Biostrip Stripping

[Cait Sidhe]

Now that I've got an account here, just got to say thanks to Vindice for recommending this stuff. I managed to easily strip my old Space Crusade minis back to bare plastic as well as some old space orks.

If someone locates this - or an equivalent product - in Europe, please give a heads-up!

I am currently using an ulttrasonic cleaner with 'brown soap', but it would speed up the process a whole lot to get hold of this.

I got mine on eBay, here http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Biostrip-20-Waterbased-ECO-Paint-Stripper-500ml-Tub-/271527670186

l managed to get hold of a small pot to test and found a problem with a (presumably) spray black undercoat. Using the Biostrip cleaned unprimed plastic figures perfectly, but on the primed ones the undercoat turned into a really sticky gel, almost chewing gum consistency, that stubbornly refuses to come off even after a 2nd application.

Weird... I noticed with black undercoat it tends to leave the minis kind of stained but I didn't have the problems you've described.

[robh]

I am wondering if this is one of the "bonding" primers which etch onto the surface of the plastic.