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I recently decided to uncake models that were subjected to my early painting skillz (such as they were). At that point, I didn't know about any online community, was stuck on an aircraft carrier in the Pacific Ocean, and had no one to teach me painting techniques (not that I've learned much more than the mid-range tricks even now). Long story short, I didn't know you had to thin the paints.

 

Goopy Space Wolves were the result. An overnight bath in Simple Green was just what the doctor ordered. Get up a little early before work, scrub em down with a toothbrush (I keep a sparehead for my electric for this purpose, just to expedite things), and presto. If there are stubborn spots, toss it in before you head off to the office and hit it again when you come home.

 

A small dental pick can make those entrenched lingering bits of paint go away quick (particular trouble spots are arm joins and certain faces, particularly ones with beards or shouty faces). Gently drag it along the surface and you'll get the stuff loose eventually.

 

If you're lucky, you can find a little travel dental pick at a luggage store or in a men's travel toiletry kit. I've got two, and one day decided to try using the spare and have been congratulating myself ever since.

 

If you guys don't have Simple Green in your country, wait for a US Navy warship to pull into port. They clean those things with Simple Green and Neverdull almost exclusively. :pinch:

Simple Green sounds like it's worth a try, mu brother-in-law has some older miniatures that could do with a spruce up, anyone know if I can get this stuff in the UK (Scotland)

 

 

I put in a query at the simple green homepage for you today. I'll let you know soon as they respond. :)

I have used simple green for the past year and I love it....

 

 

I do not recomend simple green to be used on green stuff, the GS seems to turn a lil rubbery and fall off of your mini. That is working with both GS'd metal and plastic figs.

Simple Green sounds like it's worth a try, mu brother-in-law has some older miniatures that could do with a spruce up, anyone know if I can get this stuff in the UK (Scotland)

 

 

Recieved this today in my email from my query:

 

Thank you for your message.

 

Simple Green products are available direct from Simple Green UK, and please refer to the attached price list.

 

I hope the above helps and you may order on-line at http://www.simplegreen.co.uk/buy.htm or place a telephone order to:

 

Paul Munro,

ECS/ Simple Green UK

Tel. 01726 891199

Fax.01726 891187

E-mail : info@simplegreen.co.uk

 

He is in copy of this mail.

 

Best Regards,

 

 

 

So apparently it is. Go nuts, it's good stuff. Also I should mention I had a stubborn spot or two on that rhino and I left it soaking for an additional week. Still no problem with either plastic or forgeworld resin. :P

What about GW White Spray?

 

We all know there's just something about the White vs the Black spray that makes the white a) more likely to go fuzzy ;) harder to clean off c) coat your minis heavier and thicker and with more 'paint' texture than the black.

 

So how does it work?

Plastic takes longer than metal in my short experience with it.

 

Try metal overnight first and give it a brush, see how it goes.

 

Plastic leave in 2-3 days, though there's nothing stopping you from taking it out after an overnight soaking and seeing if it worked (though in my experience plastic is taking at least the 2-3 if not more with some stubborn colors / paint types).

Ah thanks ;)

 

thought I had to be super careful because it would melt plastic or something.

 

 

 

Not at all. I've had a rhino soaking in it for the better part of two weeks now to see if it would damage plastic, and zero damage thus far. I'd say simple green is 100% safe. Of course if you leave something in it for months and months I'm sure eventually it'll degrade the plastic, like any cleanser would. But measured in days or even weeks (thus far) has proved totally safe for all materials, except for the aforementioned dulling of some models (doesn't seem specific to primer types or anything, just seems random).

 

 

 

As far as dilution, nope. Just pour it into something as it is. You can even recycle the used stuff, I've used the same container of simple green to strip a squad of kasrkin, several marines, some retinue from my Inquisitor, a rhino, and some other miscellaneous bits.

I am not sure how well SG does versus GW white primer spray. I have some sort of unidentified white primer on some refurb Marines. It was buried under several layers of black spray. The SG eats every other paint I've ever used it on (Reaper Master Series, Delta Ceramcoat and Folk Art craft paints, el-cheapo black car primer, and old Ral Partha white primer). However, whatever this thick white primer junk is, it isn't coming off. Sure, it softens, and I can kinda pick away at it, but it never comes clear off, even with repeat soakings. No worries though. Anything the SG won't eat goes into an Easy-Off bath.

 

Simple Green is great stuff, and can be reused for quite a while. Just pour it into antoher container thrugh a coffee filter or paper towel to strain out the paint particles from the last batch.

White Primer:

 

After a good solid three days soaking in the Simple Green, I took my poor drowned Combat Squad out and gave each marine a good once over with a hard bristled toothbrush. The end result? The primer was much harder to knock off than the black primer was, but still came off. Keep in mind this was white primer on a plastic figure, and plastic doesn't seem to strip quite as well as metal does. So in a few days, I'll spray a few more metal figures with white primer and do the same to them.

 

Conclusion: Still works on white primer, just not quite as well (on plastic anyways). Metal white primed figure results to come next week sometime.

I tested Tamiya thinners on an unwanted plastic Nid......did the job nicely!! Left in the thinners for 2 days and all was ok!!

Also tried as already mentioned,brake fluid,this worked well on both plastic and metal with no problems!!

So grabbed a few of my first time around SM and stripped them bare ready for repainting.

:P

Praise the Emperor indeed!

 

However, Simple Green has never worked on GW White Primer for me. So, I draw 2 possible conclusions:

 

1 - YOU ARE A LIAR!!!!!!!

 

 

no, I'm just kidding (heh)

 

2 - I've got the wrong stuff. I always assumed that simple green was just a 'house hold name' for green cleaner - apparently, I've got a No Name brand cleaner, that happens to be green. Not the same thing, ho ho! To Walmart I go!!

 

Aside: just think of all the mighty mighty space marines I could bring to bear if I could strip them down and repaint them! No more buying for me!! WEEE!

Hahaha, unfortunately (for you) I'm not lying. While I did have to scrub a bit more vigorously than with the black primer, it did indeed take off white primer. However, the while the black primer tends to just peel right off immediately, the white primer requires some decent elbow grease and tends to clump up a lot while you're stripping it.

 

I promise, my poor drowning White Scars can verify that their armor is no longer beautiful pristine white, but regular ol' grey. :)

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