Reusing bodies

[BENZTECH]

stupid question.Anyone ever strip and repaint a body?

[rccardude04]

Yes.
-Eric

[BENZTECH]

how?

[rccardude04]

I don't know. I've never tried it.
I would imagine BoLink body wash (now Dynamite Body Wash) would work pretty well.
Nitro fuel has also been known to remove paint from stuff.
-Eric

[CyberManiaK]

Using brake fluid. You can take off the old paint. if in 1:1 cars works why not on nitros?

[adamzty]

Use paper towels and DOT-3 brake fluid. Let the body soak in brake fluid for about 30 mins then you can gently peel the paint off with a paper towel. Thats what I did and it worked perfectly.

[gkcontra]

Brake fluid does work if you used laquer paints, but it will react with the lexan if left on too long, after a year or so the lexan will get brittle. Here is 1 I did, after a year it started cracking at the bottom.

http://pages.sbcglobal.net/greg-n-jill/_images/Repaint/original.jpg

http://pages.sbcglobal.net/greg-n-jill/_images/Repaint/clear.jpg

http://pages.sbcglobal.net/greg-n-jill/_images/Repaint/finished2.jpg

[FESTER2004]

been there,done that,lol didnt work out too well 4 me

[Buggyracer28]

http://forums.radiocontrolzone.com/showthread.php?t=224958&highlight=body+renewal

[Farwar]

If you used waterbased paint, just use normal nail polish remover. I stripped a body I had and painted it again and won a best paint competition. :p

[gkcontra]

For waterbased, you should be able to get away with water and a scrub pad of some sort, I only used brake fluid because the previous owner had used laquer based sprays.

[NotWalkinBlind]

Screw all that... just get the stickers off, rub it down ON THE OUTSIDE with 0000 steel wool and paint it... on the outside. It'll be like a real vehicle; when you get a few scrapes on it, it'll look cool. When you get tired of looking at multiple scrapes, do it all over again.

Reeeeality... think about it. Everyone will think, "That's a real man... not a girlieman who paints the inside of the body... afraid of getting an imperfection in the paint."
:D

[kandykorn]

If it's stock paint find 91-99% rubbing alcohol not denatured soak overnight then just rub off you hardly have to rub. the higher the % the easier it comes off. Use a q tip to get the tight spots. i use a big coffee can.

[zepplin]

must be nice to have a body last that long to actually be able to repaint it. my bodies are usually trashed after the 3rd run.:D

[kandykorn]

ya I usually bash mine all to hell. lol :D