The only problem with collecting old miniatures from my youth (80/90s) is that sometimes they come covered in loads of paint. Occasionally that paint job is pretty awesome and worth saving, but most of the time its not to my taste. Even to the point that I'm stripping stuff I painted when I was 15. I've made plans and style choices about the miniatures and it just doesn't fit with my current ideas. So over the last 18 months, I've used a few different things to strip them, each without damaging the metal or plastic. First was Fairy Power Spray, then metholated spirits, and more recently BioStrip 20 and BioStrip Basic. Both of these recent additions strip paint and glue from metal miniatures, but more importantly they also work on plastics. So far I've tried a mixture of different plastic types, some old 89/90 Rogue Trader Imperial Guard, metal Eldar with plastic arms, and more recent GW plastics.
Between the BioStrip 20 and BioStrip Basic the main difference is the
price. But while 20 is more expensive, in my experience I would say is
does a much better job. You need less scrubbing of the details and
recesses, while it seems to shift those stubborn bits of paint without
additional soaking.
Before, using BioStrip.
After, and a little scrubbing in hot soapy water.
My jet bikes.
Original Blacked Bullock Jetbike now all shiney.
Pretty much everything I have painted up till recently I have been using BioStrip 20 to sort my minis, its only within the last month that I've move to just BioStrip. As long as you don't mind the little bit extra effort, its well worth using.
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