Another cheap stripper

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PDMO
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Another cheap stripper

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Paint stripper that is! :-D Morrisons own brand ,savers all purpose cleaner.25p for 750ml.Yep twenty five pee.
Just done a lovely job of cleaning an old and thinly enamel painted 1/35 sherman caliope, it seems stronger than the tesco equiv.
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Re: Another cheap stripper

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well after reading about various concoctions to strip paint i thought i'd try something a little more obvious.
Wilkinsons Paint and Varnish Stripper.
I bought a red arrows hawk cheap from ebay but hadnt noticed in the description than the fuselage had already been painted, painted with Humbrol enamel.
I made sure it wouldnt affect the plastic by trying it out on an old wreck i had, it cut through the coat of Klear, the decals and the acrylic paint right back to the plastic after just 30 minutes soak time.
Would it work as well on enamel?
This is before application
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The i pasted the kit with the stripper as advised on the bottle
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30 minutes later after a quick wipe over with some kitchen roll
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This Bottle cost me £5-50 from Wilkinsons and should last a long time.
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I'd say it was a roaring success

I'll see what its like on an old clear canopy tomorrow.
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Re: Another cheap stripper

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That's really impressive both in that off the shelf paint stripper didn't replicate my one and only experience with it which left a gooey blob that once might have been a model, and that it has peeled everything back with so little effort...I'll have to see if I can find an equivalent down here...
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Re: Another cheap stripper

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Yes indeed, it's stripped that Gnat down nicely, cheap at half the price :grin:
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Re: Another cheap stripper

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I opened this thread with such high expectations........
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