|
| LinkBack | Thread Tools | Display Modes |
08-29-2020, 03:48 PM | #1 |
Newbie Join Date: Aug 2020 Location: Oroville
Posts: 29
| Nail polish, paint remover, cloudiness
So I’m trying to clear out my windows on the GEN eight. The nail polish worked excellent to remove the paint but it melted the lexon a little bit. So I’ve been wet sanding and polishing and almost have it clear. I don’t wanna do that again. I see Tamaya has a paint remover can anybody else recommend a solution from the hardware store maybe that won’t melt the plastic??
|
Sponsored Links | |
08-29-2020, 05:12 PM | #2 | |
I wanna be Dave Join Date: Jun 2020 Location: The Big Island
Posts: 2,010
| Re: Nail polish, paint remover, cloudiness Quote:
| |
08-29-2020, 07:04 PM | #3 |
I wanna be Dave Join Date: Jun 2016 Location: Deep in the Everglades
Posts: 5,818
| Re: Nail polish, paint remover, cloudiness
I always start with 91% rubbing alcohol, used to be easy to get. An old styrene builders trick is acetone. BUT you have to dilute it 20% water80% Acetone. Test on a scrap dropped in. I use this to remove most lacquers and primers on resins and plastics. Hang up and Drive |
08-31-2020, 10:59 AM | #4 |
RCC Addict Join Date: Jan 2016 Location: Kelowna, BC
Posts: 1,274
| Re: Nail polish, paint remover, cloudiness
Diluted acetone. Somewhere between 80/20 acetone/water and 50/50 acetone/water. Start with weaker concentrations and go up. |
08-31-2020, 11:32 AM | #5 |
Pebble Pounder Join Date: Feb 2019 Location: SIGNAL MOUNTAIN
Posts: 115
| Re: Nail polish, paint remover, cloudiness
Definitely don't use full strength acetone (like I did), turns the plastic super cloudy. I haven't be able to get rid of the cloudiness yet.
|
08-31-2020, 01:20 PM | #6 |
Pebble Pounder Join Date: Jul 2020 Location: Dade City,Fl
Posts: 180
| Re: Nail polish, paint remover, cloudiness
Can you replace them with new packaged plastic items...then shoe goo ? I make sun visors out of plastic my screwdriver set came in.
|
09-01-2020, 07:50 AM | #7 |
Quarry Creeper Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Detroit
Posts: 330
| Re: Nail polish, paint remover, cloudiness
I am in the same boat. My blue body turned out great using Traxxas nitro fuel. No cloudiness, nice and clear but the orange body I just did turned out different. Cloudiness in spots and not super clear. I am trying the novus plastic polish. Number 2 did nothing so I am going to try number 3 which is a bit more aggressive and then go back to 2. I will let you know the results.
|
09-05-2020, 02:08 PM | #8 |
Newbie Join Date: Aug 2020 Location: Oroville
Posts: 29
| Re: Nail polish, paint remover, cloudiness
So I have now also tried 20% nitro fuel, dot 3 brake fluid, and aircraft paint remover. Much harder to remove the orange with nitro fuel but less cloudy. I will try diluting the acetone. Also, I have a headlight restore kit with sanding and buffing equipment for a drill. It got rid of a lot of the cloudiness but the lexan seems to have some other marks that are permanent running through the material. I ended up cutting out the driver window and it looks great. Much easier than ^^. Besides, who wheels with the windows up? Other side Is going to get a half or 3/4 roll down look I think. Onto to the rear side windows :(. Might try wet sanding. |
09-07-2020, 11:15 AM | #9 |
Newbie Join Date: May 2020 Location: Belgium
Posts: 22
| Re: Nail polish, paint remover, cloudiness
I've used the Tamiya paint remover in the past on a SCT body. It works, but it made the lexan brittle in some areas (corners). A recent video from "Tamiya Legends" trying it out : https://youtu.be/Efc9AknSUhE |
Nail polish, paint remover, cloudiness - Similar Threads | ||||
Thread | Thread Starter | Forum | Replies | Last Post |
Nail Polish on Lexan? | BJoe | Paint and Body | 4 | 01-12-2017 07:59 AM |
paint remover | frsttimer | Paint and Body | 11 | 03-20-2009 07:49 AM |
Polish or Paint your custom pieces? | bulletproofcustoms | General Crawlers | 3 | 07-24-2004 10:46 PM |
| |