01 February 2020

How-to : Removing paint from plastic figures

Removing paint from plastic figures


You'll need the following items :

Household oven cleaner
Plastic gloves
Plastic bag
Plastic bucket
Detergent (washing-up liquid)















  1. Thanks John very useful.

    1. Thanks GReg. It's an old article but I hope it helps out.

  2. And you don't need to wash your figures before painting

    1. Yep, leaves them lovely and clean and degreased.

  3. Works on metal as well. I´d add, do a test on one from the Batch. I´ve had some go brittle using the method.

    1. Not tried on metal figures Paul. I tried on a couple of metal hot-wheels cars, but the paint on those things is thick and as strong as hell

  4. I learnt it in your web...thank you John!

    1. Glad to hear it, thanks for the comment !

  5. Never heard about oven cleaner as a paint remover. I'll try someday. Couple years ago I accidentally discovered that isopropyl alcohol washes paint off and to this day works for me like a charm. Usually I'm not in hurry so figures can take bath for couple of days but rather no need for so long exposure.

    In polish miniature blogsphere big hit is something called Durostrip by Biotech. Smelles, biodegradable agent for paint removing. I didn't try this yet. Unfortunatelly I see it's on domestic market only.