Paint Stripping

Mk 1 · Post by **Mk 1** » Fri Sep 07, 2007 4:05 am

I will be trying the Simple Green treatment on some tanks within the next several days.

A question for those who have used it already -- do you still need to brush the tanks after you've soaked them? When I used Pine Sol in the past, I soaked the tanks for a day or two, and then brushed them aggressively with an old toothbrush. Never really got them fully stripped, but got most of the paint off.

So with Simple Green should I also plan to soak, then brush? Or is it more a matter of just soak, then rinse?

av8rmongo · Post by **av8rmongo** » Fri Sep 07, 2007 4:46 am

I was a believer in Pine Sol but it wasn't perfect. Simple Green is way better. I still used the toothbrush but mostly to get the crevices. It was much easier than anything else I've tried. Plan on brushing about 30 seconds per model I would say.

Paul

WHM · Post by **WHM** » Sat Sep 08, 2007 4:03 am

I left some 113s in the stuff for a couple of days or so.

Paint gone, but the pieces are a dark color now.

av8rmongo · Post by **av8rmongo** » Sun Sep 09, 2007 12:42 am

I really really like Simple Green. The more I try it the more I like it. I did some trucks today (thanks Matt) and tried to rinse only to see what the outcome would be. Although rinse only doesn't fully work it came out better after just a rinse than anything else I've tried. A couple of passes with a toothbrush and they're good as new.

Paul

dougeagle · Post by **dougeagle** » Mon Sep 10, 2007 7:35 am

I just finished cleaning some of my mini's using simple green and holy cow, it stripped the paint right off, except for the primer, but that is alright...oh and best part is...it smells like spearmint style mouth wash...hehehehehehe...

Now, I'm going to try a diluted amount to clean a 1/48 scale Me-109 that I screwed up on the paint job.

Cpl_Blakeman · Post by **Cpl_Blakeman** » Fri Sep 14, 2007 3:05 am

Sometimes it seems to have a hard time with spray on primers in my experience. I left some plastic cadian 40k figs in simple green for 2 days and it didn't damage the plastic at all. The best part of Simple Green is that its environmentally friendly, so you can pour it out down the drain after use.

I saw a news story on Simple Green and evidently it was developed around the time of the first Gulf War because the navy needed something to clean on decks that wasn't unfriendly to the environment. I know from use that the concentrated larger bottles of it will take the grease out of an engine, but is still gentle enough diluted down to use on tile and countertops.

Great product all around.

kgpanzer · Post by **kgpanzer** » Fri Sep 14, 2007 3:12 am

is this the first marketed item that our wives and we as gamers use in common?

Cheers
Anthony

Ritter · Post by **Ritter** » Fri Sep 14, 2007 4:24 am

I saw a news story on Simple Green and evidently it was developed around the time of the first Gulf War because the navy needed something to clean on decks that wasn't unfriendly to the environment. I know from use that the concentrated larger bottles of it will take the grease out of an engine, but is still gentle enough diluted down to use on tile and countertops.

Simple Green been around since 1985 in Canada...

Troy

Cpl_Blakeman · Post by **Cpl_Blakeman** » Fri Sep 14, 2007 4:27 am

Might be a different product or they only started using it for the navy during the gulf war then.

highpriestrsw2 · Post by **highpriestrsw2** » Fri Oct 12, 2007 2:26 am

SUPERCLEAN!

It'll un-stick any glue and strip any paint but won't melt plastics.

look for it at any auto store.

Ducknucks · Post by **Ducknucks** » Sat Oct 13, 2007 11:15 pm

Don't know if its available in the US but in the UK Nitromors is fantastic at striping enamels. Takes every layer of paint off and reduce super glue to a slime that washes off in 20mins and then a gentle toothbrushing under some warm water the Mini comes out cleaner than new. However it will take you fingerprints off and disolve your worksurfaces and anything else it comes into contact with... although for some reason it doesn't even touch acrillics.

Anyway, thats my recomendation

supertsar · Post by **supertsar** » Mon Oct 15, 2007 9:26 pm

I had been using carb cleaner and it always required some heavy scrubbing.
I just tried Simple Green on an old Marmon Herrington - and wow! Unbelievable. Let it soak for 24 hrs (I noticed it evaporated) and the next day a gentle brush and all the paint was off!
Kudos to whoever discovered this stuff!

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