Reply To: Stripping plastic minis

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What you end up with is a horrible brown smelling sludge on the models and it makes then stink to high heaven.

I’ve only stripped a few models but in all cases I’ve used Dettol. Yeah I smells a bit but I’ve never had this sludge left on my models once I’ve given them a good scrub with a toothbrush. I’ve heard if you add water to the Dettol soaked paint it can go really sticky and difficult to remove but I only use water once all of the paint is removed.
I have noticed that for the next few days the miniature smells of Dettol but really that’s not too surprising since it’s been soaking in the stuff for a day or so, but the smell doesn’t stay and soon fades to nothing,

Like Gerry said the same Dettol can be reused several times to strip additional miniatures, and to me it’s pretty easy in the UK to find.

Going to check out that video anyway because I’m always open to new information. I’m just saying that so far I’ve had no problems using it.