[WWI] Paint stripping advice???

[Frederick Miles]

I do paint stripping by first spraying an overall coat of the lighter colour, then make the propre width strips of tape and put them on parallel then paint the darker colour.  goaw


--- On Sat, 11/15/08, Helen and Chris <2kermavio at orange.fr> wrote:

> From: Helen and Chris <2kermavio at orange.fr>
> Subject: Re: [WWI] Paint stripping advice???
> To: "World War I Modeling Mailing List" <wwi at wwi-models.org>
> Date: Saturday, November 15, 2008, 2:43 PM
> Belatedly catching up with this, I used to strip paint and
> varnish from furniture in a dirty great galvanised tank
> using caustic soda.  It never harmed the plastic drainage
> pipes.
> 
> The oven cleaner that Helen uses contains caustic soda.
> 
> As does drain de-blocker.
> 
> Caustic soda is mega-cheap.  Just avoid the fumes if
> knocking up a solution using warm water!  And wear rubber
> gloves!
> 
> FWIW
> 
> Chris.
> 
> 
>     I'm re-learing my modeling skills after the long
> summer break away from it by working on a couple of Monogram
> Camels.   For the first time I've encountered an orange
> peal finish I can't live with
> 
>      
> 
>     How does one remove old paint other than by sanding?
> 
>      
> 
>     I've heard to use hydraulic (brake) fluid or oven
> cleaner, but can't remember which, and what brand works
> best in the US?  '
> 
>      
> 
>     TIA
> 
>      
> 
>     MrT