The instructions for Sylvan Scale Models vehicles recommend using DioSol to remove the mold release from their resin castings. I don't want that solvent in my room/lungs. What alternatives has anyone found? Will GooGone or Windex, or PineSol, or a citrus based cleaner or ??? work?
Ken Ziebarth
Boulder
Boulder, CO
Kan,
A mild dishwashing liquid like Ivory in warm water works just fine. I lightly scrub the parts with the soapy water using an old toothbrush then air dry.
Tom
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Time...It marches on...without ever turning around to see if anyone is even keeping in step.
I use the original Dawn without the lotion, or Soft-Scrub. Both with warm water and a tooth brush.
Elmer.
The above is my opinion, from an active and experienced Model Railroader in N scale and HO since 1961.
(Modeling Freelance, Eastern US, HO scale, in 1962, with NCE DCC for locomotive control and a stand alone LocoNet for block detection and signals.) http://waynes-trains.com/ at home, and N scale at the Club.
You are very close to the actual product by mentioning a citrus based cleaner. Clare Gilbert, the owner of Sylvan Scale Models, mentioned in a clinic that his Resin Prep is just a citrus based cleaner called Citrasolve. (check spelling) He buys it in 5 gallon pails and repackages it as Resin Prep.
I talked with someone at the Sylvan Scale booth at the Amhurst MA show a couple of years ago on the same subject. He recommended a citrus based cleaner at that time as well. I found a citrus cleaning product at Home Depot in a spray bottle. For the small amount of cleaner needed to clean a vehicle casting, this is probably a lifetime supply. It looks and smells just like the small bottle of Resin Prep I got at the show.
George In Midcoast Maine, 'bout halfway up the Rockland branch