removing paint off factory painted body

[catspajamas]

i have a stalk outcast 4s blx id like to strip out and re paint the inside..

any known methods of removing paint off a stalk pre painted body ?

i have used dot4 brake fluid in the past with no problems on pactra paint..

 

[L0stB1t]

Well don't use acetone. It'll get the paint off quickly but it will also dull up the lexan.

From what I've read and seen there's no product that will remove all paint without damaging the lexan. I'd say try the brake fluid on an unimportant part first?

 

[Piecejointe]

I have never managed a really good result, just buy a body that fits, will save you the trouble and the potential exposure to toxic crap.

 

[catspajamas]

ive read tamiya has a paint remover .. has anyone tried it ?

 

[Crewchief227]

Well don't use acetone. It'll get the paint off quickly but it will also dull up the lexan.

From what I've read and seen there's no product that will remove all paint without damaging the lexan. I'd say try the brake fluid on an unimportant part first?

Not true, I repainted this body by stripping it with acetone

Does it look dull to you? And yes it's painted on the inside.

 

[L0stB1t]

Not true, I repainted this body by stripping it with acetone

Does it look dull to you? And yes it's painted on the inside.

That definitely looks great! My Kraton body didn't like acetone as much though: https://www.arrmaforum.com/threads/leds-for-kraton-body.11697/post-141437 . It's fine for the led lights but I wouldn't try to remove all paint.

I guess there are different kinds of lexan?

 

[arrmadillo]

Someone just painted a stock Granite body posted today. He removed the orange and painted it black, came out nice. No idea what he used.

 

[PaPa Thorn]

That definitely looks great! My Kraton body didn't like acetone as much though: https://www.arrmaforum.com/threads/leds-for-kraton-body.11697/post-141437 . It's fine for the led lights but I wouldn't try to remove all paint.

I guess there are different kinds of lexan?

Lexan is a brand name of a polycarbonate plastic. Each brand could make it differently from each other. Also each brand could make different types.

 

[Crewchief227]

Lexan is a brand name of a polycarbonate plastic. Each brand could make it differently from each other. Also each brand could make different types.

Yep, Team Associated lexan is pliable, a Proline C-10 body I just got for my son was thicker, but more brittle & prone to cracking. An Arrma body is somewhere in between. I did however get to feel a Proline Brute body at my lhs, and it was incredible how stiff it was.

 

[jondilly1974]

it was incredible how stiff it was.

 

[Crewchief227]

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? I was just PM talking to Mitch at m2c the other night on Fb messenger, when he was responding to me breaking his drill bit on 6mm jbi towers, and he said, "You just gotta drill it slow & steady". I used the same joke on him. ??

 

[LibertyMKiii]

I did the brake fluid method on a SCT body once. I'll never do that again.... So worth the money to order a new body!

 

[arrmadillo]

I did the brake fluid method on a SCT body once. I'll never do that again.... So worth the money to order a new body!

I agree, brake fluid is so corrosive and caustic I can't see using it for that. If there isn't a easier or less caustic way to strip the paint, new body is the way to go.

 

[PaPa Thorn]

I did the brake fluid method on a SCT body once. I'll never do that again.... So worth the money to order a new body!

I was using brake cleaner to clean diff gears. I started with rubber gloves on, they melted right off.

 

[jondilly1974]

I was using brake cleaner to clean diff gears. I started with rubber gloves on, they melted right off.

Brake cleaner isn’t the same as brake fluid.

 

[PaPa Thorn]

Brake cleaner isn’t the same as brake fluid.

Wait, people use brake fluid to clean diffs? F that, I open a bottle of that crap inside and I'm hacking. I've always hated the smell, that and actual diff fluid for cars. That sickening movie theater butter smell.


Edit: Yeah, I just saw he typed fluid and not cleaner.

 

[jondilly1974]

Wait, people use brake fluid to clean diffs? F that, I open a bottle of that crap inside and I'm hacking. I've always hated the smell, that and actual diff fluid for cars. That sickening movie theater butter smell.


Edit: Yeah, I just saw he typed fluid and not cleaner.

They use brake fluid to strip the paint off a body, which it will do. Your use of brake cleaner on diffs is a good idea as well. It’s just two different fluids for two different tasks.

 

[Wheels007]

Not true, I repainted this body by stripping it with acetone
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Does it look dull to you? And yes it's painted on the inside.

Hideous! j/k. looks good!

 

[JvG]

I was using brake cleaner to clean diff gears. I started with rubber gloves on, they melted right off.

Next time try electric cleaner, it works much better for removing silicon oil