I finally got around to actually pulling the batch of models out of the brake fluid. Left them in a lot longer than I had wanted, but for a test of how it does with plastics I think it was a good addition to the test. The results speak for themselves in the pictures. Both brands worked rather well. The metals were pretty up in the air. The shiny metal from the prestone came off like water. Lots left to pick at on most of them in general except the plastics and the one metal elf in the prestone container. The plastics aren't soft and haven't lost any detail (Not that the models were very detailed back in the 90's).
If I had to pick just one of them, I'd go with the Prestone.
I appreciate you doing this. I still have my first 40k army: Imperial Guard. It contains lots of poorly painted 2nd edition mini's. In particular, I have the Limited Edition Praetorian Guard box. Like an idiot, I painted them black and grey. I would really like to strip them down and paint them in the British Red Coat (as they should have been done in the beginning).
ReplyDeleteI think I will use your Prestone 3 dot to strip the paint off.