Cleaning kits before painting?

[mossiepilot]

Hi guys, a bit of info please.

I remember seeing a post where some one said they wiped their kit with "wet wipes" before painting.

Is there any sort I shouldn't use, or would cheapo pound shop multi-surface wipes be OK.

The kit I'm building has got loads of squadron filler so I don't want to b****r the finish up.

Any help would be gratefully recieved.

Tony.

[offender]

i use ipa swab wipes or swafega oil and grease remover you have to wash the model with the swafega so it takes londer than wiping with the ipa wipes

cheers

Rob

[PaulTRose]

whenever i do lots of filler n' sanding i use wet wipes to clean up (i actually buy asda baby wet wipes cos they are quite big and very cheap)........they make wiping the dusty residue away very easy and dries very very quickly, unlike if you washed it under the tap

[Guest]

Can I just say I used to work (retired five years ago) for the company that produces and supplies most of the wet wipe products that are sold in the UK and Europe, I would be very cautious of using a wet wipe to clean a model as virtually all wipes are dosed with chemicals (there are many different chemical combinations) that will interact with paint,at the very least they will leave a thin film on the plastic effecting paint adhesion,I think you may have been lucky in not getting any problems. My own advice is to wash the kit in lukewarm water with a small amount of washing up liquid,using a mop type paint brush to remove any grease or particles, then rinse the parts in cold water. Having done that air dry the parts under a plastic container propped up slightly to allow air to circulate.

One other point I just noticed you mentioned using IPA be careful assome modelling fillers are softened by it,the problem is that these reactions can take days, months even years for the effects to surface (excuse the pun) :1newwink:

[stona]

A quick wipe with alcohol for me. Never had any problem softening fillers etc though Roobarb is quite correct that this is theoretically possible. There's no need to splosh it on like Brut, just wipe with a moistened cloth.

Cheers

Steve

[Guest]

Yes it was I believe me. the wet wipes come form B & Q.

I usually now however always wet & dry (some thing like a 1500 grit) before painting the main bits carefully rinse & leave to dry. Then I use a tack rag (B & Q or Halfors etc) to just wipe over. On small parts I use (COLIn CDW) bird grit which takes off the shine form the plastic. Then I rinse in water & leave to dry.

No need then really for a wet wipes. Still keep a tube of them If I make a mess of airbrushing a piece grab a wet wipe & it wipes all the wet paint perfectly leaving it as per pre air brushing.

Laurie

[mossiepilot]

Thanks for all the replies guys. I don't think I mentioned that the kit is finished, well almost, it's the Kitech MiG 31, and ready for it's undercoat, my fault!

Seems you pays your money and you takes your choice, I think I'll give it a wipe over with a damp kitchen towel for the moment and see how it goes.

Cheers again guys,

Tony.

[Guest]

incidentally the best wet wipes are from lidl, toujours or something like that. best for cleaning bums and are the cheapest too, no idea if theyre any good for models.

[Guest]

I found this new thing for bums. Called toilet paper works a treat. Used the Daily Mirror in the mornings & the London Evening Standard until 1946. Went Bronco in 47.

Laurie

[flyjoe180]

You have a good memory Laurie, amazing the things people recall :cheesygrin:

[Guest]

Joe who would forget those things. Bronco was something else it was surprising it that it did not have a multi purpose use such as "sandpaper". Also add that staying at my grandmothers & fathers in Hull, avoiding doodle bugs in London, during the very frosty winter entailed a trip to the ouside loo. Wow you did not stay there long as frostbite to all bits was a worry. Stranger was that the scullery, actually also the kitchen as we know it, had the coal hole in the corner. The coalman came thro. the front door trampled through the living room into the scullery.

Laurie

[Guest]

I spent the better part of my life working in the paper industry, most of that time I worked for the company that produced Bronco “British Tissues”, OK it might not of been the softest of papers,from a production point of view it was great,the paper could be run through the converting machines like a train with no problems, it was tough as old boots, after we stopped producing Bronco we'd look back misty eyed when ever it was mentioned, I guess our customers also remembered Bronco with misty eyes but that might be from the memory of the pain of using it, tougher times then. I reckon the country went down hill after we stopped using Bronco.

Malcolm

[Guest]

incidentally the best wet wipes are from lidl, toujours or something like that. best for cleaning bums and are the cheapest too, no idea if theyre any good for models.

Lol I meant babies bums.

[ojays]

Joe who would forget those things. Bronco was something else it was surprising it that it did not have a multi purpose use such as "sandpaper". Also add that staying at my grandmothers & fathers in Hull, avoiding doodle bugs in London, during the very frosty winter entailed a trip to the ouside loo. Wow you did not stay there long as frostbite to all bits was a worry. Stranger was that the scullery, actually also the kitchen as we know it, had the coal hole in the corner. The coalman came thro. the front door trampled through the living room into the scullery.Laurie

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[mossiepilot]

Thanks for the replies guys. I don't recall "Bronco" but when I was at junior school during the late 60's there was something called "Izal" which sounds like the same sort of stuff. You didn't so much wipe you bum on it as "scrape and smear" Happy days :bubbles:

Tony.