Brake fluid as paint remover

[LadyPinwheel]

Hello all!

I wanted to share with you my little discovery of the day ^^

My husband paints warhammer miniatures and other stuff like that and he told me that he uses brake fluid to remove acrylics. So.. I have this painted old custom projects that I no longer want to continue, but I do want to use the ponies for another project.

And considering they are bait I thought it would be worth the risk and put one of them in a jar full of the fluid for 24 hours. Just let it sit there...

And it worked!!

The pony had primer layer, and several layers of paint, symbols and eyes.

This is how it came out of the fluid. I didn't have to rub or anything, just let it sit there.

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[Uninu]

Wow, would have never thought about using brake fluid as a paint remover! o_o

[LadyPinwheel]

Wow, would have never thought about using brake fluid as a paint remover! o_o

Neither did I! But it works great! I wonder if it would be useful to deflock. I have to test on more bait, with hair and so.

[Uninu]

I wonder how new paint layers will take to the pony. :o Please let us know if you do more tests!

[Em_L._Pea_Customs]

Wow, that is interesting!  I would love to see how a de-flock works.  Does the body feel any different?  It is neat that the original eye paint is undisturbed.  Thanks for sharing.

[Galactica]

Wow- what is IN that stuff ?

I hope you are wearing gloves while handling her! 

[pinkkittywinks]

Is the pony left with a smell?

I once stripped a pony by soaking her in Dettol liquid. The smell has never gone.

Dettol Liquid was recommended on a WarHammer forum as good for stripping acrylic paint from miniatures. No one mentioned the smell, but the smell might not permeate into the WarHammer figures.

Love pkw xxx

[LadyPinwheel]

Is the pony left with a smell?

I once stripped a pony by soaking her in Dettol liquid. The smell has never gone.

Dettol Liquid was recommended on a WarHammer forum as good for stripping acrylic paint from miniatures. No one mentioned the smell, but the smell might not permeate into the WarHammer figures.

Love pkw xxx

I was worried about that too, so just in case, after rinsing it with water I put the pony in hot water with bleach. But I didn't notice any smells on the first place.

I'm not sure though, if the pony is now harder. I really can't remember if the pony was soft or not before. But it's the only thing I've noticed, that the plastic is hard.

Something I've noticed too is that the areas on the neck that had some glue still have paint, so I doubt this method could be used for deflocking. :/

[Diamond]

See that is not something I would do, the chemicals in the brake fluid can over time get into the pony plastic and cause long term issues.  Pony plastic is somewhat porous and will absorb those types of chemicals.  I would think some safer to use methods would be lestoil and maybe bleach baths. 

[aintnobuffalo]

Hmm, I would think that pony's plastic shouldn't be too hard, so I wonder if the plastic was effected by the chemicals. Warhamer figures are a different material and likely don't need as long of a soak time, so I think using it on a pony could have some consequences. Still, with some ponies the paint is just impossible to remove or customize on top off, so the consequences might be worth it. Let us no how it holds up with paint on top or with time.