Well, I took the paint off of a Sharkticon. This was a real pain in the butt. The silver teeth came off easily, the eyes were not difficult, and the red on the tongue was a bit of a challenge but was achievable with lots of toothpicks and q-tips around the teeth. The big challenge was the dark gray paint all down the backside. This color was really adhered like no other. Anyway, I alternated periods of scrubbing vs soaking with the translucent Gormiti shown. Total time exposed to the paintbrush cleaner was over 1.5 hours. I was a little concerned with prolonged exposure because I know, first hand, that this solvent will completely dissolve hard ABS plastic like Legos and Gogos. 1.5 hours, however, did not compromise the integrity of either of these rubber figures in any way.
I spent over 1.5 hours on the two, so easily 45 minutes or more on the Sharkticon. I had it to a point where it would have taken a nice black or gray wash (or "dip") in maybe 20 or 25 minutes. In many ways, I think a simple wash brings out the details on mono figures. But I really wanted to get it to a point where there was zero evidence of having ever been painted, so that took some extra time and close attention to detail. I mean, this sucker is bare. It is definitely a mono mini now!
I was going to try a couple more experiments, but sadly I spilled the whole bottle (like 3 oz) of paintbrush cleaner. Doh!
Edited by steverotters, 15 May 2015 - 04:16 PM.