Removing paint from Finecast

[TheDungen]

Lo folks i usually buy alot of second hand miniatures and i recently bought my first second hand finecast. now the question is how do i remove it? i usually use denatured alcohol (t-röd for any swedish users) for plastics and acetone for metal miniatures. Will the acetone dissolve the finecast resin like it does the plastic or is it safe to use as paint removal?

[Radium]

I have no experience stripping finecast whatsoever, but for other resins whatever you use for plastics works too. So I think that would be your best bet. If you have a space piece of finecast you can always try and see what the acetone does to it but I wouldn't just dunk the minis you need stripped into that stuff.

[TheDungen]

i was just curious since someone here said something about nail polish removal and that usually acetone.

[winterdyne]

I have heard of a lot of products attacking / soaking into Finecast. I have heard reports of Simple Green working but also of it attacking the resin with a long soak. Bear in mind also that the resin mix has NOT been stable for Finecast. It's been changed a few times, and the different mixes may behave differently.

I would get hold of some Finecast (sprue / duff model) and experiment before risking anything actually worth time/money.

[wilsonian]

With regards to resin as a whole - rather than finecast (as I've only tried this on FW models) I have used Dettol to good effect. However a word of warning. Always wear gloves and use in a well ventilated area (out side is best) and when you come to rinse the model use more dettol. Do not use water - this makes the paint like tar and is a bugger to get off not only the model but your hands and clothes (hence the gloves!)

While brake fluid is good for metal and plastic, it makes the resin very soft and may "warp" details. not only that but when the item dries it is still very flexible (so it's not like placing it in warm water).

Hope this helps.

[TheDungen]

I would prefer scientific names to product names/usage names since i have to translate it into swedish and find brands that are available here.

Well anyway i'll just chip some of his thingie that goes into the base and try both acetone and denatured alchohol on it.

[Arselskjut]

I removed paint from my Death Korp of Krieg, which basically are failcast resin.

Use Soft soap from Pine trees, let the figures lay for 2 weeks (atleast!), then brush of the paint with a used tooth brush (the primer stays on after brushing). It's not a hazard for the nature so you can use it without selling your soul, it's cheap too. You can reuse it, again, and again and again!:P:P:P

TheDungen - in Sweden you know it by the name: "Grön Såpa", love the smell, eh?! Don't waste cash on fancy brands, think I found ElDorado Soap, should work like a charm, or you could go for Grumme, that's what I currently have cleaning my daemons of chaos. The only bugger is that metal doesn't loose the primer, but you can scrape of parts of it, and as primer is important on metal I'll have to bath the metal figures in aceton or scrub my nail off trying to remove the primer.

good luck neighbour!

[Nymie_the_Pooh]

I think it depends on how long you are willing to let it take. I don't have experience with stripping Finecast, but I have heard the thinner that Vallejo sells for their acrylic airbrush line works, but is not a quick solution.

I know pine sol (or offbrand rather as I am cheap) works on most plastics and other resin I have tried. It's a pretty gentle floor cleaner. Look where you buy mops and floor cleaning solution. If you find a bottle with a picture of a pine tree and some dingy yellow liquid inside then then it is probably similar to what I am talking about. I thin it down quite a bit, but I have heard of people using it straight without any problems.

If I am stripping paint from a model where I am worried about how it will affect it I will manually alternate back and forth between applying isopropyl (rubbing) alcohol and water. I use this a lot with a cotton swab if I just want to spot clean a model instead of removing all of the work I have done. It's time consuming to go back and forth with it, but it's been safe for pretty much any surface I have tried it on so far. The downside here is I never use this method if I am wanting to remove the primer as it can be used while leaving most of the primer layer in tact and takes quite a bit longer to take off the primer.

[wilsonian]

Dettol is a cleaningand disinfectant product that is sold throughout UK - not sure if supermarkets in Sweden sell it.

The below link is a thread off another forum that has a Swedish member asking about dettol.

http://www.heresy-online.net/forums/...ad.php?t=14235

Hope this helps.