Tamiya Paint Remover, Any Good???
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- Опубліковано 24 сер 2024
- In this video we tryout the Tamiya Paint Remover on the Tamiya Durga shell I have spare...
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Glenn looks cracking mate really striking!! Glenn you will have to keep doing the vids once in a while mate after you wind down! you are the man! No gimmicks just decent content!😉👍
Thank you my friend 😊
@@TAMIYALegends yeah hopefully you will do an odd video 🤞🤞
I used to take ages using the same technique as you when removing paint from polycarbonate, until someone told me this technique. What you do is paint on the paint remover, then cover that with tissue to keep the fumes in ( the fumes adds to the paint removing process). You can add more paint remover to the tissue and soak it in, then leave for a few seconds, and then rub it and it will come off in seconds. It was a game changer for me when I used Carson paint killer. Give it a try
Excellent Colin someone else said something very similar. I’ll definitely give it a try next time buddy 😎👊🏻
@@TAMIYALegends you can also paint it on then take a large Ziploc bag and slide the body inside of it and seal it locks in the fuse and will pull the paint
great vid.. But.. I've used the paint remover on a body too but used a small brush to wet the paint in larger areas. Let it sit for a 20+ seconds and then use a cotton pad (what the misses use to remove make up) to wipe the paint off. Repeat that to really clean the body.
That goes better.
Yeah, I found cotton pads to work well too. Had to keep changing the cotton constantly so to reduce spreading the paint about. The cotton wool picked it up well.
Excellent thanks for sharing that my friend 😎👊🏻
Nitro as well as brake fluid will not have any kind of effect whatsoever if there's any kind of quality polycarbonate paint lime the traxxas spray paint and your just going to be literally pouring money away if you use either of those as paint stripper. Keep the nitro fuel in the tank and brake fluid in the master cylinder and purchase either of these tamiya products if you want to do things the right way! Awesome video and thank you for showing us how well it works
真的很棒，我的Serpent SRX-2 因为掉漆 打算重新喷涂 但不知道用何种方法 看到这期视频 让我充满了信心 我要重新喷绘一遍SRX2车壳 😘
Results look smashing - shows what can be done with the right products and plenty of elbow grease
Thanks Rob 😊👊🏻
Yeah I’m liking the look of that with the minimal decals. I stripped an entire original frog shell that had thick brushed on red and blue paint from the 80’s with Tamiya poly cleaner. Used the entire bottle and took about an hour and a half but did a great job. No cracking or cloudiness and then painted it box art.
Excellent Wade, it’s a shame they don’t do it in bigger bottles 👊🏻
Considering the wing: I would have sprayed it firstly in white from either side, doesn't matter. And afterwards sprayed it yellow from both sides. That way you would have had white backing for a very popping yellow from all sides.
But still awesome work and admiring persistence an the cleaning job.
Love your channel!
Thanks buddy yeah I’ve actually now done the wing to match the shell, it looks way better now 😊👊🏻
Yep nitro & brake fluid isn't the way to go a fox body I had totally disintegrated to nothing! literally it just washed away down the sink when I used that concoction😭 good informative vid 👍
Thanks Phil 😎
You are a very patient person you did a great job. It looks lovely
Thank you 😊
Looks pretty good. On the wing make one layer of green, a second on white, and a third on green. So you have not the problem with the transparency. Greetings
I’ve done that now my friend 🤩👊🏻
@@TAMIYALegends I know. For the next car 😊
Hi mate another great vid thanks
With the wing you could have put the white paint on after the first coat of yellow then backed that with the yellow again
Thanks Paul 😊. Yes I’ve actually done that now so it’s all matching 😎👊🏻
Great vid Glenn. If you ever need a new shell for the Durga kamtec in the UK sell a repro body and wing for about £8!!!
Wow £8 that’s ridiculous 🤩
@@TAMIYALegends yeah I know. Don't know why that one is so cheap. The balder version is cheap aswell
Helpful vid, thanks! This pandemic has driven another 70's kid back into rc. My curious son found my old Kyosho and Tamiya box of bits and pieces; they need a repaint. I wish we still had a track in Oakville.
