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General Modelling Forum => Tips, Tools, and Techniques => Topic started by: Leading Observer on August 08, 2014, 01:29:55 AM

Title: Model Prep - best method
Post by: Leading Observer on August 08, 2014, 01:29:55 AM
Hi folks,

Probably been asked on here before, but I don't know what keyword to search for [if you don't know how to phrase the question, you can't get the correct answer :banghead:], so here goes anyway what is the collective :bow: opinion on the best method to remove the grease/oil/release agents on injection moulded kits?
Title: Re: Model Prep - best method
Post by: Old Wombat on August 08, 2014, 01:49:16 AM
Warm (maybe even tepid), soapy (don't get carried away) water & either a soft toothbrush or a nail brush (as used for cleaning under fingernails).

Scrub gently.

Rinse & let air dry (covered with a lint-free cloth if dust is a problem).

That's my method ........... when I'm not too impatient to remember. :blink:
Title: Re: Model Prep - best method
Post by: Dizzyfugu on August 08, 2014, 01:57:30 AM
Same here - even though I only do this with short-run kits, and resin or vinyl parts. Esp. the latter can bear unpleasant surprises through silicone etc., while IP kits rarely (if at all) call for a soapy bath.
Title: Re: Model Prep - best method
Post by: darthspud on August 08, 2014, 02:58:26 AM
warm , lightly soaped water, (two or three drops of fairy liquid) in a sink, soft clean cloth to wipe over and remove some excess then air dry for atleast 8 hours somewhere dust free, then a final wipe off with a half inch soft paint brush to get rid of any dust that might have collected.
Title: Re: Model Prep - best method
Post by: pyro-manic on August 08, 2014, 10:20:51 AM
Resin gets a quick wash in slightly warm water with a dash of washing-up liquid. I don't bother with washing IP kits, and I've never had an issue.
Title: Re: Model Prep - best method
Post by: darthspud on August 09, 2014, 04:51:40 AM
Hard learned lesson with some of my recent Airfix armour builds and land rovers.
Didn't clean one of the 1/76 hard top landrovers , and spent almost a week removing a really blotchy coat of paint.

The L/R looked like it had measles, paint had pooled and split all over and gone gloopy, wouldn't dry at all. Ended up using some oven cleaner to strip it all off.
I wash all my builds now.

Title: Re: Model Prep - best method
Post by: NARSES2 on August 09, 2014, 05:37:32 AM
As for the others, warm soapy water for resin. I.P. kits only get washed if they feel particularly oily, some Chinese manufactured kits definitely need a wash.
Title: Re: Model Prep - best method
Post by: luft46models on August 25, 2014, 10:55:55 PM
For resin kits I generally leave the warm soapy water cleanup to the first PSR cycle, I know I will be doing a few cycles so it will be very clean by the time I get to the primer stage.

William in Oz
Currently wrestling with the Toad resins BV P202 - Dremeling away!