Resin body

[Kaleb]

I got my first resin body today from jimmy flintstone. What do I need to do to wash this body to prep it.

[Kaleb]

That sounds good. I have some purple power now. Once I get the magnum kit I'll be good to go.

[Harry P.]

Be careful soaking a resin body in Purple Power. Some resins will absorb the stuff and turn into a rubbery mess. You're safer using a toothbrush and some dishwashing soap. A friend of mine who knows resin inside and out says that Westley's Bleche-Wite is a great product for cleaning any mold release from a resin body, and won't react with the resin itself.

[Kaleb]

Smh? I'm new to the resin side of things

And I think I'll look for the bleche white instead.

[Harry P.]

Smh? I'm new to the resin side of things

And I think I'll look for the bleche white instead.

You can find Bleche-Wite at most any auto parts store, and I think Walmart also carries it in their automotive department.

[Kaleb]

Thanks. I'll be checking it out.

I got the body at a show this weekend. The guy said he gets them from jimmy flinstone himself. But only sees him every three years. He had more cars which I should have bought the other one I was looking at.

Edited April 24, 2012 by Kaleb

[Kaleb]

Ah I should have clarified. It's the charger/magnum.

[Art Anderson]

Toothbrush,. scrubbed on a used sliver of DIal Soap works very well for cleaning up resin bodies (personal experience!) and on styrene body shells as well.

Be careful about dishwashing liquids though! Some of those that promise "Clean Down To The Shine" actually have silicones in them to make your glassware and silver shine--and silicones are the deadly enemy of model car paint jobs--they are the chief cause of fisheye.

Art

[Kaleb]

Dadburnit. I thought I was doing good and I went and bought ivory soap lol. It's scent less which is good