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Stripping commercial paint jobs
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caboose9792@...
Mr. No Name,
Actually hydraulic fluid must only be a fluid. None of the stuff I work
with is thicker than water and in some cases IS water. Example is fireproof
hydraulic fluid or Water-glycol. Just wanted to clear that up, ok now back to
your regularly scheduled modeling.
Mark rickert
In a message dated 10/27/2014 6:05:39 P.M. Central Daylight Time,
STMFC@... writes:
Scalecoat uses Xylene -- I think that's what smells. I don't think there's any |
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Bill Welch
Could it be something as simple as the person already has the decals?!
Bill Welch |
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Armand Premo
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Strip?Why bother when appropriate decals are next
to impossible to find ? A .Premo
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I agree on the Scalecoat remover as i have used it for years. One problem mine is so old that it actually ate through the bottle. I now have whats left in an old olive jar! Still works Fenton Wells 5 Newberry Lane |
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twinstarcars
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 all the chemicals recommended will soften the surface one way or another. The alcohol method is one of the safest from a chemical perspective to protect the plastic.
My $.02 add. Ross Dando |
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Scalecoat uses Xylene -- I think that's what smells. I don't think there's any of that in brake fluid either. Remember hydraulic fluid is created from viscous fluids -- alcohols are anything but viscous. I can think of a test -- does brake fluid catch fire easily? Because alcohols and xylene sure will! Hello- |
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Years ago I bought large (11" tall) PETE jars (made for food storage, bought in the homewares dept) and filled each with fluid -- Scalecoat's remover, Chameleon, Brake Fluid, even Lacquer Thinner. I just drop the parts or the car into the fluid and let it soak, usually covered with a lid. I've never refilled the jars and they still all seem to work. Fine clean up (blowing off tiny bits of paint) is done with the air brush (just air) or with the grit blaster for stubborn stuff. PETE seems to be impervious to everything -- and it's recycleable! :-) Tim O 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. |
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Andy Carlson
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 CA
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Tony Thompson
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, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2906 Forest Ave., Berkeley, CA 94705 www.signaturepress.com (510) 540-6538; fax, (510) 540-1937; e-mail, tony@... Publishers of books on railroad history |
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