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try nitro fuel, a few people on here have had good results. i have never stripped a body personally...well a lexan body...

Brake fluid works,but...it also clouds and embrittles the Lexan in my experience. Same thing with oven cleaner. Best bet is to save the existing paint job or buy another body unless it's super rare IMO.

... to rib Aussies!) I scored a JRX Pro in a trade a few weeks ago. The OG paint was there,on the inside,but there were three coats of paint on the ... it. I used acetone on a Q-Tip...Rub-A-Dub-Dub. Didn't make the lexan cloudy,either,worked a charm. I had a couple of vintage Orion decals ...

... gel) works much better than brake fluid and does not seem to harm the lexan, infact I have left it on over night and still no damage to the lexan. ... or so it can be a bit messy use soft terry cloth rag and a soft brissel paint brush to get into the crevises you also should tape up the exterior ...

... body that I have never ran so I am going to strip it and paint the thing to look like the box art. Ultimately I am ... pricey. Anything else that is safe and wont haze the lexan? This is an "in process" thread as the parts ...

... me are: brake fluid & easy off for getting paint off hard bodies, nitro fuel for lexan. i cant say i've stripped alot of lexan bodies, but i did manage to get paint off ...

i guess thats why my ultima body is so brittle,did the job though.guess it depends on the paint your also trying to strip.i tried nail polish remover without acetone, nitro fluid,brake fluid,depends if the paint is laquer or enamel.

... what is safe to use on them without hazing the lexan. I know Castrol Super Clean is a good product to use on plastics, I've used it to strip paint off many plastics (Tamiya hard bodies such as the Mountaineer ...

... the advantages and disadvantages of powder vs. paint is that. - Powder is a bit tougher and will ... break, i can easily fix it with paint and only strip off a little area to rebraze. - Paint will ... a runner easier (im going to attempt to make a lexan undertray for this car) to protect it. - ...

Tadracket wrote:Would 20% Top Fuel affect the lexan clarity??

The fuel won't make it cloudy but if the paint did it's job in the first place then it will have etched into the p-lastic and once you strip it, it will look cloudy.

I found the higher the nitro content, the better it stripped.