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Date: 07/21/15 16:32
An "Oh, crap, the paint is ruined" moment
Author: 4thDistrict

While painting a Walther's structure kit with Tamiya TS-27 white paint, I had a lapse of attention and applied this very fine paint way too heavy in a couple of places and it ran. Can anyone recommend a safe way to strip the paint off this type of plastic so I can do a better job the second time?

Thanks for any help you can provide to bail me out of a ruined paint job. 

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Date: 07/21/15 19:08
Re: An "Oh, crap, the paint is ruined" moment
Author: Frisco1522

I don't know about plastic.   I was painting a brass engine with lacquer once and got a run.  I "dabbed" it with the sticky side of a piece of masking tape and kept lightly spraying it with thinner, all before it dried, and eventually recovered the mess.
I miss painting with the old nitrocellulose lacquer.  The acrylic stuff just isn't the same.

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Date: 07/21/15 20:04
Re: An "Oh, crap, the paint is ruined" moment
Author: CCT41

Try rubbing alcohol

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Date: 07/21/15 20:05
Re: An "Oh, crap, the paint is ruined" moment
Author: pmack

I've used Tamiya a few times and remember thinning it with denatured alcohol.  That would probaby take it off and leave the plastic unharmed.  Without further suggestions, paint and test it on a scrap first.

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Date: 07/21/15 23:54
Re: An "Oh, crap, the paint is ruined" moment
Author: Stottman

90% alcohol from the drug store will fix all your problems. 

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Date: 07/23/15 02:42
Re: An "Oh, crap, the paint is ruined" moment
Author: Lt51506

Do what any other civil engineer would do - Plant Ivy :)

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