Purple Power And Clear Parts

[JamesW]

Is Purple Power safe to use on clear parts? Will it affect the part in any way?

[Eric Stone]

Is Purple Power safe to use on clear parts? Will it affect the part in any way?

It might, but I'm not 100% sure. Reason I say that is, on the Mustang build I'm doing, I had mocked up the taillights (they're clear, needed to be painted) and forgot to remove one before applying primer. I primed it, then realized my mistake so I got it off of there as fast as I could and threw it in the Super Clean. It cleaned up ok, but was a little foggy. After painting with Stop Light Red, you couldn't tell which was which. I don't know how a windshield would come out though, since you need it to be clean and clear...

[crazyjim]

I've had clear parts in the purple pond and had no problems with the "glass" other than it was nice and clean.

[disabled modeler]

Hi...I think the key to using the cleaner is to ( not let it dry on the part ). I have used it for years and found if you keep the part wet it wont affect the clear part such as glass in my case, But I have seen it fog-up the glass if you let it get too dry.

[Foxer]

I have used the purple pond to try removing the red coating on some tail lights. It didn't remove that coating or hurt the part.

[Eric Stone]

I have used the purple pond to try removing the red coating on some tail lights. It didn't remove that coating or hurt the part.

Red coating? I don't think I've encountered that on any taillights.

[Eric Stone]

Some clear tail lights (JoHan and some of the newer Revell kits) have clear tail lights painted with clear red, as opposed to being molded in transluscent red. 91% alcohol will remove that.

...Learn something new every day! I haven't seen that yet. I'll keep that in mind if I run into it and decide I have to get rid of the coating.

[Ddms]

Is Purple Power safe to use on clear parts? Will it affect the part in any way?

1. Yes.

2. No.

It's also safe to use alcohol on clear parts. And since alcohol removes epoxy glue, I've started using epoxy to attach windows. (Thanks for the tip, Mr. Obsessive.)

[Smart-Resins]

In response to the one who accidently painted the tail light then stripped it. The reasone that was a little foggy in my assumption is that certain paints attack the plastic. If you have stripped a model and noticed a little texture tot he body now, that is why. So if you painted the lense, then stripped it, more then likely it would be foggy. Other wise, I personally have had no ill effects putting clear plastic into the pond. I have also dumped tires into the pond to clean the gunk off of them with no ill effects. I have not let them sit over night yet, only for a hour at a time. Jody

[Eric Stone]

In response to the one who accidently painted the tail light then stripped it. The reasone that was a little foggy in my assumption is that certain paints attack the plastic.

Yeah, that's what I figured caused it. It was Duplicolor primer, which was probably a bit too 'hot' for the clear plastic, even though it's fine to use on styrene.