Painting action figures question

[INDY]

I have a couple of 95 storm troopers that are yellowing. I use them for diorama displays. I was wondering if and what any of you use to repaint some of your older figures.

 

[Qui-Gonzalez]

Have you tried some bleach based cleaners? I remember when I was a wee lad, I used some bleach based cleaners to clean up my troopers.

 

[GrenadeKing]

I did that with an Enterprise D toy many year ago. I had drawn on it with black crayon for battle damage. :lol
Used this bleach based bathroom cleaner stuff and it took the crayon off and brought back the original color like nobodies buisness.

 

[James Kenobi 1138]

Be careful, some cleaners and bleach can eat through some plastics.

You should test it on a spare figure first.

 

[Qui-Gonzalez]

Be careful, some cleaners and bleach can eat through some plastics.

You should test it on a spare figure first.

Good point. These were the oldie old school troopers and this was era...oh, 1985 or so.

 

[Neon Sentry]

Related to the OP's question: would a clear coat (gloss or flat doesn't matter) help prevent the reoccurence of yellowing on the figs?

 

[vaderdarth]

Be extremely careful as bleach does react with certain plastics......actually causing them to yellow. This might make it worse.

Dave

 

[franz bolo]

I had a gundam toy that was pink and I used blue rit dye to make it a different color. I boiled the water and dipped the toy in it for a while.

The cool part is that it didn't affect the silk screened logo and lines.

It worked great. I wonder if the RIT Color Remover or the RIT Super Stain Remover might work as well.I know some people use a Mr. Clean Magic Eraser to take off marks and scuffs so that might work as well.

Make sure you test things before you go all out. Paint, in my opinion, is messy and wouldn't work well. After the primer and multiple coats, you would loose detail etc...

FB

 

[dropshipbob]

I wonder if Oxyclean would work?

 

[Gigatron]

Related to the OP's question: would a clear coat (gloss or flat doesn't matter) help prevent the reoccurence of yellowing on the figs?

Only if the clear coat had UV protection. Some of the higher-end automotive clear coats have UV protection.

Or you could look for an automotive wax that has UV blockers in it as well. Though you may feel a little silly about "waxing the trooper" - which may be construed differently by those who's minds tend to wander towards the gutter :lol

-Fred

 

[INDY]

Thanks, for all the feedback, because I have a few of them that have yellowed, I am going to try to paint one and wax an another.

 

[Johnny Fever]

I do not know if this will work but I have had good luck using Efferdent tablets made for false teeth. Just use two or four tablets in a glass of warm water. It works on some plastics better than others but may be worth a try. If nothing else there is always Krylon Fusion.

-John