Removing body holes on lexan bodies

[mr.maxx]

Mods: Feel free to move this thread but I didnt think anyone in the Newbie section would know....


Does anyone know if there is a thread on hiding / filling body mounting holes in lexan? I tired searching and didn't find anything.

I usually get new bodies but now I have a surplus of old bodies laying around and I would like to recycle some of them... I thought about shoe gooing the holes closed using lexan circles from a hole puncher and painting the body on the outside.

I know that regular paint will crack and flake off because the lexan is flexible but there are a lot of Krylon type paints out the that might not... I was thinking about flat black or olive drab – nothing fancy….

Any ideas??

Thanks,

[TMXONR]

Well a guy I work with accidently drilled the pre dimpled holes instead of the ones he marked on one of his race bodies, and all he did was get some Stick-on MonoKote that was the same color, not the iron on type and put htat over it you couldnt even tell it was there. Or just cover it with a decal.

[TwistedXT]

sticker it up like special eds helmet!!!!!

[microgoat]

Cover the hole with a sticker you don't care about. Then hit the hole with some Shoe Goo and let it dry overnight. Peel the sticker off. If you did it right, the hole will be either gone or so hard to see that you'll have to look for it.

If you did it wrong, fawk it, try again.

[mr.maxx]

Originally Posted by microgoat

Cover the hole with a sticker you don't care about. Then hit the hole with some Shoe Goo and let it dry overnight. Peel the sticker off. If you did it right, the hole will be either gone or so hard to see that you'll have to look for it.

If you did it wrong, fawk it, try again.

I like that idea... I will give it a try!!

Thanks for the ideas.....

[Mello_Yello]

Automotive paint works good on outsied of rc. I re-did a s2000 body i got, it was ghey, i couldnt get the paint off the inside, so, i scotched the outside then painted.
go here and scroll down to the car:
http://melloyellodesigns.com/2.html
i would upload the pix right now to photobucket, but, no need. And ive let my freinds bash the hell out of the body too, no flaking, just deep scrathces.

[Mad Scientist]

Originally Posted by microgoat

Cover the hole with a sticker you don't care about. Then hit the hole with some Shoe Goo and let it dry overnight. Peel the sticker off. If you did it right, the hole will be either gone or so hard to see that you'll have to look for it.

If you did it wrong, fawk it, try again.

That is a good idea

[pigeonfarmboy]

Just make sure to use a Laquer based paint instead of enamel.

[Rockpiledriver]

Originally Posted by microgoat

Cover the hole with a sticker you don't care about. Then hit the hole with some Shoe Goo and let it dry overnight. Peel the sticker off. If you did it right, the hole will be either gone or so hard to see that you'll have to look for it.

If you did it wrong, fawk it, try again.

Yep, I've used this method several time to restore old bodies. Works great.

[High Angle Five]

Obviously it depends on your color but in the past I've put tape on the top side and filled the hole with some fast drying epoxy and sanded the finished product and it turned out just fine for me. If all else fails throw some stickers on it haha

[aver3]

I put some drywall tape on the inside of my Cherokee body that was painted on the outside. Then I used Bondo detail filler, sanded it, and repainted the spots. Since the body was flat grey, it looked pretty decent afterward.

For this body, I used Duplicolor fabric and vinyl paint, but first I sprayed it with their adhesion promoter. The only scratches in the paint are due to my nephew trying to go fast and then making a hard turn, even after repeatedly telling him not to. I really like this paint, but the number of colors is limited.