I painted a plastic car with Wal-Mart Krylon spray paint. I want to strip the paint and use another but I can't remove the paint. I have seen tutorials to use Easy-Off, Brake Fluid and Castrol Super Clean CSC (purple stuff). I have tried all 3 with sporadic success. Any other products I can try that won't melt plastic car?

If those three didn't work (which I'm surprised the brake fluid didn't work) I say get it as smooth as possible by wetsanding. Once its smooth just reprime and repaint.

mnm1067 said:
If those three didn't work (which I'm surprised the brake fluid didn't work) I say get it as smooth as possible by wetsanding. Once its smooth just reprime and repaint.

Totally agree with M&M here.... How long did you let it sit in the purple pond??? I have left mine in the pond for days and even weeks at times to do the trick... Seems odd it just won't remove the paint...

Sorry to hear about your paint problems. I use all the same ones you mentioned. With somewhat complete success. I just discovered (by accident) Mr. Clean Magic Eraser, it basically some sort of sponge. It's white and very dense, and I used it to wipe down the body after it came out of the "Purple Pond" and it completely took off all the remaining paint residue. HTH's

Maybe I'm not leaving it in long enough. I thought 4 - 8 hours was enough, so I tried 24 hours. I'll leave it in a few more days. I agree with MnM, will wet sand, prime and start again if that doesn't do it. And I'll look for the Magic Eraser too.
(By the way MnM, love the avatar).

I have used the same paint with varying results. I would say at least 24 hours in some CSC and some good scrubbing with a scrub brush will get about 95% of the paint off.

I have had varying success with all three products (brake fluid, degreaser and oven cleaner). Here is what I have noticed over the last 14 months of stripping paint:

1. All methods take time (days to weeks) and most need more than one dose/dip. I usually let parts soak for 24 hours, scrub/scrape, and repeat as necessary.

2. Purple degreaser does not work well with flat paints.

3. Of the three, I prefer oven cleaner (yellow can). When oven cleaner is used, make sure the container is sealed … the fumes do a lot of the work.

4. Take the necessary eye, skin and respiratory precautions

5. Dispose of wastes properly … these are chemicals.

Good luck with your project Mike and hope to see it posted here as a WIP.

Chris

I had a body that had to swim for 2 weeks. Then I would take it out and toothbrush it and let it swim some more.

That reminds me. I have a pinto metal body that is in the pond. It's been there three years. Hope it's still alive.

Hey Mustang GaryK actually created my avatar for me. I like it too...in fact it's the best work ever done by anyone anywhere. I am still truly baffled by how long it takes brake fluid to work for everybody. I use automotive paints as primers and then usually Tamiya lacquers and I have never had to leave a body in brake fluid for more than a weekend. My 1970.5 Camaro that I did had been painted with Duplicolor primer/sealer and Tamiya paints for a top coat. It had dried for three weeks before I decided to strip. I left it in brake fluid over the weekend then used a hard bristle toothbrush to take all the paint off. Paint and primer came right off, the toothbrush just helped me get all the nooks and crannies. The body didn't look perfect (actually it looked as though someone had started to paint it and then had a seizure) but after a quick rinse, dry and primer it was perfect. Do you guys keep your brake fluid outisde? I keep mine inside in a container and do the stripping inside as well...maybe that is the difference?