Main ingredient in Expo markers is Isopropyl alcohol (IPA) which is a solvent. You can just take a small amount of rubbing alcohol on a cotton swab or paper towel and get the same result with less work.
@CARTHANGS I would say more people are likely to have alcohol at home than an expo marker, and the price of a dry erase marker is staggering compared to the alcohol as well.
I’ve known about this for a while, but didn’t realize the patience involved. I was trying to remove it all in one pass. 😅 I find the white decals to be the easiest to remove. However the darker decals seem very stubborn. I realize your video demo doesn’t include unspinning the rivets for simplicity but I highly recommend removing the windshields and wheels as the alcohol can quickly damage the chrome on the wheels or make the windows foggy.
Yeah for some reason the white decals get removed much faster and easier! And i usually all unspin the car, but for this video specifically I didn’t do it just to show that you can easily do it on any car you have in your collection
Great tutorial! Maybe in the future, you can make more tutorials on how to add extra details such as headlights, taillights, and water slide decal tutorials. Overall, great video!
Thanks for showing us this! I had some difficulty removing the decals on my Mazda. I accidentally left some black marks on it. I think this would help out a lot!!!
@@andrewphippsphillips1455Iv been able to do the same thing with the lighter colors and it’s been successful, but you have to be extremely careful cause it’s very sensitive, if I do have some marks left over I use some rubbing alcohol to clean it up just a bit
It’s nice too see the long form content is back! I’m guessing that a paint tutorial is next? It also feels nostalgic, like I’m getting 2010’s race grooves vibes from it. Anyways, great video today!
I think "decals" are different from "Tampos". The graphics on the model surface aren't stickers or water slide graphics. So as long as I understand this method removed tampos. To protect the bodywork paint after you removed the tampos and graphics, I suggest to wait some minutes to the chemicla evaporate and then use a tiny drop of actual car liquid wax with a microfiber tissue, gently. Cheers.
Ive tampo-stripped this model myself and I copied the tail & headlight detailing from the blue 50yr Anniversary Favourites. Absolutely love the 510 Datsun models, its such a shame Im not the only fan of this & the saloon versions, as there are so many others who collect this in the UK (same with the R34 Skyline).
For the ones that don’t have expo in their country they are whiteboard markers so u can get to Google and type whiteboard markers and go to ur local store or u can just ask there if they have whiteboard markers
That was a good tutorial thank you for showing us how its done. I just can't believe you did it on a Treasure hunt car as a person that has never had the pleasure of finding a treasure hunt this was hard for me to watch.
Have you had any issue with certain metallic colors that get dull or wipe away with expo markers? It tends to work best on solid colors idk if it has to do with the clear they use on metallic paint.
@@Joey_Mendez_Dream_GarageYes. That's what he is using. Isopropyl alcohol works better (as well as other things), but don't use the alcohol on a plastic body car.
The reason it rubs off is because in the ink of dry markers is acetone. It's the reason it rubs off. Can do it much easier by just using very very small amounts of acetone or nail polish remover and get the same results faster
Glad i tested it on a beater first. On older cars it quickly removes all the paint. On greenlight cars it dulls the paint. Good tutorial though, very clear to the point explanation. I'll try it on a newer car, obviously it works for a lot of people, thank you
A voice reveal so suddenly is wild! But i also want to ask do whiteboard markers work as well? Or do they work less efficiently than dry erase? Love your vids!
Yesterday I was crazy looking for videos talking about this, I bought a Miata full of decals that I didn't want, and I went to your channel to look for a video about it and nothing, so I found channels talking about the method with the marker that you taught in this video, and also a method they recommended, which was to use nail polish remover and cotton swabs, do you approve of this second method as well?
Hey there! Thanks for watching my video! Iv tried using nail polish remover once but didn’t like the results, also there is a lot of fumes with nail polish remover so I like using expo markers
Thanks for the tip, it works. However I made a discovery while using a colored marker. It’s the marker media which softens the tampo ink. I was using green and scrubbing with the tip and the tampo was scrubbing right away. Keep up the good work and thanks. Grant
Greetings friend from Mexico, you are my inspiration for making Hot Wheels customs. I love your content and everything you do and this video helped me remove my tampos without acetone. I have been following you since I had❤I have been following you since you had like 3000 subs, you are my inspiration, I hope you achieve your goals. ❤❤
Love the tutorial video, but I will admit that I have no idea that there's a marker that was made to remove decals from diecast cars, but I have to say that's a great tool to have in more ways than one and I'm hoping that other people that do diecast cars are aware of it and get it for themselves one day for sure, but still great tutorial in its own right.
@@CARTHANGS you're welcome, but I must ask: how long have you used the marker to remove decals from diecast cars and how long has it been out there to be used by people like yourself as of right now?
rubbing alcohol is the main ingredient lifting the sticker. Soot from a smokey candle (captured on a drinking glass) would provide the aggregate. If you run out of markers...
Always used either acetone, nail polish remover, brake fluid or goo gone, & not all tampos & paints reacted the same, I assume this is less aggressive on the paint.
Oh and maybe if you’re careful and have the car taken apart and you have just the body by itself you could use a heat gun and that should get the decals off real quick just make sure you don’t have any plastic on the body
I think the coarse fibrous nature of a paper towel is doing far more work than the dry erase marker. As others have stated ISO would work as well and I believe is a more common household solvent than a dry erase marker.
nail polish remover works better, you can get it at a dollar store. just put it on a paper towel and rub till the decals rub off. now if you want all the paint off, just lightly wire brush it and place whole body in polish remover. this is what i do for my gaslands cars
