I need ideas for stripping paint

[twrchtrwyth]

The only brake fluids that work as mini cleaners are also very unhealthy.

The active ingredient is ethylene glycol which can cause respiratory and skin problems. In general brake fluid is listed as a potentially poisonous substance.

Using it to strip minis is really inviting a health problem.

We're headcases in Britain and like to suffer for our art! ::

Seriously though you are correct.

[twrchtrwyth]

In the UK? get simple green HERE
It's expensive, but well worth it, after using it do not throw it out, it's perfectly fine to use again and again. It doesn't smell, is not bad for you etc. Not any good on plastic, really good on metal. Also really, really good for domestic cleaning.
OR
Use Dettol at 56p from Tesco, wear gloves.

Thanks for the link, but do I go for regular or lemon? ::

[redzed]

regular
the longer you leave the figures in the less scrubbing you'll have to do.

[Evilcartoonist]

I've used Simple Green on plastics, and it works just fine for me.

Do you have an older bottle?

At some point they appear to have changed the composition of the cleaner. People used to use it for plastics as well as metal with good results but the latest batches of it have been quite useless for plastics.

Test it to see but the plastic figures I cleaned with it had quite a lot of paint left on them.

Hmmm, I've had mine for about 4 months. I wonder if the manufacturer changes up the solution for different countries? I'll have to keep an eye on my next batch. Thanks for the heads up.

[pnweerar]

Dettol antiseptic. Thanks for the info one brake fluid!

[pixelgeek]

Hmmm, I've had mine for about 4 months. I wonder if the manufacturer changes up the solution for different countries?

That might explain the difference. We also don't have Lemon here either so maybe the formulation is different.