The Cameraman Posted March 30, 2014 Share Posted March 30, 2014 Good Afternoon Guys n Gals, well as various kit's, part kits, after market stuff etc has started to arrive at my home, I thought I'd ask for your recommendations as to what cleaning/washing techniques you use for plastic kit builds, in my case 1/24 scale Mini's. So what do you use? I'd be guessing luke warm water, with some mild type of soap or detergent. Anyway rather than making a pigs ear, I thought I'd see what others do. Thanks in advance for any replies. Regards Reggie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shood23 Posted March 30, 2014 Share Posted March 30, 2014 I normally dip all parts in a washing up bowl of slightly soapy water swill it round a bit take it out and put to the side while I empty thebbowl and refill with clean water (no soap) and dip the parts again then leave to dry in a warm place then between stages it things get mucky/finger prints on then I wipe them off with a micro fibre cloth with some widow cleaner on, it has degreaserdegreaser In Hope this helps as it's never failed me 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarlet Posted March 30, 2014 Share Posted March 30, 2014 I've never washed plastic kit parts and never had any problems. Resin however is a different matter. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S5 modeller Posted April 22, 2014 Share Posted April 22, 2014 I have painted straight onto resin parts without washing them, with no problems, maybe just got lucky. I find that they tend to smell like wd40 though. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schumyboy83 Posted April 23, 2014 Share Posted April 23, 2014 I tend to use a sink of warm water and some fine wet and dry sand paper and rub the parts down to take the shine of the parts and dry wih some kitchen towel, Works a treat for me... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Cameraman Posted April 23, 2014 Author Share Posted April 23, 2014 I tend to use a sink of warm water and some fine wet and dry sand paper and rub the parts down to take the shine of the parts and dry wih some kitchen towel, Works a treat for me... Hi Schumboy, so what sort of a grade of wet and dry are we talking of? Regards Reggie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spruecutter96 Posted April 23, 2014 Share Posted April 23, 2014 Rather than use warm water, I use Maplins Aerosol Foam Cleaner (about 4 quid a can). This has the bid advantage that it's leaves the surface chemical-free and you can start painting ten minutes after using it. Cheers. Chris. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
griffsrw Posted April 23, 2014 Share Posted April 23, 2014 i always use the warm lightly soapy water technique, but i may invest in some of the maplins spray clean. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schumyboy83 Posted April 23, 2014 Share Posted April 23, 2014 Hi Schumboy, so what sort of a grade of wet and dry are we talking of? Regards Reggie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schumyboy83 Posted April 23, 2014 Share Posted April 23, 2014 Im using 1000 grit at the moment.. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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