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hi guys

ive noticed a lot of you polish up your plastic parts while doing a resto,im restoring a falcon for my sons 6th birthday,i will include photos at a later date of the resto.

how do u polish these parts and what do yo guys use to do it?

all help apreciated

jon the fox

jon_the_fox wrote:

hi guys

ive noticed a lot of you polish up your plastic parts while doing a resto,im restoring a falcon for my sons 6th birthday,i will include photos at a later date of the resto.

how do u polish these parts and what do yo guys use to do it?

all help apreciated

jon the fox

Starting with a rough grade of wet & dry paper (as low as 60 grit for really gouged bits), going through increasingly finer grades to (to at least 1200 grit, preferrably further), then using a cutting paste & finally a polish ... I got some good results with the "Novus" set of polishes - have a look here for an example

excellent thanks again jonny,ive just ordered some off the bay,ive sanded the tub down already just needs polishing now.
can you use this product on polycarbonate bodies do you know?

regards

jtf

jon_the_fox wrote:

excellent thanks again jonny,ive just ordered some off the bay,ive sanded the tub down already just needs polishing now.
can you use this product on polycarbonate bodies do you know?

regards

jtf

I've used it on all sort of stuff, including paint & on poly bodies, but lexan/polycarbonate seems to vary so much I wouldn't guarantee anything is safe on it ... maybe try on an area that won't be seen if it does go wrong? (like somewhere covered by the rear wing?)

thanks jonny

its good to know it works on paint,i had to fix my f parts then paint them,so when there set i can polish them up too
thanks for the great advice i will let you know how i get on.

regards

jtf

I also did an article on polishing paint, aka Rubbing Out .

Be carefull with your falcon body. I think that it's not really lexan. I refund mine in puzzle after an unpainting test

sorry to hear about your falcon body stingray

wow jonny that looks like a minty mint paint job ,did u rub it down by hand or some kind of hobby polisher?

jon_the_fox wrote:

sorry to hear about your falcon body stingray

wow jonny that looks like a minty mint paint job ,did u rub it down by hand or some kind of hobby polisher?

That's all by hand, well, very small bits of old cotton t-shirt, in the case of the polishes ... I think anything motorised would burn through the clear & paint really quickly

JR the pro of the handwork