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Help on removing Gunze paints
shonen_red
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Posted: Saturday, April 05, 2003 - 12:00 AM UTC
Have anyone used Gunze Sangyo's Mr. Color paint here? How do you removed them? I've tried to remove them form the model by the use of thinner but it won't work. Any help could do.

PS. What kind of paint is it? (Acrylic, oil-based etc..?)
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Posted: Saturday, April 05, 2003 - 12:19 AM UTC
Shonen_red

If the paint is acryllic, ordinary automobile break fluid will remove it.

Get a disposable container of some sort that will hold your model, pore in the fluid, set the model in for 10 or 15 minutes, remove it, and use an old soft toothbrush to remove the paint. The fluid can be re-used if you wish.

As always when working with fluids, protect your eyes when doing this, and obviously don't use the toothbrush or container again for anything else but your model work.

Steve
ps: The label on the paint should tell you whether it is acryllic, enamel, or whatever.
shonen_red
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Posted: Saturday, April 05, 2003 - 12:34 AM UTC

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Shonen_red

If the paint is acryllic, ordinary automobile break fluid will remove it.

Get a disposable container of some sort that will hold your model, pore in the fluid, set the model in for 10 or 15 minutes, remove it, and use an old soft toothbrush to remove the paint. The fluid can be re-used if you wish.

As always when working with fluids, protect your eyes when doing this, and obviously don't use the toothbrush or container again for anything else but your model work.

Steve
ps: The label on the paint should tell you whether it is acryllic, enamel, or whatever.


Actually, it's doesn't look like any common paints to me. See, if it's acrylic, it can easily be removed with water since most or all acrylic paints are water based. If it's oil based, it can be removed by thinner. Actually it's a Japanese brand and the writings are in Japanese.

Well then, I'll try your advice and see how it works :-)
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Posted: Saturday, April 05, 2003 - 08:58 AM UTC
Easy Off Oven Cleaner takes off most paints I've ever seen....I use the pump action bottle not the spray can.....put it on wait about a 1/2 an hour and use and old toothbrush to help get the corners....if there are small parts that could come off.......use a bath tub of some sort to rinse it in......I use a clear plastic container.
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