i need help with my windshield

[g00eY]

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]

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

[Macdaddy4738]

DONT USE THINNER!! It will fog the plastic and make it alot worse than with paint on it.

[mel_carramel]

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]

i dunno wat to do and i dont even kno wat compound is...

[g00eY]

LOL and i tried to scratch it off with my knife

[mike united]

KNIFE !!!!

[g00eY]

im such a newb =[

[freakray]

Compound is a very fine abrasive paste that various companies make for polishing paints and plastics.

[g00eY]

could i use toothpaste? i read that on another thread

[freakray]

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]

i keep the windshield wet while i work with toothpaste?

and thanks for all the help

[g00eY]

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]

alright!!!!! i fixed it... and then i got caried away and started fixing my other models

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]

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.