Gotcha! :D
Well, this pointless posting is on the lines of the idiot in 'Waterloo'...breaking square and calling "Why?". (Why did he not get a 12lb ball through the head? Spoils the film! >:( ).
Have finished Dettol stripping the Humbrol enamel from about 30 1/285 GHQ Grants, Crusaders and Honeys from the '70's. (Teen paint job...but looked a bit like the B/W photos in the wargames books of the time. Now, not so good!).
So...STRIPPED! Turrets pinned for rotation. Dozens of missing barrels drilled and replaced...(a bit off center sometimes...but straight and unbendable!). Rivets lightly punched in...the Crusaders, anyway...still got the bloody Grants to do! Lol! :'( (Well, I actually prefer the old castings of THESE vehicles to the rather overdone riveting on new GHQ models =) ). Some PENDRAKEN! mdf bases chamfered and drilled for magnets ;) . Some EXTREMELY fiddley Heroics stowage ready for Superglue :d . Possible annoyingly fiddley paint schemes planned...and DECALS! :'(
But...
WHY?
Like Smaug, lazing on his Gold, I sit...looking on MY, (less shiney...a bit!), lead pile...and think...they look nice! I think I will just gloat for a while...until I get HUNGRY for something else! :o
Sounds great, looking forward to the finished results.
But...
Think the dettol fumes might have got to you, open a window, quick! :P
Quote from: Heedless Horseman on 12 March 2016, 03:07:09 AM
Gotcha! :D
Doh! You got me!
Having said that I'll never look at Dettol again in the same way.
Quote from: Heedless Horseman on 12 March 2016, 03:07:09 AM
Like Smaug, lazing on his Gold, I sit...looking on MY, (less shiney...a bit!), lead pile...and think...they look nice! I think I will just gloat for a while...until I get HUNGRY for something else! :o
Been there, done that :D
Cheers
Ian
Aah...I love the smell of Dettol in the morning...it smells like...
Hmm...can you strip paint with petrol? Best not...heavy smoker! ;D
Must get a new toothbrush. Have M13/40s...
Always use dettol to strip figures in fact I've got about 8 panzer iv in soak,
Take care
Andy
Quote from: Heedless Horseman on 13 March 2016, 02:47:42 AM
Hmm...can you strip paint with petrol? Best not...heavy smoker! ;D
You
can strip paint with another highly flammable liquid.....Trouble is, that this one tends to melt plastic. ;D ;D
(Works on metal figures a treat, though.)
I still want to know if anyone has ever tried to get paint off figures with Steradent ?
Cheers - Phil
Steradent is that for cleaning false teeth
Take care
Andy
Have you been painting you teeth again, Techno?
(http://orig10.deviantart.net/1368/f/2010/239/2/8/colored_teeth_by_k1dy.jpg)
BTW, that shape lipstick is really you!
I wonder how vinegar would work?
Quote from: FierceKitty on 13 March 2016, 10:41:29 AM
I wonder how vinegar would work?
Dunno but I would think it's worth trying
Take care
Andy
Quote from: Womble67 on 13 March 2016, 10:33:26 AM
Steradent is that for cleaning false teeth
That's the kiddy, Andy.
When we used to do the painting demo's at GW stores...There was an old (HAH !) chap that used to swear blind that it stripped the paint off, beautifully.
We just assumed he was a bit strange, (HAH !..Says Phil, ..again) and never tried it.
For all I know, it could be the best thing since sliced bread. (I wonder if the MIL has got any ?)
Nobby....I don't paint my teeth....I just replace them with a ceramic putty. :P
Cheers - Phil
Ooooh.....Meant to say.
I once 'carbonized' the inside of a saucepan...(by letting it boil dry)...And used heated/boiling vinegar to loosen all the black crud.
(Didn't half make the kitchen stink...(Just a lot).....But it worked a treat.)
It might work. :-\
Cheers - Phil
I shall be trying that anon. There's a pan in dire distress....
Kitty.
Just be slightly careful.
When I've run short of 'dollies'.....I've used boiling water to loosen the green stuff from old 'masters', to give me some 'new' dollies to work with.
First time I tried this, the old masters got too close to the bottom of an old saucepan......OK...They were right on the bottom, in contact with the saucepan's base.....And they started to 'melt'.
If you can use something like a 'plastic' colander...try 'steaming them' in that.
Otherwise you might end up with 'blobs' of white metal instead of your original figures.
Cheers - Phil
I didn't make myself clear. It's a steel frying pan which got covered in carbonised korma a while ago. But your concern is appreciated!
In that case....If you can stand the rather noxious pong.....Or if you've got a super duper extractor.....Give it a whirl.
Might need a good couple of 'vinegar boils' though.
It'll smell far worse than a 'chippy' I'm afraid. ;) ;D ;D ;D ;D
Cheers - Phil
It worked. Thank you for the tip. I shall serve leeks as a side dish tomorrow in your honour.
I think I may approach the BBC with an idea for a series on kitchen disasters...and how to cope with them. ;)
Make a change from cooking programs. (Which bore me to tears, but Mrs T enjoys.)
Cheers - Phil ;)
PS....How does the kitchen smell now ?...I think it was at least 48 hours before ours stopped smelling like a chip shop.
We have several extractor fans, since there are no windows in that part of the house (ridiculous, I know). Kitchen smells mildly acidic, but no problem.