paint stripping question

[Electric Coach]

In regards to refurbishing teams, I combine new figures with refurbishing. I have bought so many figures over the years that I still have unopened bags of figures that have not been touched yet. While I am soaking a team in Easy Off oven cleaner, I am painting a new team. By the time I am done painting, the team that is soaking is now ready to be scrubbed. I usually allow a team to soak for two weeks.

The length of time that the paint has been on the figure has a lot to do with how easy it comes off. Also the brand of paint that is used will have an affect as well. I had a 3 year old set of Jets that I painted with Liquitex paint. They soaked for about two weeks. The paint was still on the figure. The uniform was still in tact. I ran water on one of the figures. The paint adhered to the figure until I scrubbed it with a tooth brush.

Other teams that I have painted with Liquitex that weren’t as old came clean just by soaking them. The paint came off like a rubber mask.

Maurice Robertson

The Electric Coach

i just dried the figures, and im guessing that the paint was molded into the figures, because the platforms are white now, but the players are the same colors

[GreenBayGlenn]

Boy do I hate this, but I've done lots of it. See the most recent article in THE TWEAK magazine.

The two weeks mentioned above is a minimum for a stubborn project like you describe here. Of course, if the plastic is indeed molded in a color, you are toast even if you leave the brake fluid intact for a year! LOL!

Be sure to wear your HAZMAT outfit, complete with the helmet, gloves and oxygen tank! LOL! If not, RavennaAl is going to offer you a hefty signing bonus to join his infamous TOXIC WASTE team!