Back on September 29, I posted links to the first five parts in my description of how I weather freight cars using acrylic washes. (Part 6, link below, contains links to all five of those introductory

Bob I don't know how bottling plants got carbon dioxide in the old days, but the bottling plants around here get tank cars of liquid sugar (mostly corn syrup) and liquified CO2. Coke was (is?)

Until I got my medial blaster I always used Pinesol. You had to watch it so that when the majority of the paint had lifted you rinsed it off. Depending on the type of plastic the model is molded from

Scalecoat uses Xylene -- I think that's what smells. I don't thinkthere's any of that in brake fluid either. Remember hydraulic fluid is created fromviscous fluids -- alcohols are anything but

Years ago I bought large (11" tall) PETE jars (made for foodstorage, bought in the homewares dept) and filled each with fluid --Scalecoat's remover, Chameleon, Brake Fluid, even Lacquer Thinner. I

Arved Grass wrote There is definitely no alcohol in brake fluid. Brake fluid attacks rubber compounds in plastic -- many models use ABS plastic resins (the AB is for these compounds) and can be

It's been a few years since I've stripped a P2K car, but I always found ordinary rubbing alcohol worked just fine and didn't do anything bad to the plastic. I put the parts to be stripped in a small

With the exception of the an accumulated one year of adult learning classes of various kinds over the years, mainly photography (wow, over 3 decades ago) and Adobe Creative Suite, all eight years of

I have used lye to strip AHM passenger cars. I found I could leave the cars in the solution (a VERY strong solution) indefinitely. As in several days. Maybe a couple of weeks, if I recall properly.

Hello- To my nose, Scalecoat paint remover has always smelled similar to SAE 3 brake fluid, leading me to believe that the active components, whatever they are, are closely related. -Andy Carlson Ojai

Pierre Oliver wrote: I agree completely. And you can use it over and over, even as it gets discolored from previous use, though it does slow down some. Tony Thompson Editor,

Arved Grass wrote: "I believe the "active ingredient" in brake fluid is alcohol." Not quite. Most brake fluids are glycol-based. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DOT_3 Ben Hom

I've had great success removing all kinds of paint jobs with Scalecoat's paint and decal remover. And it seems very friendly to all kinds of plastics Pierre

Bob Heninger wrote: "Although I have read about using Easy Off to strip models, I have also read that it can do funky things to the plastic. I have no personal experience using oven cleaner to

Bob all true. But Ed specifically asked if easy off was an oven cleaner? And he started a new thread with the question, giving us no indication he was referring to Bruce’s message of last night.

I believe the "active ingredient" in brake fluid is alcohol. ~90% alcohol is my first pick. Just last weekend, I stripped an old Mantua gondola in 91% alcohol. I have yet to see a Lifelike/P2K or P1K

Group---- The EasyOff Oven Cleaner reminded me that 40 or so years ago I was using straight lye to strip AHM E unit models. Worked great in the chem lab at school. Caustic solutions have typically

Guys, Bruce said Easy LIFT Off, not Easy Off. Although I have read about using Easy Off to strip models, I have also read that it can do funky things to the plastic. I have no personal

Yes EasyOff is a brand of oven cleaner. But I have had no experience in using it to strip freight cars of any kind. However a quick search turned up this testimony http://www.ipms-css.org/?page_id=35

Ed Mines asked: "Is easy off an oven cleaner?" Yes. http://www.easyoff.us/ I use oven cleaner as a stripper of last resort to deal with particularly stubborn paint. "Any other experience stripping