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Is Alcohol Solvent safe for plastic?

I have some Warhammer 40k figurines and i need to remove some enamel paint from them, will Denatured Alcohol Solvent hurt the plastic?

Answer:

This question gets asked a LOT. Look it up on Google and you'll find a dozen methods. A pure solution of Simple Green will work and some people use acetone-free nail polish remover (don't use acetone based!!) but I haven't tried that myself.
It won't hurt plastic, but probably won't take the paint off well. To strip plastic models we usually soak them in the foaming type of Easy Off oven cleaner(use gloves, do this outside). You could also try Simple Green(friendlier) but it could take a few days. Scrub with old toothbrush to loosen stubborn areas. Good luck.

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