I finally was able to purchase the Tamiya Polycarbonate Cleaner at my Hobby Shop. I used an old white t shirt and it worked. I tested on the rear wing first and it worked fine, only thing it that whoever painted the Hpi Diablo Gt used a transparent dark orange, gold and black.
Awesome job Glenn, great video! Shell looks amazing
Thanks Andrew 😊👊🏻
Here in the UK I've found De-Solv-It graffiti remover which is polycarbonate safe, and available at B&Q
thanks for that info on the remover going to see if i can get a bottle and try it on a top force shell
Excellent 🤩👊🏻
Hope your going along okay Glenn, all the best from the land down under mate, i`m always here watching every new video. j.
Thanks so much James 😊👊🏻
Looks like an Associated racer.. awesome
Great video! Just goes to show what a bit of elbow grease and a bit of determination can do. It looks stunning too. Far better than the original orange. A fascinating video from start to finish. Brilliant!😀👍
That color certainly pops, i wasn't liking it too much initially but seeing it complete on the buggy it's growing on me, if it had perhaps some other color on one section or two like a fairly large white stripe on each side going across the sides kind of like a turbo scorpion or a single wider one across the roof & too the front.
Yeah it is a little bland my friend, I may add to it at some point in the future 😊👊🏻
You have way more patience than I do. I would just buy a new body. Not crazy about the Neon Yellow but to each their own!
It’s all about making content 🤷🏼♂️
@@TAMIYALegends true enough! Cheers mate!
KEEP your channel Glen, your too good. Excellent content as ALWAYS!!!
🤔.......Maybe chuck some more ads in the mix to bring in some cash, if that's possible😃👊
Thanks buddy 😊
Yeah I don’t do the through video adds, I honestly think it’s poor for people to have to sit through them 😞. Always shows the channel is just out to make money!
@@TAMIYALegends That's what it's all about, making money. Throw some ads in, i'm sure people would rather put up with a couple more ads in the vid than you close the channel down👍
I agree. Anything to keep this awesome channel going. Im sure nobody would mind a few adds. Its too good to lose.👍👍
@@waitthatsgoingtocostyouext5450 🤔.......😃👊
So good old-fashioned elbow grease Glenn mate end result is fantastic well done mate👊😎👍🇬🇧😊🤟
Cheers buddy 😊
This would probably got a lot faster if you used more liquid. Try soaking a small rag in the paint remover then roughly go over big areas of the body. This will likely remove large amounts of paint quickly. Once you've got the bulk of the paint removed thst way you can go back and detail the missed parts the way you're doing it in the video. It'll probably take a tenth of the time to do it thst way.
Thanks for watching buddy 😊👊🏻
Here's a suggestion if you must use this. Get it properly soaked down using a bush or something. Stick the shell in a plastic bag and seal it. Leave there for about 6-8 hours. Makes it a lot easier.
Wow that is an awesome colour change and it looks fantastic, job well done and keep up the great vids and stay safe dude 🤘👍
Thanks Alex 😎👊🏻
Hi Glenn, you done a awesome job getting the paint off, great choice with the colour you used. 👊🏻👊🏻👊🏻
MattyG
Thanks buddy 😎👊🏻
TAMIYA Legends your welcome 👌
I use Tamiya paint remover for acrylic, lacquer and enamel paint, and you can reuse the remover even it turns dark from multiple stripped colour pigment and it hardly vaporise. I normally bath the whole part into it and wash it with foam soap. It will not make to plastic fragile, but it will dissolve putty and epoxy
The yellow looks amazing Glenn
Thanks buddy I like it 😊. You won’t lose it on the track that’s for sure 🤪👊🏻
Awesome video man. Love to watch the painting videos. He’s sticking around everybody LOL at least i hope so 😂
Thanks buddy 😊👊🏻
Arggh Glenn, that shell looked awesome in orange and black 😱😢
Next week can we put it back to orange😁? Also that buggy needs a Tamiya Legends decal!!! Patience and determination levels=Master! Thanks Glenn, great content!
