I managed to booger up a windshield with some glue and was wondering if anyone has tried to "darken" the glass to simulate window tint and how they
did it?
Chet
Chet
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Window tint?
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Posts: 1988 (05/13/08 10:11 AM) HRW Feature Editor! |
I'll be honest and admit I've not do it to a slot car however I did once buy a rattle can of spray tint at an AutoZone store and used it to darken the
tailight lenses of 1:1 truck I had.
" If you can't beat em'.... beat ON them!"
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Posts: 251 (05/13/08 10:49 AM) |
try to buff out the glue with toothpast.it works great on tail light lenses
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Posts: 880 (05/13/08 01:27 PM) Home Racing Guru! |
You can buff it out. Lightly sand the area with the finest paper you can. Get it smooth and then use Flitz or Semichrome or a very fine polish (tooth past
works too, but you will have to work harder) and buff it up.
Anyone can restore a classic car, but it takes a real Hotrodder to cut one up and make it cool!
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Posts: 18 (05/13/08 01:35 PM) |
Pactra made window tint for R/C car/truck bodies back in the day...I dunno if they still sell it.
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Posts: 853 (05/14/08 09:06 AM) Home Racing Guru! |
TESTORS or any other Co. that makes TRANSPARENT paint. This was done with TESTORS.
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Posts: 964 (05/16/08 05:53 AM) HRW Janitor |
Usually you can fix buggered up clear pieces, and it is actually very easy to do.
Sand with 8,000 then 12,000, then use a good finish polish like Hobbylinc sells. Sanding sticks that are designed for finish work are handy for polishing things like windshields. Usually the dark gray side is the one to use for final finishing up your piece. I use it to polish metal goodies I do. You may not be aware of that stuff, so no big deal.
Squadron Products, and others make sanding sticks. I go through a lot of their [Squadron's] Tri Grit 30505, and buy several at a time. It is designed
to do shaping, buffing, then polishing. I usually get some reasonably decent results using same.
Anyhow ... what is described works. I've "saved" wind screens that have had anything from CA to plastic cement on them.
Use a soft buff rag that is designed for polishing. You'll end up with a better looking windshield than it was in the first place.
Usually takes about 10 to 15 minutes ... all done . . .
Lastly, tinting is fine, but tinting up a buggered piece will still show the bugger ... it ain't going away : )
Cheers,
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