How do I strip paint off chariots? Posted by Vince Cholewa, 25 June 2022

Advice please: how to strip paint off chariots? Has anyone had experience of cleaning up chariots for repainting? Would you recommend: 1, completely taking the model apart; 2, taking off the horses and crew but leaving the chariot intact; 3, something else? 

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• Ben Vartok

  No experience sorry. I suspect any immersion in stripping solution of choice could cause the bond between pieces to fail. That said I would suggest simple green to go after the paint and potentially leave the glue in place?

  

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  • Kelly Gay

    Normally, you just have to see what happens after the stripping. There is no perfect way. But I always like seeing armies repaired and reused. Completely worth the effort!

    

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      Kelly Gay thank you 

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    Potbelly Miniatures

    i soak in dettol for at least several hours. it destroys any bonds like glue, and softens all the paint.

    also, stinks like hell and might dissolve plastic...

    

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      Potbelly Miniatures And as a bonus it sterilises any wounds your troops may have, best administered by an evil school nurse.

      

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• Gregory Heyes

  I would say it depends on how the model is put together. Superglue can be broken by freezing it, but plastic glue will need to be cut apart - you may get lucky they did a bit of gluing, though, and it might come apart easily.

  My experience is that taking complex models like that apart before stripping is the best option, as you may end up with spots missed or you can’t reach to scrub if you keep it together.

  

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    Gregory Heyes thank you 

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• Dirk Heinsius

  Assuming these are Brent Senior-Partridge chariots I have some experience.

  1. Pull apart things that easily come apart.

  2. Soak everything in Meths for about 24 hours. This will strip a lot of the paint, and dissolve most of the glue Brent used.

  3. Pull remaining things apart. Scrub with a hard toothbrush.

  4. Soak in fresh Meths for another 24 hours, and toothbrush scrub again. Wooden toothpicks are useful at this stage for digging paint out of cracks.

  5. Should now be ready to re-prime and paint.

  Note this solution is cheap and cheerful, but if the figures were painted or varnished in Humbrol or similar gloss, then you may need a heavier stripper (no inuendo intended)

  

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    Dirk Heinsius would the heavier stripper be curvey?

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      Vincent Cholewa big and beautiful 

      

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• Daniel Wade

  I use Simple Green for easily lifted paint, and for anything harder I use paint brush cleaner. The latter will melt GW style plastic bases so be careful with it.