I've been helping a housemate strip down his old Blood Angels, and we have got a system that seems to work.
You will need the following:
- A pair of resealable plastic tubs.
- A toothbrush, best make it a spare one as folk may not appreciate you borrowing theres.
- Dettol brown antiseptic liquid.
- Hot water.
- Washing up liquid.
- Rubber gloves.
- Some music or the TV to entertain you.
First thing you need to do is put the the models in your reasealable tub and then completely cover them in Dettol. Put the lid on and sit it out of the way overnight.
Drain the tub to get to the miniatures, the dettol can go down the sink but be paint chunks floating in it will clog your pipes so you will want to flip the lid over and use it to drain the liquid while trapping the paint crud which can then be binned.
Fill your second tub with hot water, add some washing up liquid and then chuck the miniatures in the hot water.
Pull on your gloves and grab your toothbrush as it is scrubbing time. The washing up liquid should stop the paint gunk from sticking to your brush and the models and should sink to the bottom.
Once you've scrubbed them take them out of the water and put them aside to dry. Once dry check to see if there are sticky, if it is then it needs to go back in hot water for some more scrubbing to get the last of the paint off.
Acrylic paint comes off dead easy with this, but the spray primer can put up more of a fight and does sometimes discolour the surface of the plastic but doesn't effect the detail. Especially thick paint may need another overnight soak in some fresh dettol.
Rinse and repeat until you are done and you will end up with paint free models ready for a fresh undercoat and painting.
Edited by Jimmy Carmine, 27 May 2011 - 10:25 AM.