Great lacquer cleaner

[dai phan]

Hi all

I bought this at my local store for 7 USD that it cleans lacquer paint out really well. Even better than the Mr Color thinner and leaves the color cup shinny in seconds. Dai   

 

[is it windy yet?]

Just remember that stuff is a lot stronger than mr. thinner.  Works great in cleaning paint from the airbrush, as you say better than the hobby brands.  Just don’t use it on styrene. 

[zeus60]

What store did you buy that at?  I don't think I've ever seen that brand.

Stacey

[Mstor]

For cleaning airbrushes I just get whatever cheap lacquer thinner is available at the local hardware store. As "windy" said, don't apply directly to styrene as it will craze the surface. Mr Color lacquer thinners and Tamiya lacquer thinners can be used directly on styrene. I used them to remove Mr. Color and other lacquer paints from plastic.

[dnl42]

Exactly as @is it windy yet? and @Mstor wrote. The hardware store stuff for cleaning your airbrush and mixing equipment. MLT for thinning paint. Plain Mr Color Thinner for stripping paint from your model as well as shaping Mr Surfacer 500 and Tamiya Putty.

 

I did a complete strip down the the P-51D, Bad Angel, in my current sig.

[dai phan]

13 hours ago, is it windy yet? said:

Just remember that stuff is a lot stronger than mr. thinner.  Works great in cleaning paint from the airbrush, as you say better than the hobby brands.  Just don’t use it on styrene. 

Right ! Thank you for the reminder. This is ONLY for cleaning and it does clean really well. Makes color cup shinny clean in seconds. Dai 

[dai phan]

11 hours ago, zeus60 said:

What store did you buy that at?  I don't think I've ever seen that brand.

Stacey

I bought at Lowe's hardware store. For 7 bucks ! Dai 

[admiralcag]

Hardware store lacquer thinner is great for cleaning!

 

Vern

[Helmsman]

Indeed. I also use it sometimes to thin Mr. Color pains for airbrushing when need quicker drying (compared with leveling thinner).

[admiralcag]

22 hours ago, Helmsman said:

Indeed. I also use it sometimes to thin Mr. Color pains for airbrushing when need quicker drying (compared with leveling thinner).

Interesting. I may have to try that.

 

Vern

[dai phan]

I found out something about this cleaner. Do NOT use it to strip paint of plastic items. The juice will MELT them. Dai  

[is it windy yet?]

Yeah that is what I meant when I said just don’t use it on styrene. 

[dai phan]

14 minutes ago, is it windy yet? said:

Yeah that is what I meant when I said just don’t use it on styrene. 

Agreed! 

 

[Mstor]

On 5/29/2020 at 3:06 AM, dai phan said:

I found out something about this cleaner. Do NOT use it to strip paint of plastic items. The juice will MELT them. Dai  

 

Yes, a number of people, myself included, warned against this. It will melt/craze the surface of plastic. Use Tamiya or Mr Color lacquer thinners instead. They are much milder.

[dai phan]

3 minutes ago, Mstor said:

 

Yes, a number of people, myself included, warned against this. It will melt/craze the surface of plastic. Use Tamiya or Mr Color lacquer thinners instead. They are much milder.

I learned the hard way ! Dai