yellowed murky plastic

[William Donzelli]

> How do you remove paint from plastic without damaging the plastic
> itself? Strikes me as being a bit different to getting paint off metal
> or wood, where chemicals aren't going to damage the underlying
> surface...

Some of the new environmentally safe strippers are pretty safe for
plastic.

Also, good old brake fluid works, as long as it does not contact the
plastic for more than a couple hours. This is what the train model geeks
do when they want to strip a model.

William Donzelli
aw288 at osfn.org