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This blog is dedicated to the wonderful hobby of model building. It's mostly about Automobiles, but I welcome tips and tricks from all modelers, no matter what your into.

Sunday, January 9, 2011

Polishing damaged plastic glass to brand new.

Ever screwed up a window with glue and don't know how to fix it? Let me first start by saying that white glue (normal craft past, ie Elmer's) is the best thing for attaching windows on models as it is washable and if you get it on a window, you just wash it off and no damage done. For those already damaged parts that you used cement on and it ate into the plastic, here is your solution. Rub it out! If it is not too badly damaged and can be sanded out then go ahead and start sanding and when you've smoothed each damaged layer, change to finer, and finer grits until your using triple and quadruple digit sandpapers, until you've buffed it right back to clear, then wax it with your favorite car polish and it should look brand new (after some work). If you can't find fine enough grit sandpapers in your area, try rubbing compounds or polishing compounds for cars, they work awesome on models too!

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