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Tamiya new paint remover?
Hisham
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Posted: Friday, September 23, 2016 - 04:17 AM UTC
This looks new to me... and useful, if available at a reasonable price like their thinners (in HK)



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Posted: Friday, September 23, 2016 - 04:25 AM UTC
90 percent rubbing alcohol removes tamiya paints very well, wonder if it's just repackaged
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Posted: Friday, September 23, 2016 - 04:36 AM UTC
I can't get 90% alcohol here in Egypt or order it online, but I can probably order this like I order their thinners... so this will be useful to me at least

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Posted: Friday, September 23, 2016 - 04:43 AM UTC
Windex dissolves Tamiya paint in just seconds with no effect to the plastic.
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Posted: Friday, September 23, 2016 - 08:06 AM UTC
Hisham,

This product will strip any paint offered by Tamiya whether being
acrylics, enamels, lacquers and polycarbonate lines.

90% iso and Windex will have no effect on the paints other than the acrylics.

Cheers,
Joe
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Posted: Friday, September 23, 2016 - 01:46 PM UTC
Judging from the photo it also removes chrome from pre-chromed parts. Could be useful.
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Posted: Wednesday, September 28, 2016 - 05:54 PM UTC
Interesting product. Have used oven cleaner in the past, wonder what it will retail for.
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Posted: Wednesday, September 28, 2016 - 06:21 PM UTC

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90% iso and Windex will have no effect on the paints other than the acrylics.


Denatured Alcohol will strip pretty much anything..its roughly 120% vs 90%

I wonder if it has anything else in it to help with the paint removal.
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Posted: Wednesday, September 28, 2016 - 06:26 PM UTC

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90% iso and Windex will have no effect on the paints other than the acrylics.


Denatured Alcohol will strip pretty much anything..its roughly 120% vs 90%

I wonder if it has anything else in it to help with the paint removal.



What's with those 120%? I don't really get how that would work (like in a 1 oz bottle of remover you find 1,2 oz alcohol?)

If the Tamiya Remover removes everything (chrome, enamel, spray, acrylics) it could be quite useful indeed.
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Posted: Wednesday, September 28, 2016 - 06:31 PM UTC
Hi, Hisham!

Do you by any chance have a Product Number for this stuff? I also build 1/24 and 1/25 Autos, and this stuff would come in handy for me in stripping the chrome off of parts that shouldn't be chromed in the first place!
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Posted: Wednesday, September 28, 2016 - 06:57 PM UTC
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90% iso and Windex will have no effect on the paints other than the acrylics.


What's with those 120%?


Industrial and Medicinal alcohols are graded by the amount of "Pure" alcohol contained within the mixture- 70%, (70% alcohol/30% water), is used in cleaning and disinfecting non-critical equipment, whereas 100% is used when disinfecting surfaces and implements which will come into contact with humans, such as surgical instruments and components, or, which come into direct contact with substances and compounds involved in the manufacture of foods and/or medicines to be consumed by humans.

"120" is a "Proof"-rating, (not a "%" rating), of alcohol that is consumed by humans- "Proof"-ratings are strictly meant for the consumer to judge how strong of an alcoholic beverage he or she wants to buy or consume...

120-Proof!!! THAT stuff will strip VARNISH off of a SOLID OAK FLOOR!!!



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Posted: Wednesday, September 28, 2016 - 08:20 PM UTC
As fare as I know, 100% alcohol is 200 proof?
M4A1Sherman
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Posted: Wednesday, September 28, 2016 - 08:40 PM UTC

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As fare as I know, 100% alcohol is 200 proof?


Correct!

One can get drunk in just breathing 100%/200-proof alcohol FUMES, but I DO NOT RECOMMEND IT!!!
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Posted: Wednesday, September 28, 2016 - 09:25 PM UTC
The proof measure is usually double that of the alcohol content by volume. So 120% proof would mean the solution would contain 60% pure alcohol.
KurtLaughlin
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Posted: Thursday, September 29, 2016 - 02:22 AM UTC
There are similar products available already in the model railroad sections of the hobby shop. You can also use Bleche-Wite tire cleaner and some of the "green" cleaners.

KL
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Posted: Thursday, September 29, 2016 - 05:58 PM UTC

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There are similar products available already in the model railroad sections of the hobby shop. You can also use Bleche-Wite tire cleaner and some of the "green" cleaners.

KL


Hi, Kurt!

I remember reading somewhere or other that automotive brake fluid, and "Naval" jelly also remove "chrome" from plastic surfaces. I'd rather not even try the brake fluid, but if WESTLEY's Bleche-Wite works in the removal of "chrome" from plastic, I'm willing to give it a shot...
KurtLaughlin
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Posted: Thursday, September 29, 2016 - 08:44 PM UTC

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I remember reading somewhere or other that automotive brake fluid, and "Naval" jelly also remove "chrome" from plastic surfaces. I'd rather not even try the brake fluid, but if WESTLEY's Bleche-Wite works in the removal of "chrome" from plastic, I'm willing to give it a shot...


There have been a number of articles in FineScale Modeler on removing chrome and Model Railroader on removing paint. Kalmbach has an online index, I think, and you could probably find several methods through an online search.

Whether for paint or chrome removal I would check any of these products on a plastic sample or hidden area first. I have had chemicals work great on some parts (model RR bodies) and turn others into sticky or crumbly trash.

KL

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