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Stripping paint from lexan: 15 products FAIL!

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Uploaded by on May 14, 2010

A follow-up to my How-To on removing paint from RC bodies, I test 15 different products including YouTube suggestions.

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  • TRY TESTORS '' ELO''

  • @RAGINGDEMON500 I did in response to another viewer's suggestion. Unfortunately it had no effect on the paint after several days of soaking :(

  • Use Carburetor and Jet Cleaner....It works..... I know this first hand.

  • @AustinHRobb I tried that twice at others' recommendations as well. Works very fast but then badly clouds and begins to powder & crack the Lexan. Possibly varies by exact brand & formulation.

  • do you know if the Acetone would take of paint from metal surfaces??

  • @23theprodigy It does!

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  • Hey.. great video.

    Im searching for a product to remove the paint from the front of a trading card. Leaving the holo foil surface behind to apply your own art to the card. Ive bought 2 different brands of acetone that other people have recommended and they both sucked. Any suggestions for a acetone brand or different product that may work please? thanks a lot

  • cant believe u put MEK on lexan. this stuff eats PVC Pipe man.

  • From where can you buy methyl ethyl ketone in Canada?

  • ight so i have a van its not an rc car but it has really crappy paint an i want it off do you think the acetone or laqur thinner will take that off?

  • I would love to see these products tried on autobody work....

  • Try Skydrol 500. It's the hydraulic fluid used in commercial jets to operate the landing gear and flight control actuators. The paint will bubble right off if you let it sit over night and skydrol is safe for many plastics.

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