I checked my miniatures to be painted and I found some terrible waste on a douzen of it.
These are rare ones I bought on ebay which were daubed by its previous disrespectful owner.
Does any of you know a good way to get rid of current painting without damaging miniature quality ? (apart from grey skin which would disappear I guess.)
I know Acetone can do the job but I fear it would also remove every finer points.
I checked my miniatures to be painted and I found some terrible waste on a douzen of it.
These are rare ones I bought on ebay which were daubed by its previous disrespectful owner.
Does any of you know a good way to get rid of current painting without damaging miniature quality ? (apart from grey skin which would disappear I guess.)
I know Acetone can do the job but I fear it would also remove every finer points.
Milo, you can use a paint thinner aswell. You fill a jar with the thinner and submerge the minis in it for approx 24 hours. Any acrylic paint will start to come of in a few minutes. Oil based paint will start to curl during time and is easy to brush of with a stiff tooth brush. With some of the older Mithril you need to repeat the procedure to get all of the undercoat of. Then you can start again… undercoat… paint… finished!:cool:
How interesting… For thinner I know method, but it is to expensive and I not often use thinner that supports my colors for such things as paint stripping. My wife buys this Cilit Bang detergent so I will in first occasion try to use it… this cilit bang seems to be a dangerous poison… 😆
Well I’ve heard about people using automotive break fluid, oven cleaners and a host of other expensive, explosive or otherwise toxic chemicals! For myself, I use a floor cleaner called ‘Pinesol’ here in Amerika. One could Google it and find a suitalbe European generic version of this stuff. It’s cheap and doesn’t catch fire! I just let those minis soak a few days and it seems to remove the worst paint jobs I’ve seem (so that I can substitute my own poor paint jobs:|). One still has to use a brush to remove paint from the crannies. I use a brass wire brush. PS if you go with a toxic substance please do so with ventilation! Our hobbies can be dangerous!!!
I tried this week-end to get rid of terrible painting from ebay sellers.
French Cilit-bang after getting soaked 48h did not work exept for 1 mini.
Acetone+ toothbrush worked instantaneously on 23 minis. On half of it, I even kept the undercoat at 90%.
What surprises me is that only 2 minis resisted with no paint gone: 2 old Prince August (not Mithril !). I am wondering what kind off paint is used.
So thanks to all your advices, I will take pictures off the results once those are painted !
). I am wondering what kind off paint is used.
