Premium Member, Darryl L Huffman The brake booster is similar to that used on JB Camira models. I have tried all kinds of household chemicals to try to hurt it,so far I have tried brake cleaner,carb cleaner,acetone,oven cleaner,even citrus paint … So I want to play around with the old body. Power Steering fluid and Dot 3 brake fluid are two sure ways to remove the paint and cheap too. Our favorite way to remove paint or stain is to use this chemical stripper called Citristrip. By day three the only sign I had that there was a brake fluid spill was a little bit of moisture and a slight white outline of where the fluid used to be, which wiped off easily leaving the paint intact and unaffected. Great how-to content and kit reviews help builders of all skill levels to improve their 1/16, 1/24, 1/25, and small-scale models. Removing Paint From Porous Brick, Wood and Concrete. Brake Fluid - Cheap, works fairly quickly - fill a bucket, dunk the part(s) in it for a few hours, remove and scrub with an old toothbrush - wear gloves Super Clean (Castrol Super Clean) - "The purple stuff" - best stuff found so far - fill a bucket/tub, immerse the parts for a couple hours, remove and rinse/scrub with a toothbrush - WEAR GLOVES 23,721 posts. Bob, find someone with a glassbeader. Brake fluid can serve as an acceptable alternative to paint stripper for removing paint from small metal or plastic objects. If, however, you don't plan on repainting the object but prefer instead to show off the wood grain underneath (or stain it at most), then you're going to have to remove every last drop of old paint. Or maybe, the carpet where the fluid soaked in can be cut up. This is amazing! Scalecoat works well, but will require a long soak at times to remove 25 year old paint. Brake cleaner can be used in many situations where there are stains that are hard to remove. 9. Brake fluid, particularly DOT3 and DOT4, will erode automobile paint; eventually, the paint tainted by the brake fluid will delaminate from the substrate. Some brake fluid was spilled inside the van of a friend. Nail polish remover.using cotton buds..... works .... http://www.dougcoffey.com/html/model_railroad.html, http://www.modvid.com.au/html/body_mario_rapinett.html. I'd be afraid it would take forever to clean off the residue so paint would stick again, especially in all the nooks and crannies of a radio cabinet. I got it for the body...it came with hilarious trucks with truck-mounted couplers and really hokey figures on the 'detailed interior'. Sanding is best kept for small projects unless you want to hire an industrial sander to remove paint … They remove the plastic as well. Braking hard, going downhill for a long period, towing, or racing can speed up this process. It can remove loose paint fantastically, so it’s going to be a useful companion on your paint removal job. Like oil and grease stains, these dark red stains can be … Used to use it on model planes from time to time back … I've read here that coating a Bakelite radio in brake fluid and placing it in a plastic bag overnight will remove the paint. I was thinking of trying a custom paint job as stuff like that is right up my alley. Glass generates heat. And most importantly, it works time and time again. I am getting ready to add fluid to my "completely new" 1969 Disc brake system. 10. It is designed not to damage metal car parts or plastic pipes but also to prevent corrosion and remove … If I had a piece … For latex drips, try denatured alcohol or a product like Goof-Off, both available in paint and hardware stores. Bakelite and plaskon (the ivory coloured hard plastic, sometimes erroneously called "White Bakelite") don't have this issue, I don't know about Catalin, but probably not as well since it's similar chemically. Find out the other 10 Surprising Things that Damage Vehicle Paint. Clean the spot off the car. Bob, I always had pretty good luck with brake fluid, at least on plastic models, but I think I remember using it on die-cast stuff too. You can buy it at any gas station and at many run-of-the-mill supermarkets. While I've had brake fluid that leaked from a master cylinder strip some paint, I don't think I'd use it to strip a radio cabinet. Tip: get your spray paint from an auto parts store and get a color designed to be an exact match for some car. I just stripped off heavy, old paint from a Lambert brass RPO that I picked up on eBay. I'll have to be more vigilant with that model because the brake fluid, if left unattended, will dissolve plastic. The chemical reaction of glycol on the car paint works like an aggressive solvent. So I had a weed pump sprayer and bough about 4 gallon cans of brake fluid. The key is to find "cheap" brake fluid. Your friend is screwing with you. When I wiped off the fluid, off came the paint too. 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