Thanks Peter 😎👊🏻
Loving that colour ! I do like fluro colours though , cracking work
Thanks Andy 😊👊🏻
Great video Glen good advice as always thanks mate 👍
Thanks Martin 😊👊🏻
I did this on a shell and I got all the way through. Seemed clear as d food. Sprayed the new colour and found a few bits of paint I hadn't managed to clean off. Just dots of spray but the contrast in colour meant it showed up. I just left it and gave up. Ended up spending as much on cleaner as it would have been to get a new shell nearly so probably won't do it again.
Yeah I’ve had some disasters doing it to 😭😭😭
@@TAMIYALegends before painting take some glossy white photo paper and just hold it directly under the body's surface one part at a time to spot the occasional dots and marks. A bright lamp helps also. This immediately shows what otherwise would be hidden from plain sight.
Asura 78
That’s a great tip 🤓👊🏻
Great video and information,have a great weekend.
Thanks and you have a great weekend too my friend 😊👊🏻
Looks good, very bright 😎
If you have problems with the ball diff, there is a gear diff option 😉😂
I always have ball diff problems 🤪👊🏻
Interesting project. I do think the wing would benefit from a coat of white then a coat of PS27.
I’ve done that now buddy, looks way better now 😎👊🏻
Flouro-yellow looks great though! With some silver wheels those silver decals would look amazing too
Great video. Just a heads up, I've used this on 2 bodies. The first was an original Monster Racer. It made it brittle with some cracking but the body was still ok after many washes. I painted it and then reinforced it with the shoo-goo trick. It's mint now.
The second was a King-Cab TBG body that someone had painted terribly. This paint remover made the shell so brittle the wheel arches broke off and I had to throw it away. DO NOT USE ON A TBG BODY. REPEAT, DO NOT USE ON A TBG BODY.
Glenn I like it very much looks very cool, maybe put some numbers on it too which will finish it off :)
Yeah that’s a good idea buddy 😊👊🏻
Great Job Tamiya Legends...I really have to say it.
I would love to have an orange one with black wheels. 🙈
Lets see what I find in the shed...
Keep on with the great vids.
Got my polycarbonate paint cleaner from Germany,they posted to the UK no problems.
Excellent that’s good to hear, I’ll see if they’ll post over here 🤞🏻
Yeh! Loud proud and proper in your face, straight back to the 80/90s loving it!!!! and hat off to you for your perseverance in stripping the paint off the shell, think I would have said f$*! it and bought a new shell hahaha.
Arnold Applewhite
Thanks as always for watching my friend 😎👊🏻
Cool RC car kit very nice 8uild
Thanks buddy 😊👊🏻
Chrome polish and a dremmel with polishing pad for scratches:)
Another very interesting video and a wonderful end result too. It'd be great to have such a high performance basher. So many of your vehicle look so good that i would be too scared to thrash about and really have some fun with (im looking at you 'Hotshot'!). I hope you have an absolute blast with this car. Dont bother with the stress of filming it. Just get out there and have some fun!!👍👍
Wait! That's going to cost you extra.
Thanks buddy 😎👊🏻
Looks sick mate with the white wheels it pops I would pay good money for that
Thanks Jamie 😎👊🏻
Look awesome and great information
Thanks Chris 😎👊🏻
Awesome colour!
Thanks Richard 😊👊🏻
If I want to strip a shell I line the painted side with paper towels and wet them with Tamiya polycarbonate cleaner then put the whole lots in a ziplock bag removing as much air as possible.
Leave over night and all the paint comes off with out a problem.
yetisimon
Wow 😮 that sounds amazing 👊🏻
TAMIYA Legends I stripped a 1.5th scale losi mini shell using 3x 40m bottles of polycarbonate cleaner using the towel and bag method.
Also keeping it nice and cold stops the cleaner from evaporating.
Purple power, or super clean works. Just soak the body in it for about 24 hours and it’ll pretty much wipe right off, and it’s environmentally friendly if you’re concerned about what Greta thinks 😁 lacquer thinner works but can sometimes cause clouding
It's Tamiya, it has to be good...
Absolutely my friend 🤩👊🏻
@@TAMIYALegends Great video! I need to remove paint from a polycarbonate body like yours...
