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Reply To: Help with paint stripping.

April 14, 2024 at 8:34 pm #1873165

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My experience with the Army Painter primer sprays was that unfortunately, or fortunately depending on your perspective, they are incredibly robust and if applied properly are exceedingly difficult to strip.

Years ago I had primed a Death Guard force and for ease had used an AP primer. As often happens a year later I wanted a new colour scheme and wanted to strip them down – normally I use Vallejo primer which comes off easily. AP did not budge and after a year or so of alternating between Dettol and virtually pure alcohol sanitiser at best I got 60% off.

So for miniatures I remotely think I might want to strip I will not use AP again. For terrain and the occasional metal model I know I will not strip I use AP because it is so tough.