WARNING about Nail Polish remover

[wldnas]

This is a Warning to anyone considering using acetone free Nail Polish Remover for stripping paint from bodies and plastic parts.

DO NOT SOAK ANY PLASTIC PARTS IN NAIL POLISH REMOVER.

Ive learnt this lesson the hard way when I tried to srip paint off a pair of Sand Rover front outer wheel rims. I left them to saok overnight and the next day when i went to check on them, the fluid had absorbed into the plastic and made it bloated and soft like rubber and seems to have totally ruined them.

Ive used AFNPR to remove paint from Lexan and Hard plastic bodies before, its a bit too aggressive on Lexan and tends to scratch and mist the polycarbonate surface where used, but its excellent for use on hard plastic bodied if you dip a bit on the end of a old rag and rub it into the paint, it soon eats through to the pristine plastic beneith, its hard time consuming work stripping a body that way but can get very good results and dosent seem to harm hard plastic, but Id never tried to soak anything in it till last night, now I know the folly of my ways I want everone to know my mistake and learn from it.

So Dont Soak any Plastic parts in Nail polish remover cos it will ruin them.

PS: dose anyone have any Sand rover front outer rims going spare?

[Wireless]

I wiped down my Wild One lexan body to remove overspray with AFNPR and it worked a treat. I immediately washed it down with water and a drop of detergent though before a rinse. Two weeks later and it's still perfect. I guess the trick is not to soak...?

[weeb beano]

Standard automotive brake fluid is the stuff you will want to use for removing paint from hard styrene bodies. I have not tried this technique with lexan bodies, but it might work since the only real difference between the paints is the flex agent in lexan stuff...

[netsmithUK]

If you ask me i would say NEVER use brakefluid on lexans - I've tried lots of times and it ruins every one. Makes them misty, brittle and generally ****. Avoid it. Nitro fuel seems to be the recommend route for lexan shells.

[J3cubfan]

Here's where acetone works. If you are restoring a hard-shell body and the body road rash or any imperfections, you body filler, then you acetone. Acetone as leveling agent on the body filler. Its kind of like sanding without the sanding. If you have concerns with acetone, you can use denatured alcohol and get the same results.

[rc-martin]

I cleaned one of my dirty nitro car bodies in the parts wash at work and this stripped the paint off excellent, even though i only wanted to remove the gunge from it! [] Not sure if it's just parrafin, has anyone else tried other fuel like diesel or petrol? I know its not cheap in UK but its a badword of a lot cheaper than nitro fuel!

Just spent £30 on 10 litres of brake fluid today, my SS shell is sat in it at the moment and the paint is already begining to melt away []

Don't take life too serious, you'll never make it out alive!

[WillyChang]

quote:Originally posted by J3cubfan

Here's where acetone works. If you are restoring a hard-shell body and the body road rash or any imperfections, you body filler, then you acetone. Acetone as leveling agent on the body filler.

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Pure acetone works better than that! You can use it to weld ABS plastics... ie get 2 closely fitting parts, a dab of acetone on 1 side and then press together hard.

The acetone will dissolve the surface and weld the 2 pieces permanently.

[ShenUK]

Why didn't any one tell me sooner

I guess I’ve learned the hard way I’ve just looked at 2 of my Hotshot lexan bodies that I soaked in nail polish remover and it's that good the paints gone the bad news is so is the lexan bodies I did manage to save the wing but it was all misty and brittle

I’m lucky in one way as I’ve just got 2 new body kits for my hotshot's but that's not the point

As wldnas said

DO NOT SOAK ANY PLASTIC PARTS IN NAIL POLISH REMOVER.

It eats them

I did find using a bit of NPR on a cotton wool stick worked fine but it's a bit time consuming

ShenUK

[gunpowder17]

Ive just started using the Tamiya acrylic thinner on my 959 body.It does take quite a bit of gentle rubbing with a cotton bud,but it wipes away clean and doesnt ruin the polycarbonate plastic.The body i am stripping has been brush painted with Tamiya PC paints though.Dont know if it would work on other brands,or with the sprays,I have been told that some of the paints etch themselves in.

Ill let you know more when i finish it.

Andrew

[Shodog]

gun powder, insted of using a cotton swab use an old paint brush. You can get into the nooks anc crannies better and you won't have to use so much pressure.