Fairy power spray on resin?

[Muu83]

Hi guys.

 

Has anyone used Fairy Power spray to strip a resin mini? If so, did it work ok? I hear that you get good results on plastic but haven't heard much about resin.

 

Thanks in advance.

[m_r_parker]

The general consensus is that Fairy Power Spray is good - but only if you buy the right one. Apparently there's one which is a 'New Formula' with a lemon smell which doesn't do anything to paint, but the original is seen as good.

In my experience, it hasn't shifted any paint, and I've had models in there for months with nothing happening.

 

In my experience, regular Dettol does almost too good a job.

This stuff right here - link

 

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41YOYfhtsyL._SY355_.jpg

 

A couple of words of caution:

• It doesn't smell great - use in a well ventilated area and try not to breathe too much of it in.
• It works really quickly, you don't need to leave it in there for too long.
• It can make the resin go a bit soft - SO USE AT YOUR OWN RISK. Obviously the longer your miniatures are in there the more likely they'll go soft. There's no way to get them to firm up again either, so short dunks only and make sure you clean them thoroughly.
• Get some cheap toothbrushes to do the heavy lifting of the paint. For some reason the spacing of the bristles on cheap toothbrushes makes it so much easier to get the paint off, better brushes have more bristles-per-inch and they get clogged with paint quicker than their cheaper cousins.
• Wear gloves, like washing-up gloves, because this can be an irritant if you're exposing your skin to large quantities of it over a short period of time. While your at it a face mask wouldn't go a miss either.
• Golden rule - use a test miniature first before you commit anything of value to a dunk. Also, see if you can get Fairy Power Spray to work first, as this is less impactful and it's always easier to go twice with something softer than overdoing it with something more powerful.
• Toothbrushes will get the majority of the pain off, but lots of paper towels will also be good to literally wipe the paint off the models (trust me, been there, done that). Also, you may want a quick second targetted run to paint out of niche areas with a pin or something pointy and sharp (the GW greenstuff tool that looks like a dentist's instrument works really well for getting paint out of nooks and crannies)

I expect there'll be a lot of responses about the Fairy Power Spray being the way to go. If it doesn't work out, this will definitely shift the paint off your minis.

[Papa Lazarou]

fairy power spray works great! Put your minis in a tub/bowl, spray with fairy and leave for 15 minutes. Scrub with a toothbrush until its all off and rinse it clean with water. Works a treat.

 

 

I had to strip a 10 man squad from forgeworld as the paint started to peel with that process.

[Muu83]

The general consensus is that Fairy Power Spray is good - but only if you buy the right one. Apparently there's one which is a 'New Formula' with a lemon smell which doesn't do anything to paint, but the original is seen as good.

In my experience, it hasn't shifted any paint, and I've had models in there for months with nothing happening.

 

In my experience, regular Dettol does almost too good a job.

This stuff right here - link

 

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41YOYfhtsyL._SY355_.jpg

 

A couple of words of caution:

 

• It doesn't smell great - use in a well ventilated area and try not to breathe too much of it in.
• It works really quickly, you don't need to leave it in there for too long.
• It can make the resin go a bit soft - SO USE AT YOUR OWN RISK. Obviously the longer your miniatures are in there the more likely they'll go soft. There's no way to get them to firm up again either, so short dunks only and make sure you clean them thoroughly.
• Get some cheap toothbrushes to do the heavy lifting of the paint. For some reason the spacing of the bristles on cheap toothbrushes makes it so much easier to get the paint off, better brushes have more bristles-per-inch and they get clogged with paint quicker than their cheaper cousins.
• Wear gloves, like washing-up gloves, because this can be an irritant if you're exposing your skin to large quantities of it over a short period of time. While your at it a face mask wouldn't go a miss either.
• Golden rule - use a test miniature first before you commit anything of value to a dunk. Also, see if you can get Fairy Power Spray to work first, as this is less impactful and it's always easier to go twice with something softer than overdoing it with something more powerful.
• Toothbrushes will get the majority of the pain off, but lots of paper towels will also be good to literally wipe the paint off the models (trust me, been there, done that). Also, you may want a quick second targetted run to paint out of niche areas with a pin or something pointy and sharp (the GW greenstuff tool that looks like a dentist's instrument works really well for getting paint out of nooks and crannies)

I expect there'll be a lot of responses about the Fairy Power Spray being the way to go. If it doesn't work out, this will definitely shift the paint off your minis.

Thanks for the reply mate. This has been really useful. How long would you recommend "dunking" a resin mini in dettol for in order to avoid the resin going soft?

[StruManChu]

I've used 'Old Formula' Fairy Power Spray on both FW and Finecast resins, and it works brilliantly on both.

 

The 'New Formula' does work but only sort of, and it takes a really long time to do anything useful and will leave your minis with a very lemony-fresh scent afterwards and possibly also softens your resin. I've only used the new formula on the side hull of a Spartan I picked up cheap. It does feel slightly softer now, and that thing is a meaty chunk of resin, so I don't know what it would do to something small and detailed.

 

Ergo, if you see the Old Formula, grab it and as many other bottles as you can, because its worth every penny and is more convenient to use and less odorous than Dettol. If the new one is the only thing on the shelf, ignore it for now.

[Grim Dog Studios]

I have used Fairy Power spray on resin MK IV marines.

It worked but because it was my first time stripping paint, I didn't manage to get them as 'clean' as I would have liked, and honestly the toothbrush started to hurt my hand from scrubbing against my skin when trying to scrub the mini. Maybe I was just doing it wrong! Next time I attempt it though I think I might try and electric toothbrush and see how that goes.

If you go for fairy power spray I'd recommend wearing gloves, I didn't and my hands dried out very quickly and felt horrible for a while after . But in short, fairy power spray works. Haven't used this new formula one though, I've only used the original one.

[thebymster]

I think it also depends what paint it is and how long it's been on there, and if it was undercoated.! I've bought an old Rhino spent hours and all sorts of chems to try and shiftOLD green paint with no primer!

 

I agree: fairy power spray used to be the bizzle, now it's shizzle!