Best way to strip a Hasbro Titanium toy?

RogerH · Post by **RogerH** » Thu Nov 15, 2007 10:37 pm

I have a small die-cast metal Hasbro Titanium toy. What would give me better results when trying to strip it, brake fluid or acetone?

Joseph Osborn · Post by **Joseph Osborn** » Thu Nov 15, 2007 11:56 pm

If your intent is to repaint the diecast, can you just put a primer over the factory finish? Soaking it in a liquid to strip it could lead to all kinds of grief. Been there, done that. If you do decide to dip it, I have found Easy-Off oven cleaner (the real stuff, not the eco-friendly variety) to be a most effective stripper. It won't eat plastic parts like acetone. There are some more gentle chemicals, like Castrol Super Clean and Wesley's Bleach White, but they might not make a dent in the factory paint. Be prepared the spend time getting the crusty stuff out of the nooks and crannies on your diecast. I can't recommend brake fluid for anything other than master cylinders.

RogerH · Post by **RogerH** » Sat Nov 17, 2007 3:29 pm

I'm just stripping the metal parts of the piece, and I definitely want to strip it down to the bare metal. Is the oven cleaner the best bet?

Joseph Osborn · Post by **Joseph Osborn** » Sat Nov 17, 2007 10:04 pm

Yeah, I'd go straight to Easy-Off and skip the more gentle stuff. If you have a little plastic box (like a throwaway Ziplock container) you can spray the piece, seal it up, and it should be ready to scrub clean in a couple of hours. You must use rubber gloves to handle the part for scrubbing, too. Once you scrub off the goo, make sure you wash it really, really well to get rid of all the residue. Else, you could run into problems with your new paint. Back when I had a blasting cabinet, I could strip a piece like this with glass beads in about 20 or 30 seconds and it would be ready to paint immediately. I loved that blasting cabinet.

modeler1964 · Post by **modeler1964** » Sun Nov 18, 2007 9:13 am

Let me add to the safety equipment a pair of safety glasses or something to keep anything out of your eyes. Sometimes the brush can scatter the stripper/debris in places you definately don't want it!

Cloudwalker · Post by **Cloudwalker** » Sat Nov 24, 2007 5:03 am

While we're vaguely on the subject, does anyone make decals for the BSG Titanium Viper Mk 2 & Mk7? I've been wanting to do a repaint on these (because I have the reissued ones with the funky colors), but I'll never be able to even fake the pilot names and exhaust cautions, etc.