02-23-2021, 12:40 PM
What did you use as a paint stripper, Kevin? Methyl hydrate works well on older Athearn and MDC stuff, but not so well on some of the more recent types of paint. It is a type of alcohol (non-drinkable) but if you use it, wear nitrile gloves, as it is readily absorbed through the skin.
A couple of days ago, I stripped an Athearn postal/baggage car that appears to have been painted with Scalecoat. Methyl hydrate had no affect on it whatsoever, so I instead used Super Clean, which works well on most model paints, although this one did take some time.
In the past, many modellers used brake fluid as a stripper, and while it does work well on a lot of paints, it can damage some plastics, and I'm not talking about a few missing rivets. Some years ago, I was stripping a factory-painted Atlas S-2, in a glass canning jar, and when I removed it the next day, the body shell was so shrivelled-up that it was almost unrecognizable.
Wayne
A couple of days ago, I stripped an Athearn postal/baggage car that appears to have been painted with Scalecoat. Methyl hydrate had no affect on it whatsoever, so I instead used Super Clean, which works well on most model paints, although this one did take some time.
In the past, many modellers used brake fluid as a stripper, and while it does work well on a lot of paints, it can damage some plastics, and I'm not talking about a few missing rivets. Some years ago, I was stripping a factory-painted Atlas S-2, in a glass canning jar, and when I removed it the next day, the body shell was so shrivelled-up that it was almost unrecognizable.
Wayne