Lostiris Posted April 10, 2015 Share Posted April 10, 2015 I'm having an issue when i strip my marines with Dettol. I am getting left with a white residue covering the miniature that will come off if I scratch it with my finger nail but I can't scrub it off with a tooth brush etc. I am stripping like this: 1, soak miniature in neat dettol fior 24+ hours 2, remove miniature and scrub off paint with tooth brush (no water) 3, once all paint is removed rinse with warm soapy water 4, leave to dry. Once dry I am left with a chalky white residue covering the miniature. Has anyone else experienced this, any ideas on how to remedy this ? Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/305890-stripping-with-dettol/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naminé Posted April 10, 2015 Share Posted April 10, 2015 The only time I remember this happening was when water got into the mix with the dettol. Are you being really thorough with the rinse? Make sure all of the dettol is long gone. If it keeps happening I recommend Fairy Power spray. It is much easier to strip with in my experience. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/305890-stripping-with-dettol/#findComment-4003580 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stercus Posted April 10, 2015 Share Posted April 10, 2015 Sounds like you got some water in the mix. When it happened to me I gave them another half hour or so in fresh dettol and then re-washed with soapy water. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/305890-stripping-with-dettol/#findComment-4003594 Share on other sites More sharing options...
KJB Posted April 10, 2015 Share Posted April 10, 2015 I'm having an issue when i strip my marines with Dettol. I am getting left with a white residue covering the miniature that will come off if I scratch it with my finger nail but I can't scrub it off with a tooth brush etc. I am stripping like this: 1, soak miniature in neat dettol fior 24+ hours 2, remove miniature and scrub off paint with tooth brush (no water) 3, once all paint is removed rinse with warm soapy water 4, leave to dry. Once dry I am left with a chalky white residue covering the miniature. Has anyone else experienced this, any ideas on how to remedy this ? I do the same as you up until step 3, before I rinse it off, I cover the whole model in washing up liquid and then submerge it in soapy water - I scrub it again with a toothbrush before taking it out and rinsing under clean water - I've had some real bad ones before I started doing it like this!! Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/305890-stripping-with-dettol/#findComment-4003636 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stercus Posted April 10, 2015 Share Posted April 10, 2015 Sounds like a good plan KJB. The extra soap should make sure there's no water/dettol mix left on the model. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/305890-stripping-with-dettol/#findComment-4003648 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Son of Carnelian Posted April 12, 2015 Share Posted April 12, 2015 I strip my miniatures exclusively with Simple Green. Takes time, but the result is undeniably quality. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/305890-stripping-with-dettol/#findComment-4005534 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emperor's Furor Posted April 12, 2015 Share Posted April 12, 2015 I strip using straight IPA (Isopropyl alcohol) that you can get off ebay for quit cheaply, it strips everything and doesn't leave a smell or gloop on the model, works best on metal and plastic can weaken resin if left in to long. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/305890-stripping-with-dettol/#findComment-4005548 Share on other sites More sharing options...
karden00 Posted April 12, 2015 Share Posted April 12, 2015 I use dettoll with great results. Only difference from what you do is this: I put on some rubber gloves and have two containers of dettoll the first for soaking, the second for scrubbing. I use the toothbrush to scrub the model while basically submerged in the dettoll. When it looks cleans, I put it under hot water for a few moments to rinse, then leave to dry. The scrubbing container will get fairly gross fairly quickly, but it certainly doesn't lose it's effectiveness. Just scrub it away, ignoring the guck. I've used dettoll that looked like rainbow goo and it still did it's job perfectly. Hope it helps! Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/305890-stripping-with-dettol/#findComment-4005759 Share on other sites More sharing options...
infyrana Posted April 12, 2015 Share Posted April 12, 2015 Wear gloves - that's highly recommended ! I wonder if it's the water you have in your area ? Wondering if perhaps hard chalky water might cause this? Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/305890-stripping-with-dettol/#findComment-4006126 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graymane Posted April 13, 2015 Share Posted April 13, 2015 Get rid of the detol and use isopropyl alcohol! vastly superior. I swear by the stuff Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/305890-stripping-with-dettol/#findComment-4006555 Share on other sites More sharing options...
SW1 Posted April 13, 2015 Share Posted April 13, 2015 I use dettoll with great results. Only difference from what you do is this: I put on some rubber gloves and have two containers of dettoll the first for soaking, the second for scrubbing. I use the toothbrush to scrub the model while basically submerged in the dettoll. When it looks cleans, I put it under hot water for a few moments to rinse, then leave to dry. The scrubbing container will get fairly gross fairly quickly, but it certainly doesn't lose it's effectiveness. Just scrub it away, ignoring the guck. I've used dettoll that looked like rainbow goo and it still did it's job perfectly. Hope it helps! I'm cleaning 100's of guard in one go plus tanks. I have many jars of models sitting in dettol that I'm currently working on. If you shake the jar every so often and leave for several days a lot of the paint drops off by itself. This is very slow though. I generally run a bit over the top with scrubbing the models but don't have an issue with powdery coating afterwards. Generally I'll have a tub with fresh dettol to one side and an extra scrubbing tub. Pull the models from the soaking containers and scrub in the container reserved of scrubbing. Once your fairly sure the model is clean chuck it in the clean dettol container. Once you've got the clean tub fairly full I give these another scrub throwing the doubly scrubbed models into a pot with nothing in it. Once this is fairly full pour over lots of dish soap and scrub rinsing under very hot water. I drop the models after scrubbing into the sink with the hot water flowing so they carry on getting rinsed as I work through the batch. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/305890-stripping-with-dettol/#findComment-4007181 Share on other sites More sharing options...
SW1 Posted April 13, 2015 Share Posted April 13, 2015 I also forgot to second the wearing of gloves and also recycle the dettol!!! Pour that pot of gunky dettol back into an empty dettol container and leave to settle for a few days or longer. You'll find eventually there's a dense sludge at the bottom and a slightly lighter dettol on top. You can decant the cleaned dettol into another container and repeat the process to remove even more sludge. I have a single old dettol bottle I pour all the used dettol into and then decant from that. It's starting to get a little full with sediment and I'll need to change to a different bottle eventually. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/305890-stripping-with-dettol/#findComment-4007189 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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