Stripping Paint off of action figures

Looking to remove all paint. Like this.


Unfortunately I do not know how to post photos so this is the best I know how to do.

You want to remove every bit of paint there is or only printing/decals? I've found that a simple pencil eraser does the trick sometimes. Work on Lego minifigs like a charm.

You could try soaking it in mineral spirits, I did this with a figure that had gloss enamel all over it and the paint came off with some light scrubbing after an overnight soak.

That's really strange--maybe Hasbro has switched to some kind of ultra durable paint? I also wonder if it's possible that it's not actually paint, but some kind of colored veneer?

Oh yeah, I was thinking about this some more last night, and you might want to look at your nail polish remover bottle to see what the active ingredients are, because I know that there are some non-acetone varieties. That being said, I read a customizing tutorial recently where a woman removed the face paint from a Monster High doll with non-acetone nail polish remover and it worked fine, although it did take longer.

Yea Comet and warm water took 7 hours of scrubbing every 10 minutes with a tooth brush and it got maybe 30% of the paint off but now its not longer working. I am using Goof Off right now but it doesent seem to pull anything off.

That's no lie, I've done some serious damage to plastic with acetone on numerous occasions. I usually dilute mine a bit with water and apply it carefully with a Q-tip.

Yeah, Acetone is the way to go. Just be careful not to melt the plastic, a little acetone on a rag will go a long way.

Acetone (nail polish remover) usually does the trick for me--that must be some really stubborn paint if scrubbing it with Comet for hours isn't doing the trick.