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08-07-2009, 08:36 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: woods cross utah
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|  filling my crack
anyone have tips for using squadron green putty? does water help thin it at all
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08-08-2009, 09:07 AM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Gardner
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The title of this post REALLY cought my eye  Anyhow..depending on where the crack is and how big it is I would use plastic welder instead of squadron. Do you have any pics of the crack??
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08-08-2009, 09:46 AM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Great Britain
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Yeh we'll need a picture of your crack before we can advice you on how to fill it.  I wouldn't recommend thinning Squadron Putty with water as it's not a water based filler. |
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08-08-2009, 12:43 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: woods cross utah
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it is mostly the body panel lines that i had to fill. my putty thinned out after the first couple globs came out of the tube. as far as other fillers, i know there are better ones but that is all i had and the hobby stores are all closed at night. today i am going to the hobby store for styrene and emery cloth
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08-08-2009, 11:16 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Deep in Swing Town
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08-08-2009, 11:58 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: dublin
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cuming from a true shafty man  Quote:
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08-09-2009, 02:12 AM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: UK
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For filling panel lines and other small imperfections on styrene or ABS, I spray the area with acrylic auto primer, then use acrylic "knifing putty". Not sure if you call it the same thing in the USA? It's like very thick primer, applied with a palette knife. It's used for filling imperfections in bondo or chips in paint on 1:1 vehicles. For larger gaps, bondo is good. I like using putty because it's easy to get into small gaps. It sticks well to primer. It's softer than bondo, so it's easier to sand without getting a ridge. |
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08-09-2009, 07:40 AM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: United States of the Offended
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08-09-2009, 08:52 AM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: UK
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Not sure why they call it "glazing putty" - implies it's used for fitting glass - but the description seems right. There's also something on that site called "spot putty" which looks to be the right stuff. The putty that I use is this:http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/s...egoryId_165625 |
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08-09-2009, 09:07 AM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Anniston
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I just use a thin layer of "etching" primer before I paint. the primer is thick enough to fill the cracks and you dont have to sand
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08-11-2009, 08:30 AM
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| Newbie Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Canada
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That is a Lacquer based putty, meaning it cures as the solvents evaporate. It works well on 1:1 uses like stone chips but it needs to be primed over top of, and its old technology as far as 1:1 body shops go but still gets used everyonce and while. Also using this you might find some issues with paints adhering/wrinkling. I have only painted one hard body so far, but my paint did not like the original paint and it wrinkled, leaving me to wet sand the entire body down to plastic. Havent tried that stuff on a model or RC yet but I do like this stuff for 1:1 applications, it is very flexible and sands amazing http://www.autobodytoolmart.com/u-po...5125-1062.aspx | |
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