09-24-2009, 09:30 AM
I have used Pine Sol and denatured alcohol for paint stripper in the past. A friend was having difficulty getting the paint off of some of the new Athearn r-t-r locomotives and asked me what I used. I told him and he tried them. He said they didn't work. I was over at his house with my paint can, and an extra for him to keep, and I found out he was right! Athearn seems to have changed their paint formula and the new paint is impervious to both Pine Sol and denatured alcohol. The only thing we tried that stripped it was Scalecoat. Since the Scalcoat is $14.00 or so for a pint, he was hoping to find something less expensive.