paintstikker
03-10-2008, 10:17 PM
After a couple years of trying to locate the best paint stripper, whether brake fluid, acetone, Easy Off Oven Cleaner, Castrol CSC, etc., This the best product I've found so far...
I picked it up at Lowes, took me a few visits to finally locate what I wanted, something safe on just about any material, and takes the paint n' stuff off relatively easy. It's called Peel Away 6, at 15 dollars it is somewhat pricey, but a low quantity is actually used and the amount of effort not needed is worth it. It comes in a white plastic container with a green lid.
I just brush it on the surface and let it sit for about 30-45 minutes depending on the climate and the material I'm working with. It starts to release the paint after 5 minutes, but if you wait 30-45 it'll just peel off for the most part (you have to do it right so to speak). Here, I used it on a model semi trailer, it had about 5 coats of spray paint on it and after the stripper set in, I used a flat blade to take it off'; the blade isn't necessary but it's what I prefer. It is water resistant though, so it makes it a little hard to clean up, but you'll get used to it.
It does not damage lexan as far as I know, I've stripped a Tamiya Chevy S10 body with it and it worked fine, was even easier than on styrene but it had to sit for about an hour. Of course, it still beats that overnight soaking...
Here are some pictures:
http://i201.photobucket.com/albums/aa57/paintstikker/IMG_3212.jpg
http://i201.photobucket.com/albums/aa57/paintstikker/IMG_3211.jpg
http://i201.photobucket.com/albums/aa57/paintstikker/IMG_3214.jpg
http://i201.photobucket.com/albums/aa57/paintstikker/IMG_3209.jpg
I picked it up at Lowes, took me a few visits to finally locate what I wanted, something safe on just about any material, and takes the paint n' stuff off relatively easy. It's called Peel Away 6, at 15 dollars it is somewhat pricey, but a low quantity is actually used and the amount of effort not needed is worth it. It comes in a white plastic container with a green lid.
I just brush it on the surface and let it sit for about 30-45 minutes depending on the climate and the material I'm working with. It starts to release the paint after 5 minutes, but if you wait 30-45 it'll just peel off for the most part (you have to do it right so to speak). Here, I used it on a model semi trailer, it had about 5 coats of spray paint on it and after the stripper set in, I used a flat blade to take it off'; the blade isn't necessary but it's what I prefer. It is water resistant though, so it makes it a little hard to clean up, but you'll get used to it.
It does not damage lexan as far as I know, I've stripped a Tamiya Chevy S10 body with it and it worked fine, was even easier than on styrene but it had to sit for about an hour. Of course, it still beats that overnight soaking...
Here are some pictures:
http://i201.photobucket.com/albums/aa57/paintstikker/IMG_3212.jpg
http://i201.photobucket.com/albums/aa57/paintstikker/IMG_3211.jpg
http://i201.photobucket.com/albums/aa57/paintstikker/IMG_3214.jpg
http://i201.photobucket.com/albums/aa57/paintstikker/IMG_3209.jpg