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i need help with my windshield


g00eY
06-21-2004, 11:07 AM
ok... so i have a Tamiya Mercedes-Benz CLK DTM 2000 Team D2 model and i was painting the windshield and wen i pulled off the masking tape some of the paint got on the part of the windshield that is suppposed to be clear... what can i do to get it off? could i use Tamiya paint thinner to get it off or will that be visible wen i finish with it? o yea, i used Testors enamel paint

help me... im a newb... my fourth model

mike united
06-21-2004, 11:13 AM
I usually use a toothpick with a bit of tamiya compound on it, just keep dipping the toothpick into the tube collecting a tiny bit of compound at a time & rub the paint off very gently. If you scratch the windshield then you can continue the procedure with a tiny cotton rag instead of the toothpick. Then polish up the windshield with Tamiya wax.
Good Luck, Mike :sunglasse

Macdaddy4738
06-21-2004, 11:18 AM
DONT USE THINNER!! It will fog the plastic and make it alot worse than with paint on it.

mel_carramel
06-21-2004, 11:20 AM
i think its better for you not to gamble urself using toothpick.. just use cotton buds and use the compound.. it will help better.. but if ur thinkin to repaint.. i hope u know what to do.. just remember not to scratch it.. once its there... then u will sleep in tears looking at the ugly mess :)

g00eY
06-21-2004, 11:22 AM
i dunno wat to do and i dont even kno wat compound is...

g00eY
06-21-2004, 11:24 AM
LOL and i tried to scratch it off with my knife

mike united
06-21-2004, 11:30 AM
:disappoin KNIFE !!!! :uhoh:

g00eY
06-21-2004, 11:37 AM
im such a newb =[

freakray
06-21-2004, 11:41 AM
Compound is a very fine abrasive paste that various companies make for polishing paints and plastics.

g00eY
06-21-2004, 11:45 AM
could i use toothpaste? i read that on another thread

freakray
06-21-2004, 11:49 AM
Toothpaste isn't the ideal thing to use, but you could use it if you're very careful.
Toothpaste is a little more abrasive than compound so you want to keep it wet the whole time with water.

Remember to work carefully and slowly.

g00eY
06-21-2004, 11:51 AM
i keep the windshield wet while i work with toothpaste?

and thanks for all the help

g00eY
06-21-2004, 02:45 PM
also if i use toothpaste how long to i have to work with it? its just a little paint in the top left corner of the windshielf (i would show a picture but i dont have a digital camera)

g00eY
06-21-2004, 06:35 PM
alright!!!!! i fixed it... and then i got caried away and started fixing my other models :biggrin:

the toothpaste worked pretty well... i think i should have done it wen i messed up... 24 hours ago...

thanx for all the help

dveus
06-23-2004, 06:54 AM
Toothpaste is great, I have used it to take small scratches out of alot of things, in fact i think my watch face is more toothpaste then glass.

Mat.

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