Strippers

Don't get too excited..  It took me years to find something that would strip paint off plastic models.  I tried everything.  Nail polish remover gave me plastic goo.  Simple Green left a lot of paint on the model.  I finally had found a great paint stripper for plastic models only to have to up and move to Italy.  That product was dot 3 Brake Fluid.  I had models stripped clean from a 15 minute bath in the stuff.  I've left plastic Eldar Guardian models in it for months with no blurring of details.  It of course handled metal as well.  It even got that pesky Testors paint that so many Craigslisters liked to sell me caked heavily over the models I wanted so cheaply.  But then.. I move to Italy, and the same brand I had been using isn't available anymore.  So today and this week I'm going to test two brands of Dot 3 Brake Fluid.

What you see above is the Prestone and STP brand DOT 3 (Make sure it's DOT 3) Brake Fluids.  I dug through my spare model boxes and pulled out two identical High Elves I had painted when Warhammer was on it's fourth edition.  These were some of the first models I ever painted and are heavily coated with old Citadel paints.  I also dredged up two highly glossed up metal High Elf models I scored on ebay or craigslist, and two other metals coated in non glossy paint.  ***If you're going to do this, make sure you have gloves and the area you are in is well ventilated.***

 
I have stiff bristle/wire brushes that you can score in a variety of places.  You can also use an old Toothbrush.  I'll give these about three hours to soak and update as I strip.