Botched lacquer paint jobs
#26
Posted 28 July 2021 - 06:48 PM
#27
Posted 28 July 2021 - 07:24 PM
#28
Posted 28 July 2021 - 07:35 PM
I used dope on wood & tissue paper covered airplanes. The stuff smelled like an extra-strong banana, but was cheap & worked well with these two materials.
Note than public service message says don't use dope & lacquer. I have had a 1/32 Dubro Porsche 917 to paint from the early 70's. Now I know if I ever paint it, not to use dopes (if it's still sold) or lacquer ( it's probably butyrate), In fairness.to lacquer, I only airbrushed solvent-based paints starting in 1970 until I switched to acrylics in 2005. I never had any problems with them, other than their smell & the extra time cleanup took.
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#29
Posted 28 July 2021 - 10:47 PM
#30
Posted 29 July 2021 - 06:29 AM
Mark, a Google search on "airplane dope" lists a number of manufacturers, including Sig, that sell dope. The composition today may be entirely different than it was when I was a kid. I painted (silver) & lettered (red) my parent's large rural mailbox 60 yrs. ago. I'm wondering if I used dope for that? The first night after painting & remounting it, it was stolen off the post. It was found 6 or 8 months later at the town dump.
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#31
Posted 29 July 2021 - 09:31 AM
Bill, was it returned to its rightful post?
#32
Posted 29 July 2021 - 02:17 PM
No! When found, it had been damaged, but we had already replaced it with a new, smaller box.
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#33
Posted 29 July 2021 - 06:03 PM
#34
Posted 29 July 2021 - 06:07 PM
#35
Posted 29 July 2021 - 06:17 PM
Mark, Gasoline works well removing paint on static models. It might be worth trying.
#36
Posted 29 July 2021 - 08:09 PM
BillNH,was the mailbox vacuform lexion,byutel or, hard plastic?
Mark, it was steel. I got small bottles of paint at the local "Friendship Store", where I also bought the airplane dope & some 1/43 scale Revell Ford truck kits. That raised my question what I actually used for paint, This would have been about 1960,
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#37
Posted 29 July 2021 - 08:24 PM
as we all know, mail boxes can be subject to a beating. years ago i made up a new mail box with a 1/8 steel liner for protection against base ball bats. the "post" was a 4ft v12 diesel crankshaft bolted to a 2ft flywheel, set in a 1ft by 3ft square cement slab. a little unique. every now and then i would find car and truck bumper parts from attempts to knock it over.
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#38
Posted 01 August 2021 - 07:30 PM
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#39
Posted 01 August 2021 - 09:01 PM
Mark, have you tried any of the commercial paint removers? They might work, then they might not too, Go to a paint store & see what they sell. Home centers may have them too.
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#40
Posted 02 August 2021 - 01:16 PM
#41
Posted 02 August 2021 - 01:53 PM
This is a Cox hard body I just stripped with Easy-Off heavy duty oven cleaner. Several coats of brush painted probably enamel. 3 days in a Tupperware container and a rinse and scrub with scotchbrite and it's nearly ready to paint.
I've used the Easy-Off on model trains, auto parts. But I have yet to try it on a clear body.
Rotor
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#42
Posted 02 August 2021 - 02:09 PM
I race hardbodies exclusively, so different plastic and different paint, but I have had good success with "Super Clean" or "Purple Power". These are grease-cutting cleaners, typically sold in gallon plastic jugs. I believe the active agent is caustic, so use with care and test on a "throwaway" body.
Immerse the body and let it soak for a couple of hours, or ever overnight. Remove, rinse, attack stubborn spots with your favorite toothbrush.. Repeat if necessary.
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#43
Posted 02 August 2021 - 02:37 PM
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#44
Posted 02 August 2021 - 02:43 PM
"Chrome plating" on plastic comes off easily with ammonia. A soak in some Windex will do the trick.
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#45
Posted 02 August 2021 - 02:51 PM
#46
Posted 02 August 2021 - 02:55 PM
#47
Posted 02 August 2021 - 07:30 PM
#48
Posted 02 August 2021 - 07:37 PM
I think oven cleaner is also caustic (like Super-Clean), so if it didn't touch the lacquer, chances are the Super-Clean won't either.
#50
Posted 03 August 2021 - 07:51 AM