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Stripping Paint? Sandblast it!
     
August 20, 2013 by DreamKnight
Taking the tour for a 100th time at Badger for the sake of Hugo from Ichiban Painting something really cool came up. Ken picked up this odd looking airbrush and was offhandedly talking about how it was used to etch glass and metals and other things. He said, "It'll blow the paint right off the surface".

This was when Hugo and I looked at each other and kinda raised our eyebrows. This prompted me to ask the simple question, "Wait, that would blow the paint off our miniatures too?" So I grabbed a set to take home and first thing I did, trying hard to ignore all the GenCon goodies, was to try this out.

Watch the video and let me know what you think. It actually works pretty good abet a bit messy. I feel like I just came home from the beach afterwards.

It's pretty inexpensive to get and I can think up a few things to try already with this including some realistic weathering effects.

Get it at webairbrushes.com (under airbrushes model 260):
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You can get the set here on Amazon: http://amzn.to/14Xv1ui
About the Author
Chung runs the Wargamers Consortium and has been painting and playing wargames for more of his life. He loves to get into different types of wargames and spends most of his time making videos for others to learn and enjoy.
Comments: 7
Revliss said:
Posted: Aug 20, 2013
have you try it on finecast ?some how i have the feeling that is will strip the finecast resin it self ..
The_Oracle said:
Posted: Aug 20, 2013
I worked o this about 5 years ago, and it is not easy to do- it makes a mess unless you have a booth to contain the media(a box isnt enough-you'll end up with dust all over yourself and room). It seems like an easy answer, but it creates several problems including the cost of the blasting media and the requirement for a real air compressor- as this uses alot of air and an airbrush compressor is not going to be enough. Using baking soda requires more air pressure- as it has less mass than the aluminum oxide abrasive. Re-using it also has a limited effect- as it gets duller with each use and gets contaminated with paint residue(not mention what gets lost from flying out of the box and floating into the room). So- the start up cost on this will likely be far more than most gamers will want to reasonably shoulder. I have the equipment for this- for a glass etching hobby, but I stick with traditional chemical stripping methods as the mini sandblasting takes even longer. It has some applications for weathering, and possibly spot removal of paint of sections when you make a mistake and want to erase a section (mask off the rest of the model). Safety Note- For anyone that does try this- along with a mask- I would also recommend goggles, not just glasses but goggles. A full blasting booth is the ideal, but its unlikely anyone will have access or make that level of investment ;) I even wear a welding hood to keep the stuff out of my hair >.<
DreamKnight said:
Posted: Aug 20, 2013
I won't try it on Fine Cast Revliss. lol
Revliss said:
Posted: Aug 20, 2013
not on the mini it self of cos try it on the what ever you call it ? bits? sprue ? the useless stuff that you tost away. no need to paint it just blast away and see if it get dented right away :D or you don't have any finecast
DreamKnight said:
Posted: Aug 20, 2013
haha I have some finecast (don't tell anyone) but I will go over that in the next video for sandblasting. I'm thinking about a way to make a booth so this stuff doesn't get all over the place because it DOES. It's crazy. But I think I can build a relatively cheap enclosed booth for this.
xen0c1de said:
Posted: Aug 22, 2013
Did you try it on metal models? Most models with paint i'd like to strip are old metal ones.
DreamKnight said:
Posted: Aug 22, 2013
It should work as well on metal models but I'll give it a try in another video
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