How To Clean Old Painted Soldiers (1 Viewer)

[Cardigan600]

Yo Troopers, Expert regimental painters, is there any way you can get old dull paint to clean up without doing any harm. Got two sets of Old Britains cavalry, collected a lot of dust and grime over the years before I bought them. Now if they where to go on parade they would all be put on a charge and given 2 weeks Jankers for turning out in such scruffy order, Lord Cardigan would freak out, and as Damian always points out the Cavalry where just poser's lol. What you think experts can it be done. By the way if any of you young Troopers dont know what Jankers are let me know I will explain.
Bernard.

 

[theBaron]

So they're hollowcasts, correct? I would avoid immersion, then, to keep their insides as dry as possible. I would try a solution of water with one or two drops of dishwashing liquid added, using paper toweling to apply and wipe, if its just dust, and an old, soft toothbrush to apply and gently scrub any more stubborn dirt. I've used that method on old solidcast figures that I've bought, to clean up their painted surface before deciding to keep the original paint or strip it and repaint.

It might be a good idea to dry the figures under a lamp (60w), or to place them in a slow cooker (also known as a crock pot) on its lowest setting, to accelerate drying, especially if you get any water on the insides. That's a technique that figure painters use to help dry oil paints.

Hope that helps!

Prost!
Brad

 

[Dickbuttons]

thanks for the tip.

Dick