I have used Pine-Sol and Oven cleaner to remove paint with success as well. However it does take a thorough soaking in these two items to get the paint off.
James
conrailpolice wrote:How long does it need to be in the pine sol before I can get the paint off ?
That is entirely dependent upon the type of paint it is.
Some types of paint, such as what Athearn uses at the factory for instance. If you leave in pine-sol for about an hour and a half, when you come back, you will be able to scrub the majority of it off with a toothbrush in short order.
I painted an SD40-2 with testors paints, and had to strip it because it fell off the workbench onto the carpet while the paint was drying. That took a week of soaking and scrubbing. But it eventually came clean. The thing with the testors paints was I got it off most of the broad flat surfaces within a day, but it stubbornly clung to the recesses and had a hell of a time getting it off there.
One more note about pine-sol. Make sure you get a type who's scent is agreeable with you. After soaking the model in Pine-Sol to remove paint. Your car or loco will smell like pine-sol forever. (But hey, thats not an entirely bad thing right???) Also I forgot to mention, I use it straight out of the bottle.
I use Chameleon Gel stripper with great success.
http://www.chameleonproductsonline.com/
So far I haven't found a paint it wouldn't strip. Some of the tougher paints may require a second application.
Nick
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