Did you use a wire brush as well?

Thanks Alan , Bob If the case arrises I will test first, but all my figs are resin.

Thanks Mick

Pros and cons:

Dettol - works like a charm but stinks to high heaven for days/weeks/months afterwards. Also pretty expensive.
Fairy Power Spray - works even faster than Dettol IMHO and smells a lot nicer. Its also a bit cheaper. HOWEVER, they recently changed the formula and like the title of this thread, the new stuff is a bit peely wally. So, good if you can get hold of the old formula, crap if you can't. I'll try and get comparison pics up later so you can tell the difference between old and new.

Its a Metal Models fig Steve 54 mm Garde imperiale 1859
quite big for mm 54mm