I sprayed my Star Destroyer with Pledge…and as I feared it is to thick and filled in the panel lines too much for a panel liner. What can I use to strip the future from the model? If I have to repaint the main color I can…..no biggie.
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I seem to remember windex Taking it off, but don’t hold me to that.
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Just spray…..or does it have to soak?
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The only thing I know of is IPA (isopropanol) 99% pure Alcohol…
And you will need to scrub it then repaint…
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Let it sit awhile to loosen the paint. Try a couple of hours.
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Windex?
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You are not going to hurt anything with windex or alcohol so try either or both.
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Yes, Windex with Ammonia. Or, alternately, an ammonia dilution. It’s the ammonia in the Windex that actually strips the Future. Soak it and it will take it right off. Rinse with clear water afterward.
What type of paint did you use? If it’s acrylics, then the paint is going to strip off, too. You’ll have to re-paint. If enamel or lacquer, it should be safe.
The current product Pledge or Pledge with Future Shine is not the same as the original Future. That is most likely the problem. What you want to do is go to Wal-Mart, go in the mop aisle, and get yourself a bottle of Holloway House Quick Shine Floor Finish. It is the same as Future used to be and the modern replacement for Future. Then you should be good to go.
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Thank you…it is original Future…..I have had it for years…..it is Acrylic paint so I do not really mind repainting……that is why I did the bottom side first to experiment. Now to find something to soak it in…it is 2 feet long and 1 foot wide.
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worse case, make a 2 foot by 1 foot wood frame and line it with a large garbage bag for a soak tank.
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I think I am going to use a tote.
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So I let it soak in the ammonia for about a week…..it removed the Future but that Vallejo paint must be pretty good…..very little came off……I will now try some acetone to remove the paint so I have a fresh clean model to repaint.
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Amazing!
Good to know though!
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You can remove Vallejo with alcohol
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Won’t acetone eat some of the plastic?
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It depends on what the bottle of “acetone” contains.
Acetone is sometimes used as a generic name for nail polish remover.
There is two types of nail polish remover, acetone (real chemical acetone)
and “remover” which contains a cocktail of solvents.
At least one of the components of “remover”, ethyl acetate, is an excellent
ultra thin (i.e. pure solvent) “glue” for styrene plastics.
Soaking styrene in “remover” turns the styrene into goo or liquid.
Chemically clean acetone will fog up clear parts and turn smooth surfaces
slightly rough. I did it once with the clear parts for car windows, no good,
had to cut new windows from clear styrene sheet.
@Floridabucco : Always test solvents/thinners on sprue rods from the same kit before going all in …
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Tamiya Ultra-thin is a combination of 49% Acetone and 51% Ethyl Acetate…
Tamiya airbrush cleaner is a combination of 49% Ethyl Acetate & 51% Acetone… (at half the cost of ultra thin per volume)
Both chemically pure Acetone like you get from the paint section in quart cans and Ethyl Acetate are excellent Styrene Glues in their own right…
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Acetone will melt all forms of styrene plastic…
One form of filler the pros use is to make a slurry of Acetone and Styrene, put enough Styrene into acetone and it will become putty like then use it as a permanent filler that also welds the joint…
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As far as stripping paint I would also suggest Super Clean, (purple jug home depot automotive dept sold by the gallon)
Completely strips chrome in minutes with no scrubbing, faster than anything I’ve ever seen, leave overnight and it will take off the electroplate lacqure they use to chrome plate them as well without any scrubbing at all just a good soak…
Two days it will completely remove paint as well, without any scrubbing… Water soluble and environmentally safe, just rinse in clear warm water and dry….
My go to for any kind of model paint stripping, It’s sold in auto supply places as it is a fantastic degreaser, (when diluted) used in concentrated form or left on long enough it will remove the paint from your engine…
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Thank you everyone for the hints……after a little research…..I think I am going to try Simply Green concentrated formula.
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