Do you think I need both products or one is enough? If so, which one was better.
In your video the polycarbonate cleaner seems to be better but you use mainly the paint remover...
I think white vinegar neutralises the paint remover and stops the chemical from eating away at the plastic after cleaning. I’ve used pure isopropyl alcohol to neutralise chemicals post-use before too. Not sure if it would work on lexan though 🤔
Glenn,its to late now BUT you should also try using different cloth to rub the paint with. Tissue really dries quick. Try different rag types,i bet you will see a difference.
gary murphy
Absolutely spot on Gary, I ended up doing the majority by cloth 😎👊🏻
A cheap airbrush might be the way to go as it would provide a constant misting of solvent instead of dipping a rag and it evaporating before it's done its job?:)
Great shout James, I would imagine that would work and save on time 😊👊🏻
And it would get you high as f@£k!!! Bonus
From experience, nitro fuel is a very safe method of removing standard acrylic paint. It won't make lexan brittle or cloudy. It's probably the second thing I try after standard alcool. However it won't work on PS paint, which is especially designed to resist nitro fuel. For PS paint, you need tamiya PC cleaner or carson paint remover, which is about the same but less expensive. I also had some success with floor cleaning products. Never tried brake fluid but we hear more horror stories about it than people having used it successfully.
Great information my friend 😎👊🏻
LoL , no Tamiya paint is nitro fuel proof , even fai will eat PS paint in seconds .
You have a cute cat! Perhaps maybe we get a proper introduction to him/her in a future video.
Haha yes I can do that my friend 😍👊🏻
shame that does not work on the hard bodies as I still has a broken Clodbuster to fix up and still have paint to remove, that took the paint off really good but its a lot of hard work but saying that the end result looks amazing!
Yeah it’s hard work for sure buddy, I wouldn’t want to do many jobs like this tbh 😬👊🏻
Small pieces of duct tape pulls of paint quite quickly depending on the paint job,how old etc.
Love it great job
Robert Revels
Thanks Robert 😊👊🏻
Looks great
Thanks buddy 😊👊🏻
I wonder if the paint remover is the same as Carson Paint Killer?
I believe it’s very similar Earl 😊👊🏻
I would have poured the paint remover in a dish and took a paint brush and painted it on. Let it set for a couple of mins them whipped the paint off. And then take the poly and use it to take any clouding or smeard paint off. Then ur not using up as much as the poly. That's just me thought! Hope it works out great for u. And I think it will come off slot faster and with less effort and abuse to it elbow. LoL..
What a nice job ❤💪
Thanks buddy 😊👊🏻
Beware! I used nitromors on my original Avante body to remove the old and tired paint job and it melted the whole thing.
Yeah that’s definitely a product to stay away from buddy 😬👊🏻
great job
Thanks buddy 😊👊🏻
My take on it is this. It takes such a long time to get a shell clean, that it only makes sense if you cannot buy another one. When doing up the price of the remover, cotton and what else have you, I see no point when you also factor in the cost of labour. I could be doing better things with my time that would make my life easier and save money elsewhere, so I don't see the point unless you cannot get a new shell.
So after painting my first shell in pearl white the dreaded black black bumpers got underneath the masking so have just ordered this combo to rescue the expensive shell.
I like it
Thanks Steve 😊👊🏻
I ended up using nail polish remover because its cheaper. Then poly cleaner at the end.
tamiya frog
Cool 😎 How did it turn out?
@@TAMIYALegends yeah really good it just clouds the back side but when you paint it ,it doesn't show on the top side. You can even sand polycarbonate on the inside but when you paint over it it looks shiney on the top.
I would be tempted to scuff up the inside first to cut through the outside of the paint film, increase surface area and get to the heart of the paint. I would then airbrush sections with the paint cleaner a panel at a time, it should waste less of the cleaner.. Leave it for a while to soften and then come in with the soaked cloth.
I used to wear socks that day-glo yellow colour to school in the 80’s. 😬
By the way, you shouldn’t do the disclaimer at the end. Your viewers are not children or idiots so if they bugger things up, maybe they’ll learn a valuable life lesson.
