im stripping a fish for a customer that has an awful green paint on it that will not strip off.does anyone know what type of paint it could be and what to use to strip it?im thinking of trying WASCOs super stripper but this is some tuff paint.
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Son, the shingles are falling off my house, can you tell me what kind they are? Read your question. I suggest that you try a product called "Attack" an acrylic and epoxy solvent. Try commercial paint stripper on a small area too and see if that doesn't aid the situation, heck, you could be up against refrigerator epoxy or anything. You have not told us just what you product you have tried that failed. Test the strippers on an area that won't show when the fish is again displayed.......
if i knew what type of paint it was i wouldnt have needed to ask for help now would i?as for your shingles sounds like you need to put down the airbrush and get a hammer and nails.
Being an ex-contractor I can very easliy assume ( ass out of you and me LOL) that the shingles on your home are
1-asphalt
2-slate
3-terra-cotta
4-metal or fiberglass
How's that for a guess LOL
Well Bill seams to me that your joing the ranks of the know it alls LOL You see you put up a great post in the Taxidermy Idustry and nobody reads it. Just makes you wonder LOL
James, you still didn't mention what you had already tried on the stubborn paint. Go back and read my reply. Let's do this all over again. A.) No one can guess a type of paint by your descriptives. B.) To suggest a substance to employ without knowing what doesn't work would be redundant. c.) The paint could even be artist's oil paints which were commonly used years ago, making chronology important to the descriptive issue. D.) The shingles were used as a comparative analogy, not a put down. E.) All of the above.
And Frank, am emailing you a thin slice of shingle from roof for analysis.
some of the sarcatstic replies from the primma donnas on the forum could just as well not be made. i think james felt that one of you master(bators) taxidermists might have run into the same problem he did and might have a simple answer for him instead of some lame response.
Give it a break! Not to beat a dead horse here but first of all this question probably could've been answered (like most) via the archives. Secondly, as Bill stated James never mentioned what he used to try to strip the fish. This was extremely critical information that was simply not given. Since we have no idea of James' ability level for all we know he could've tried stripping his fish with soap and water. (James, try laquer thinner or acetone and be careful of the fumes). Lastly, who the heck knows (or cares) what kind of paint was used. Try the laquer thinner or acetone as this will most likely do the job. Test it on the backside of the fish as with anytime you approach the unknown just to be safe. If this doesn't work, make another post with as much information as humanly possible and we'll go from there. And "Anonymous", isn't it about time to go back and "hang out" in front of the Seven-Eleven for the rest of the day?
I use a paint stripper called,"ZAR". It works very well on all the paints and varnishes i've had to strip off. You'll just have to try several of the products till you find one that does the job.
Be sure you've washed all of the stripper off before repainting.It can sometimes work its' way partly under some scales. Good luck
get your lips off bills butt and speak into the tube! lol
Marty has never been attached to my ass, in fact, if you spent some time reading the posts, you would see that he and I don't always see eye to eye. At least he has the courage of his convictions, and doesn't find hiding his puny butt behind a punctuation mark amusing.
No one intends to make light of another's dilemma, but some some do try. If a tongue in cheek approach approach is used from time to time, it may be because we intend humor and not ridicule. As far as the masterbator part goes, I don't recall any one else assigning that title to another on this forum. You must assume that the remainder of the human race is hooked on your hobby. At least we let folks know where to find us and who we are. If hiding behind a punctuation mark is your forte, let me recommend the colon, it fits your kind much better than does the period.
give it a rest guys, if it's grreeeennnn paint try lacquer thinner as mentionned, OR steel wool OR if that don't work a heavy base coat of -------. Don't come down on a guy because he has a suggestion. TOOOO much time TOOOO little work. Sounds good to me Bill. signed Sickm of the BS
give it a rest guys, if it's grreeeennnn paint try lacquer thinner as mentionned, OR steel wool OR if that don't work a heavy base coat of -------. Don't come down on a guy because he has a suggestion. TOOOO much time TOOOO little work. Sounds good to me Bill. signed Sickm of the BS
give it a rest guys, if it's grreeeennnn paint try lacquer thinner as mentionned, OR steel wool OR if that don't work a heavy base coat of -------. Don't come down on a guy because he has a suggestion. TOOOO much time TOOOO little work. Sounds good to me Bill. signed Sickm of the BS
Just because somebody doesn't word their request a certain way doesn't mean it isn't valid. It can, however, make it pretty tough to answer, so what's wrong with requesting more details?
And what's with the name calling? James, you've been given some good suggestions. best of luck with your mystery paint.
Nancy M.
AHHHHH YES! Give it a rest for God's sake! NOW I remember why I quit participating in these forums. To much conflict and animosity towards one another. It's giving "OUR" industry a seriously bad image, and portraying "US" ALL to the general public as a bunch of Neanderthals. I for one find this insulting. So keep at each others throats if you see fit. I for one am outta here! I sincerely appologize to all those that try to make this forum a better place, feel free to join me and leave the imbeciles to fight amongst themselves. Marc R
I have reread the answer I gave to the green paint question and don't belive that it had any intended slight in it. I am a father to four and may have used the analogy as I would to my own son, but I was trying to point out that the question was not, in itself, answerable without flying off into a dissertation about paint and solvents. I answered the question by recommending a product called "Attack" which will dissolve most epoxy and other copolymer paints. James was also told that commercial paint strippers might work, although no specific was suggested. I told him to try whatever he used on a non-viewable place on the fish so that there was some sort of reaction, it would not be noticible.
James fired back, just as would one of my children, and instead of providing additional information which might provide him with a specific answer, he was offended. By what, I don't know.
Frank Kotula injected humor, it was the (.) that threw the muck into the fire. Forum or not, the interjection of name calling is enough to raise my hackles every time. I am from the land of the right hook, offend me and I have and shall use it. The only defense against a slur like that is typed response, and that in itself is frustrating.
And Marc R, if your term "imbecile" was directed at me, that makes one of you, too. Calling a perceived imbecile an imbecile is the action of an imbecile. You, son, are no different than the rest. Your thread had nothing to do with the post, and you had better hope that one of imbeciles don't show up at your door with an attitude and a right hook.
I think the treat of violence is over the top. Pick up your marbles
and go sit in the corner.