Stripping Paint Off Tanks

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Stripping Paint Off Tanks; How is it done
Topic Started: Jul 1 2006, 09:15 PM (141 Views)
ChrisJ	Jul 1 2006, 09:15 PM Post #1
Worthy of the Trax! Posts: 84 Group: Member Member #95 Joined: July 1, 2006	How is it done? I have one gr8 leo I received a while back, but I'm pretty sure the camo is non standard. how hard is it to strip the paint back. Or do most people get a model expert to do it?



outcastrc	Jul 1 2006, 09:50 PM Post #2
Administrator Posts: 1,150 Group: Admin Member #1 Joined: December 13, 2005	Well I have never done a tank before but when I stripped my Bruiser body I used brake fluid. It doesn't damage the plastic but eats the paint. I just filled a container so that the part would be submerged then just watched it until I could take the paint off with a toothbrush. The other option is EZOFF. It does the same thing only faster. Its also messier and stinks.



WhiteWolf McBride	Jul 1 2006, 11:58 PM Post #3
Making Trax! Posts: 196 Group: Moderator Member #15 Joined: December 15, 2005	Chris: Brake fluid is a nasty disposal hazard... but if you are doing brake work, no biggie. Me, I prefer any of the following (depending on which I have and was on sale): - Easy Off oven cleaner in the pump-spray bottle, - Mean Green bio-cleaner in the pump-spray bottle, - Castrol SuperClean degreaser in the pump-spray bottle, Also there is a new recommended new US product, Soy-Clean, a soy-based paint stripper I was trying to obtin for RC boat stripping. Spray the painted item with the pump-spray, and let sit a few houtrs, then rinse. Attack any crevices with an OLD toothbrush, and if necessary, soak the crevices again. This will NOT damage the plastic, but it WILL de-chrome any plated parts (but the Leo dinna have any, right!) I've used this successfully with both enamel and acrylic paints, and even with extended soaking gotten polycarbonate paints off a styrene truck body. You need any more help with the Leo restoration, let me know. WhiteWolf (with a pair of 1A4's in the repair shop)
	*WhiteWolf McBride* CEO, TaskForce Technologies Inc. Ottawa, Canada


adrenalinrush123998	Jul 16 2006, 07:30 PM Post #4
Worthy of the Trax! Posts: 32 Group: Member Member #21 Joined: December 18, 2005	if you have a nitro rc, a fuel bottle of %20 fuel shoulkd completely take all the paint off
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