Using Brown Dettol Disinfectant as Model Stripper

[Doomsdave]

Simple Green = £15

Dettol = .47p

Ahhh.  Fair enough.

[supervike]

I'm thinking Dettol is the same thing as Lysol here in the states....

I've had the same issues with the black paint, glad to see there are some tips here!

Thanks!

[Mr. Peabody]

We have both Dettol & Lysol up here in Canada. Dettol is a cleaner and antiseptic with first aid applications, Lysol is a very concentrated cleaner & disinfectant.
Both products contain oils that are insoluble in water, producing the classic milky look. Both are potentially hazardous if you over-expose yourself to the undiluted product but Lysol is a good deal stronger and so needs to be treated accordingly. Some of the antiseptics in Lysol products are pretty much highly toxic to anything other than mammals. Watch out for your pets if you play with this stuff.

BUT will they both strip the paint equally well is the question?

Detol contains pine oil, isopropanol, castor oil soap and a little bit of chloroxylenol. I would be tempted to risk Pine-sol 'cause I'm betting the pine oil is the kicker.

[rob_alderman]

Okay, Fairy Power Spray is bloody amazing.
Try it, it's a god send! 

[YPU]

Ok, some reasearch tells me that what is Fairy in the UK is Dreft in the Netherlands, now to find the corresponding product.

[Col. Aubrey Bagshot]

I found the fairey power spray rather nasty stuff, about as toxic a vapour as you can get! So only really usable outdoors? As for Dettol and all its clones, it does work, 100% but you do need to give it time... Ive had a space marine in some ( Daimen Hirst Stylee ) for about three years....  But you must have a large quantity of very very cheap toothbrushes ready... and wooden tooth picks are also very handy for getting gloop out of eye sockets.... but at 99p for about 2,000 of them, they really are a throw away item...

[DD-Chris]

Simple Green = £15

Dettol = .47p

You cant put a price on saving old figures.

[thebinmann]

Okay, Fairy Power Spray is bloody amazing.
Try it, it's a god send! 

What is that? Is it like fairy liquid?