So I'm trying to remove paint from some fairly old pre-painted miniatures and am having a doozy of a time removing it. I actually jumped to acetone (though it was nail polish remover so not pure acetone) and the paint didn't budge at all. I'm currently trying a less aggressive method with soaking it in simple green, but I have a hard time believing it'll come off. Any suggestions? I'm unsure what kind of paint it could be, but have never experienced acetone not doing anything.
#Acetone not removing paint?
burnt condor
faint wren
I haven't tried it, but IPA has been recommended to me. I use Simple Green, but I have been told that IPA works faster and more thoroughly
sick thunder
Just a side note. If you aren't using pure acetone, it's trash ( normal nail polish remove barely manages to remove my nail polish and won't even budge if It has glitter) 😅
But everyone has talked about using IPA or like the simple green
leaden oar
i use straight acetone on metal minis.no issues even getting old testors oil based off with it
uncut ibex
IPA works brilliantly, let it soak for half an hour, scrub it with a toothbrush and soak it again to get the last few bits off