OMG 😆. Yes I had those socks too back in the day 🤪. I’d forgotten all about them 😂👊🏻
TAMIYA Legends I think they were made out of towelling type material. You’d pull your trousers down a bit when any a-hole teachers or the Head went by.
Alan Morris
I had the orange and Lime 😎👊🏻
that intro cut, lol
Lol 😂
If you want fancy editing your on the wrong channel 🤪👊🏻
Medline cotton tipped applicators NDS202000
Cool I’ll have a look 👀
If only I knew this before I butchered my original lexan Chevvy shell a few years (a lot of years) ago.....
Lol
The new paint scheme looks good. Have you ever done an ABS (hard Tamiya body) shell? If so, what have you used to remove the paint?
No I haven’t yet, I’ve done small parts and always used TPC and it works a treat 😊👊🏻
Dude won’t need this on your vanquish! Coming back for 2020!!! 58686
Golden Manuever
😊😊😊
TAMIYA Legends dude I cant wait hope you get one!!!
I can't even get the Poly cleaner, looking everywhere, not in stock, can't order from Japan because they do not ship to the U.S. because of COVID.
Mark G
Yeah it’s a strange product to get hold of 😬🤷🏼♂️
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My lexan always gets really foggy by the time I finish
Nitro nut here; fuel does not harm the paint any. We paint our lids the same way electric guys paint theirs, with the same paints.
Does this remover makes the body clouds?after remove
hi i got 959 rims and i would like to take the paint off u would u use this thanks
Hey 👋🏻
I would only use the Tamiya Polycarbonate Cleaner on plastic buddy 👊🏻
Would cotton makeup (those circular things my missus tells me she needs) work as good as cotton buds??
Ratty_Rex
Yes I actually think they would be perfect for the job 😊👊🏻
@@TAMIYALegends I'll be putting two lots in the trolley then. That'll confuse her...... and me probably.
Is it better or the same like the Carson Paintkiller ? Did you ever use the Carson one ? Did you only hear good News for the Carson product ?
H-J G
Yeah I’ve never used it but I believe it’s as goo as these two from what I’ve read 😊👊🏻
@@TAMIYALegends ok i will look what i can buy here in germany. My problem is that i want to clean a big 1:5 scale FG touring car Body. 🙈 There i will need big amounts of remover 😔
Does it works with spray can Tamiya TS and Surface Primer? I'm painstakingly tried with IPA 😄
The good stuff is Methoxy Propanol.
I did it on transformers toys but it had a shocking reaction problem it didn't erased easily but only lacquer thinner do, I am never going to use this paint remover again.
Doesn’t work on Pactra paint that is a real pain to remove - De Solve It works but discontinued because of EU laws.
Oh wow thanks for sharing that, much appreciated buddy 😊👊🏻
Its cheaper quicker and safer to buy a new body shell!
Awesome stuff Glenn
Can i hire u for cleaning a body i have ? :)
Tamiya polycarbonate cleaner u can buy from Germany, no problemo
Thanks buddy 😎👊🏻
Today I bought the Tamiya paint remover.
Almost 2 hours later and it does not seem to do much.... any help ?
It kinda looks like its working but not too sure. I bought an second hand body for about 7 US dollars xD
Dont know what paint was used for the body
Loving that colour. Finished car looks awesome 😁
Thanks Nigel 😊👊🏻
Testor's ELO
Another one I’ll check out Bill 👊🏻
You forgot to mention one thing: Did the fumes make you HIGH ?
Lol 🤪🤪🤪
@@TAMIYALegends If you compare the 2 highs, which one is best value for the money ?
Hello
Hey 👋🏻
Never cut inside a shell the masking tapes.
RC Cars Meetpoint Vienna
Hey 👋🏻
Not sure what you mean buddy?
@@TAMIYALegends the lines the black ones
RC Cars Meetpoint Vienna
Got yer 😊👊🏻
I've used the paint remover to do my wild dagger and works great , www.drifted.nl/nl/tamiya-body-cleaner-for-polycarbonate-body.html a dutch store sells it. Yeah, I'm Dutch.
To muck talk!!!. I should be moving forward and forward. Just to find the. Painting job.