Stripping Paint

[trucker01]

Hi,

I know this question has probably been asked before but the search bar takes forever to find what you are looking for. What is the best thing for stripping paint off a shell if you have an unlimited budget or a low budget?

Let me know, Shane

 

[Shodog]

Your right, this question has been answered countless times but the answer depends on the shell.  Lexan or hard plastic?

[trucker01]

Its a tamiya lexan shell, sorry to annoy you.

[HunterZero]

Nitro fuel is about the best option to try and strip lexan with.

- James

[Shodog]

I agree with Hunterzero.  If the paint did it's job in the first place, it will have etched into the plastic and you will end up with a cloudy look to the lexan. 

 What ever you do, don't use oven cleaner or acetone.  I have not had good luck with brake fluid either

[trucker01]

Has anyone tried anything like diluted white spirits?

[necronomicon]

Mr muscle oven cleaner works well with enamel painted shell, but no good for polycarbonate/ acrylic paint- as stated above.

[trucker01]

Does Mr Muscle leave the shell brittle or cloudy?

[necronomicon]

mr. muscle wont harm the lexan at all, i used 5  half hour applications to remove enamel from a shell and it was fine. wont work on polycarb paint though as stated above.

neil

[Shodog]

Be careful on what you recomend.  I have tried yellow cn easy off oven cleaner on lexan bodies and it will craze and then crack into a thousand pieces.  I would never recomend oven cleaner for lexan

[necronomicon]

Not recommending it, just stating that was the product used and it was fine for enamel paint. Shell still in use now and no crackig/ crazing at all. Maybe not all oven cleaners have the same agents in them!- If your in the business of stripping well cured paint from an old shell, you gotta expect the occasional disaster in my opinion!