TestorsCorp. Easy Lift-Off Remover 8 oz TESF542143 Plastics Paint Acrylic

I ordered this to remove paint from a custom painted action figure and it did a fine job, without the harshness of pure acetone. The seller packaged this very well to prevent a spill during shipping. It works fast, and is easy to wipe a model or figure clean after use. It comes in a large can and is fairly expensive, but it should last for many projects before needing replenished.

This stuff right here? Straight outta Sanford and Son’s garage—if Fred had this back in the day, every junkyard find would’ve looked showroom-ready! Testors Easy Lift-Off Remover is the real deal. I slapped this on an old model that looked like it had survived three paint jobs and a toddler with a Sharpie, and within minutes… BAM! Clean as Lamont’s conscience (well, most days).It’s powerful, effective, and just plain fun to use. Smells like it means business, and buddy—it does. Whether you’re cleaning up your latest hobby disaster or giving a second life to your childhood plastic car, this is the secret sauce. Red Foxx would’ve called it “the big one” of paint removers. Grab a bottle, put on the theme music, and get to lifting!

I used this product to strip decades-old enamel paint from plastic model kit parts. It worked like a charm in most cases the old paint lifted right off the plastic. Once in a while an additional dunking of the part was needed. I did note that in some cases the plastic seemed more brittle than usual after use.

This product does work pretty good with models and is reusable for a while until there's to much paint in solution. You only need a couple ounces at a time. One issue I had was it isn't really sealed and just has a small plug so it leaked a little in shipping. One other issue is, as stated, it doesn't work on all paints. Acrylic no problem but I had some older models with an unknown paint and it had no effect.

ELO is a replacement for Scalecoat which I had used extensively to strip factory painted HO trains to repaint. Update: My first experiment is on three old Athearn blue box SD40-2s in factory paint. These bodies are the soft black styrene and Athearn paint tends to be heavy, especially the Kodachrome SP yellow and red over black base coat.I observed that I got better with practice stripping paint without degrading the plastic, saving the Kodachrome for last and it is nearly perfect. I did the 2nd unit on an 80 F plus day in the sun and found the stripper is more reactive and I couldn't work fast enough before the light spirits evaporated, and the body began to soften. I did much better on a 55 degree day in the shade with more scrubbing.I strongly recommend you wear disposable purple nitrile gloves (it will eat through them eventually) and transfer a half ounce to a glass jar to minimize loss from a spill, as this stripper is very spendy and needs to be used sparingly. I spent about 45 minutes using an Oral B toothbrush, wiping with a paper towel as I go. ELO needs to be rather wet. The surface can appear rough with a gray patina which is not hopeless when I airbrush smurf blue for CONRAIL, as these engines were weathered.My next experiment will be to test a P2K and an Atlas as the styrene is the harder light material, and also a Bachman, a softer styrene. I have heard stories that a Kato body will melt, although neither I nor my train buddies have experience to know if ELO is safe on them. Always test where potential damage won't ruin your model.I can attest that ELO can completely strip paint off a styrene model without damage, if you work fast on a cool day, wipe off the dirty stripper as you go with paper towel, and watch for signs of softening. If you get tired, wash the plastic (I use a Windex-style spray) and soak in water, then go back the next day to finish. Too hot a day, or leave it on too long and it may soften the styrene.

After trying to use LATA, Purple Power, 90%+ alcohols, sonic cleaning, and simple green, there is nothing faster at stripping a model of all its paint than this stuff.I can say that it has been model safe for my 40K, AOS, Legion (both hard & soft plastic), and battle tech models when I just left them in solution. Wasn't intending to soak them, so haven't gone any further than a couple of days.Here's the thing though; while fast, it takes the most active effort to remove paint. The top layers start to dissolve in a soak, but that's it. You NEED to scrub to get paint to strip. This also means the nooks and crannies will require less standard brushes to get in there well (used a keyboard brush set for best effect).So, if you have the intent to strip something quickly and the time to scrub a model yourself, this is the best you can get. For the price, if you don't need to strip a model immediately, the $1-3 LATA bottles is more reasonable.

It takes a little time to start working, but once the paint starts to krinkel, the paint is as good as gone. I just wish that it came in a larger size.

Did not work for me!!0