I’ve used classic detol for everything and never had issues.  I may have had an old gw base get a little soft.  Always test one piece before committing a whole box of toys.  Detol variants may create problems.  I think I’ve heard something about that.  Never add water to the detol.  It’ll make a black sludge of your paint.  I will run my detolled minis under the tap when they’re ready though.

Personally my advice is never use dettol. It contains all sorts of chemicals to colour and change the smell of the core elements. What you end up with is a horrible brown smelling sludge on the models and it makes then stink to high heaven.

The active chemical in dettol is isopropyl alcohol which you can buy in the uk it is typically called Decorator Mineralised Methylated Spirit which will typically be purple due to the dye to stop people drinking it.

Leave the product soaking in the solution for 20 minutes then take it out. Scrub it with an old toothbrush or get one from poundland. This will rough up the paint and allow for the product to get into the layers of paint. Then back in for another 20 minutes. Depending on the paint / model repeat the soak then brush to remove the paint.

Typically you just need to remove enough to respray it you dont need to remove every single last bit.

The only problem you might have is with oil based or certain type of enamel paints and sprays they are much harder to remove.

If the above fails a few people have been saying good things about Paint Blitzer the hobby phase recently used it. A friend used it to strip plastic models and he said it was amazing. I guess the main issue is getting hold of it.

https://www.greypaints.com/post/unto-the-breach-paint-blitzer

Finally people please stop using dettol. Luke made this great video why you should not.

Depends on the paint used really. Isopropyl alcohol in a sonic bath is my preferred option and should work with most. Just be careful about excessive vibration heating it 🙂

Brake fluid works on metals but very nasty and smelly.

I recommend Biostrip 20 – it’s non-toxic and can be handled with bare skin, and as it’s more of a goo than a liquid it opens up options for how you use it. Just be wary that it can take a few dips to get multiple paint layers off, but I’ve had minis come out the otherside looking better than new. It’s also a viable stripper for metal, and with care can be used on resin.

Oops, this reminds me I put some minis in dettol about 2 years ago before THE EVENT, i must go see how they are now lol.

I’ve had a bunch of plastic minis (GW) in tub of normal Dettol coming up 3 years now – no issues there.