubbles up an falls off. Minimum scrubbing. Plus it makes your house smell clean and pine fresh!

[thunderbolt]

Ahhh, the fresh smell of pine.

[misterdroid]

Here are some pics of the pine-sol paint strip....
You can see after a good nights soak the paint has actually bubbled up and turned into a loose "skin"

The paint actually just kind of slides off...

Here is the part with no scrubbing whatsoever, just using my fingers to rub the painty skin off. Keep in mind this part was covered in a thick layer of child applied enamel paint... You do need to do a once over with a toothbrush to get the paint out of nooks and crannies, but you get the idea.

Works on acrylic paints also. If you try this, note that you should scrub the paint off with more pinesol. Running the parts under clean water while you scrub make the paint stick back down.

[gman]

Great alternative!!! I am going to have to try it.