My Matchbox Molestation

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[paelzermaen]

Caustic Soda and steel wool.
Would you like me to explain the process?

Yes, please.

[Tinman]

I've a bin full of stripped and polished bodies (so the current offering is kinda boring for me). Bring on the finished projects! A minor note, this thread should be in the restoration forum.

[GHOSTHUNTER]

I have asked that the pictures are posted there Joe, but if they come here we'll move them over.

Ghosthunter.

[Diecastmolester]

Not sure where the restoration forum is, but please feel free to move it there.

[radar]

You lot largely being in Blighty, I'd have surmised Molestation was where Ratty, Toad and Weasel parked for their daily commute.

[Diecastmolester]

Caustic Soda and steel wool.
Would you like me to explain the process?

Yes, please.

Let me show you by this example, a Spot On Goggomobil.



The process is always the same, and depending on the size of the models and the container you use, you can strip several models at a time.


1. Disassemble the model.





2. You need a suitable container made from something else than metal. I use those takeaway ones, which accumulate here in surprising quantity considering I'm actually not too keen on that foreign muck. Of course you also need Caustic Soda.





3. Place the pieces to be stripped in the container.





4. Add boiling water until the parts are completely covered.





5. SLOWLY add about two table spoons of Caustic Soda. Be careful, if you add it too quickly, you'll be showered in that stuff.
The chemical reaction is intense!





6. Watch witchcraft happen.





7. Should this not remove all paint like it did here, repeat 3-6.










8. Once this has been achieved, allow for the solution to cool a bit.





9. Then throw all the plastic parts in you want to strip paint off.



Leave them in for a while, there is no hurry.



10. Admire the result.





Disclaimer:

Health and Safety bollox, common sense, rhubarb, never without rubber, INR, etc, etc.

[GHOSTHUNTER]

Topic moved here.

Ghosthunter.

[Idris]

Health and Safety bollox, common sense, rhubarb, never without rubber, INR, etc, etc.

Watch out with caustic soda (the common name for sodium hydroxide). You really don't want to get it in your eyes, and if it ends up on your skin, it will turn the natural greases to soap (which is why the liquid feels slippery), meaning they will be washed off, leaving your skin cracked and dry. I know it's a bit Nanny State-ish, but I really would strongly recommend using safety glasses and rubber gloves when working with the stuff. (Here endeth the lesson.)

[Diecastmolester]

Yeah, but now on to the important stuff. The stuff I actually opened this thread for.