You do a quick search and almost everyone praises simple green. So I figured I'd grab some and try it out. Well I did a 1:3 mix seeing as I couldn't find any point of reference to try with, and left it over night. Well the paint looks softer, but you really have to scratch at it to get it off, and it only comes down to the primer. I pulled one out and let it soak in pinesol of a few hours, and almost all of the paint came off with a scrub and started to get past the primer.
I'm taking pictures as I go, so tomorrow I'll have a good update on how it went. Once I figure out a method, I'll tweak my experiment and see if I can't get some solid data for future work.
Any meltage with the Pinesol? I've only done SimpleGreen, but got used to scrubbing.
ReplyDeleteEverything I've read says don't leave plastic in pinesol for more than like 20 minutes. It's been like...3 hours, and it is still fine.
ReplyDeleteI've been using Castrol Super Clean for a long time now and I love it. Just don't get it on your skin. Or use it in an enclosed room. But it strips metal, plastic, and resin quite easily with no melting. I've left both plastic and resin models in it for several days (weeks with some marines that I forgot about), and they still looked great.
ReplyDeleteHopefully the Simple Green works well for you.
Pinesol i am told is essentially the same as dettol here in the uk, i've used it for years, on plastic, even overnight.
ReplyDeletethe key is, dont use water to scrub, the minute water hits, itll start to reset the paint. scrub with the dettol theyve been soaking in and itll slough right off.