Removing Acrylic Paint from Plastic Models

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Hello and welcome to badger cam
So you messed up? In this weeks video, I messed up one of my plastic models and had to start again from scratch, there are a few ways to remove Acrylic paint from plastic models but this is the method that I use.
I Nail varnish remover, this stuffs a must to have around even if its just for cleaning paint off your hands
Soak some tissue in nail varnish remover and rub the paint off. This takes a few rubs before the reaction starts but once it gets going the paint will fall right off the model. When the paint seems to smudge rather than remover, soak a fresh bit of tissue in the nail varnish remover and carry on
A tooth brush and a tooth pic are handy to get into hard to reach corners and taking a model to bits before cleaning it will make the process easier.
When all the paints off, wash the bits in warm soapy water and dry them before reassembling and painting the model
Everybody messes up from time to time, don't be to hard on yourself just do better next time

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@kooperativekrohn819 Месяц назад

Thank the lord for this video buddy ! I shoulda used thinner on the airbus im working on , i put the blue and white on WAY too thick on my revell airliner , ima give this ago then retry

@scalestuff1066 Месяц назад

Hope it works for you mate, best of luck on cleaning up your airbus, I had a revell air canada that I messed up, airliners really need that clean finish on them

@kooperativekrohn819 Месяц назад

@@scalestuff1066 yeah and them perfect long lines for the certain airlines ! Its a nightmare , even with masking tape to get a perfect ‘curve’ or ‘angle’

@scalestuff1066 Месяц назад

@@kooperativekrohn819 Yeah I feel your pain there, so much to go wrong on and unlike a tank you can't hide anything under mud!

@kooperativekrohn819 Месяц назад

@@scalestuff1066 facts ! Will let you know how i get on mate

@fransaacs Год назад

Dettol; the old school foggy brown liquid, not the new combination cleaners. Neat, objects fully submerged, in a jar will remove most, if not all acrylic paint. I've left pieces in for a days, a few weeks, even up to a year (jar got obscured on the shelf and promptly forgotten about) tbh the plastic that was in for neaarly a year felt a bit softer when it came time to remove the mold lines but all in all it's a reliable process with an easy-to-find household product in the UK. Things to be aware of; Dettol won't always remove polyurethane acrylic primers and when it comes time to wash and clean a model, a little dish soap, neat, on an old toothbrush and gently scrubbed across the piece will work wonders. Once all the paint is off the model and suspended in the suds, then and only then rinse with warm water. In the past I've noticed the earlier introduction of water into the cleaning process seems to arrest the process leaving paint remnants in any overlooked recesses. Great video, keep up the good work!

@scalestuff1066 Год назад

Thanks for the thoughtful comment I'll try detol next time I screw up iv never heard of that one Thanks illndo my best videos are going to slow down a bit over the next few months though

@JF-RC Год назад

Hi there and some great hints and tips for us all, we’ve all been there, messed up out paint jobs😂😂acetone free nail polish remover to the rescue, I’ve purchased some Carson Paint Killer,that really works well too. Take care and best wishes 😁😉😊

@scalestuff1066 Год назад

Thanks mate ah it's never good when it happens though this frustrated me no end,I hear wind screen wash is good also

@scalemodelcarchief Год назад

I’m a new subscriber to your channel. This is a great video. Thank you for sharing this tip. Have a blessed day! Steven 👍🏻

@scalestuff1066 Год назад

Thanks for the Sub, I hope you find this tip useful but you dont have to use it to often! Thanks Steven hope you have a great day

@jonciariello1744 7 месяцев назад

F*** yeah I have some of that stuff too. Thanks mate!

@scalestuff1066 7 месяцев назад

Hope it works out for you and it cleans it up

@islandrc-duke1972 Год назад

great video and removal of paint using the finger nail polish

@scalestuff1066 Год назад

Thanks mate,iv found it helpful a side note is to use acetone free as it does not pit the plastic

@dec94 Год назад

Brilliant, thanks for the video my crisis has now been averted!

@scalestuff1066 Год назад

Glad the video helped out mate, hope the rest of the paint crisis free! ( for a supposed relax hobby things can get pretty stressful! )

@craftpaint1644 Год назад

Thanks. The paint colours on the USS Arizona are debated by modelers and after painting it I put off the final gluing together because I changed my mind and decided to go with the strange blue shade the National Park service claims the ship was painted when it was bombed in '41. Well, not the garish bright blue, but a nice soft mid sky blue. I'm okay with it.

@scalestuff1066 Год назад

Glad I could be of help,I'm having one of those moments myself atm,not sure weather to go for a dark yellow german camo or a winter white wash.Hope the kit comes out ok,just had a look at the Arizona and think the blue looks better.best thing with paint debates is even stock the paint doesn't stay the same when exposed to the elements so it's like trying to catch the breeze

@craftpaint1644 Год назад

@@scalestuff1066 I think snow is fine on one or two models, I can't recall ever seeing it on an aircraft model, that would be something rare. Snow looks great on ships and locomotives.

@scalestuff1066 Год назад

Yeah I'm thinking of leaving it off iv done it on one in the past but seemed a bit high risk.yeah in the right place it's something else iv seen some amazing snow dioramas in the past

@GrandadsOtherChannel Год назад

That is fine, but what I really need is an easy way of removing overpainted wallpaper from the walls. If you fancy doing a video on that, you are welcome to pop round and use my house as a show house to demonstrate your skills 😆👍

@scalestuff1066 Год назад

Hahaha,well as long as it's not chip paper a steamer is normally your best bet,I spent 4 days on removing chip board wall paper took a finger nail off the stuffs evil!

@GrandadsOtherChannel Год назад

@@scalestuff1066 it is embossed paper with several layers of paint. I have used a steamer and gave up after just one small wall section. That was several years ago, and it is still in the same state now. The previous owner clearly gave the whole house a good layer of paint over whatever was there before to make it a neutral colour scheme to help the sale.