Biostrip?

[Merlon]

I was recommended to try using Biostrip for removing paint from models. So I walked down to Element Games and bought a tub.
It does indeed do a very good job of removing paint.
It also seems to:-
*Separate greenstuff work from models and permanently soften the greenstuff.
*Break glued joints in styrene, I had used Tamiya extra thin cement.
*Bleach GW plastic, the figures in question were late nineties production Catachan Jungle Fighters.

Is this to be expected?

[Tom Dulski]

 hmmmmmm, I wonder if it will clean brushes?

[tin shed gamer]

Bio Strip 20?
How long are you actually putting figures in it?
As it's a product I use all the time ,and have for years. I also used it as a targeted paint remover.With out ever coming across the issues you've mentioned. I've used it on greens and plastics wood and card.
So the only thing I can think of is the amount of time your immersing your miniatures in the medium. Other than that I've no experience of these issues. But I tend to use it in a several short bursts rather than a long soak.

[Merlon]

Bio Strip 20?
How long are you actually putting figures in it?

Correct Biostrip 20, I left the figures in for three hours.
Paint and araldite it seems to demolish with relish. I was just disappointed that some models basically fell apart, granted I can rebuild them.

[Citizen Sade]

hmmmmmm, I wonder if it will clean brushes?

I use an old GW tank brush to wipe the Biostrip from figures I’m stripping. The bristles & ferrule are now as clean as a whistle. While the brush seems OK, I’d be hesitant to use it as a cleaner on a decent one.

[Flinty]

I use the same stuff (different container though - it's a white paste like gloop isnt it?) and have never needed to leave a figure for more than 15 minutes to remove paint. I paint it on rather than imerse figures though.

I also apply it with junk brushes (pva spreaders etc) and it does a good job of revitalising those, but agree with Citizen Sade that it's probably not meant to be a brush soap...

[zemjw]

I've used it for metals, plastics, PVC (Reaper Bones and stripping the primer from Nolzur's Marvelous Miniatures) without any problems. I also used it to strip the paint from a metal toy car, which it did really well

I haven't had problems with anything I've thrown at it, and I've left some pieces in for several days.

However, I don't think I've tried anything that had greenstuff on it. I feel I must have used it on plastic figures I've glued together, but I'm struggling to bring an example to mind.