Removing paint from plastic?

Devon Z · Post by **Devon Z** » Tue 25 Jan, 2011 15:47

What's the best way to remove paint from plastic body components, the paint on my bebaged M gills has started to bubble in places so I want to strip all the old paint off before repainting them.

Jonttt · Post by **Jonttt** » Tue 25 Jan, 2011 16:29

Cellulose Thinners, I've used it to remove overspray on plastic parts so should do the trick

Titan · Post by **Titan** » Tue 25 Jan, 2011 16:43

Be careful with any type of thinners or solvent though.
Check on a hidden part of the component to make sure that it doesn't get dissolved as well!

Devon Z · Post by **Devon Z** » Tue 25 Jan, 2011 18:09

Thanks, I think there's a few layers of paint on there. is paint stripper out of the question?.

Titan · Post by **Titan** » Tue 25 Jan, 2011 20:26

Devon Z wrote: is paint stripper out of the question?.

Try it somewhere it doesn't matter
Some plastics may tolerate it, others may not.

snoops · Post by **snoops** » Tue 25 Jan, 2011 20:44

What about this sort of stuff, should be able to get it/something like it from a model shop near you??

http://www.emodels.co.uk/plastic-kits/p ... s_id=17270

Tom. · Post by **Tom.** » Tue 25 Jan, 2011 20:52

Why not sand the area back? depending on how bad it is work from something like p120 and get smoother to say p500 before priming. If you got yourself a sander it would make the job easier. The problem with thinners or paint stripper is you risk damaging the surrounding area and substrate.

Edit: thought you said bumper, the gills can be removed very easily and with it only being a small area them a sander wouldn't be needed. A bodyshop will be able to paint them very cheaply also.

6 pot roadster · Post by **6 pot roadster** » Tue 25 Jan, 2011 21:44

Park it in Macclesfield.
The chav's will have the paint off. I wanted the paint taking off the corners of my bumpers and it was done in no time...