MarkParky Posted July 13, 2020 Share Posted July 13, 2020 While clearing out my parents attic, I came across of box of hundreds of 1:72/76 figures in various states of painting, They would have all been painted with Humbrol Enamels more than 30 years ago, but is there a way of stripping this all off and giving them a new lease of life, given they are in that soft pastic?They are a mixture of Airfix, Matchbox and ESCI if i remember righly, mostly Napoleonic and WW2 Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomek22 Posted July 14, 2020 Share Posted July 14, 2020 Hi Mark,I take for such things the same spray as for cleaning up the oven (in German: Backofenreiniger)Figures into a plasticbag and some oven spray, close the bag and wait some hours, then take a old toothbrush (or even one from your wife 😉 😆 (joke)) and some water and the figures will be mostly clean of paint.It works very well and I tried it several times.cheers from Germany! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Scanlon Posted July 18, 2020 Share Posted July 18, 2020 I find that soaking them in "Dettol Liquid Antiseptic" brings the paint off without damage. Only drawback is the hospital antiseptic smell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkParky Posted July 24, 2020 Author Share Posted July 24, 2020 Thanks for both the suggestions We have dettol somewhere for sure, so i may have to fake an injury to get at the supplies!Then onto the kitchen cupboards it seems. I have enough of them to experiment with thats for certain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ratch Posted February 28, 2021 Share Posted February 28, 2021 Mr. Muscle - 20 mins does the trick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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