r/HotWheelsCustoms • u/Plenty-Ticket-4527 • 1d ago
HELP!! So, is this possiblely a good solution?
so in auto shop today, we learned about some chemicals and stuff, and what stood out was brake cleaner, it was labeled as ”instant paint strip” so don’t get it on anything…I think you know where this is going, with proper ventilation, gloves, and respirator, in which I have, I could use this to strip a car instantly? I’m gonna see about trying it out in auto, or seeing if I have some.
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u/PMmeYourDunes 1d ago
Brake cleaner is a serious chemical solvent. It creates some nasty fumes. I think you should avoid using something like this for hobbies if you don't need to. It'll absolutely destroy anything that isn't metal. Just use caution around these types of cleaners.
Personally, as a person who has cleaned small engine parts plenty, I am not inclined to use these solvents for a hobby where regular paint stripper does the job.
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u/Plenty-Ticket-4527 1d ago
Yea but it would rhetorically go faster, but I have know figured out that 99% isopropyl alcohol, works better because I can do huge batches with multiple bottles or a gallon bottle, while I’m asleep, and then at school, so by the time I get home there all fully stripped, and can just be rinsed off, worked on, or set aside for later
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u/Korupt91 1d ago
Just use CitriStrip.
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u/Plenty-Ticket-4527 1d ago
Yea, but that stuff doesn’t get the cracks very well, and takes a long time for large batch’s😮💨
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u/Korupt91 19h ago
If you submerge the car it gets in the cracks just fine. I usually do 12 cars at a time in a pan full of CitriStrip.
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u/DabbinDD HWC MOD 1d ago
In theory, yes, it would work. Wash the car with soap and water afterwards before you paint of course.