Tuesday, 21 June 2011

Underwood stripper

Regarding the previous post: Shordzi asked about the brand of paint stripper I used to remove the hand-painted brown finish (I think it is model maker's enamel). The can recommends 40 minutes. I left it for 10 before dunking in a bucket of water, brushing and rinsing it off.

Warning: This softened the decals to some extent, especially on the back of the frame where I left it on for about 15mins. This means that the writing is indistinct. The underlying original finish seems unaffected by the stripper.


4 comments:

  1. Dallying with strippers. For shame!

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  2. There was a time when any printer worth his salt dallied with strippers all day long! :D

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  3. Thank you for the information. This looks dangerous!

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  4. Disposable rubber gloves come in handy.

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