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| | | Author: | mery  | | Posted: | Jul 23, 2021 08:55 | | Subject: | How to remove paint? | | Viewed: | 88 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| Hello,
I have old Lego on which the tubes have been painted.
I have tried to remove the paint with soap, washing-up liquid and even white
spirit, unsuccessfully.
Any ideas how to remove paint from Lego?
All suggestions welcome!
Thank you.
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| | | | | Author: | krisz590 | | Posted: | Jul 23, 2021 18:11 | | Subject: | Re: How to remove paint? | | Viewed: | 47 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, mery writes:
| | Hello,
I have old Lego on which the tubes have been painted.
I have tried to remove the paint with soap, washing-up liquid and even white
spirit, unsuccessfully.
Any ideas how to remove paint from Lego?
All suggestions welcome!
Thank you.
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Hi there, soak in brake fluid for 24 hours, will not affect plastic, James.
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| | | | | | | Author: | mery | | Posted: | Jul 30, 2021 17:20 | | Subject: | Re: How to remove paint? | | Viewed: | 24 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, krisz590 writes:
| | In Help, mery writes:
| | Hello,
I have old Lego on which the tubes have been painted.
I have tried to remove the paint with soap, washing-up liquid and even white
spirit, unsuccessfully.
Any ideas how to remove paint from Lego?
All suggestions welcome!
Thank you.
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Hi there, soak in brake fluid for 24 hours, will not affect plastic, James.
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Thanks for your answer.
I didn't have any brake fluid so I couldn't try that.
But in the end I managed to remove the paint using perfume (eau de cologne) at
70°.
So I think using "rubbing alcohol" (Isopropyl) at 70° or above does work to remove
paint from Lego. In fact the stronger it will be, the easier it should remove
the paint effectively. "Rubbing alcohol" at 90° must be quite effective.
In the unlikely case that my experience can help someone else.........
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