1hobby1 Posted February 9, 2015 Posted February 9, 2015 Hey everyone, have a quick question. I was putting the tail light lenses on my current project and managed to get glued on the outside of the lens. Does anyone have any advice on how to clean up the residue!? Thank you!
bobthehobbyguy Posted February 9, 2015 Posted February 9, 2015 What type of glue were you using? I use elmers or alenes tacky glue for lenses. Dries clear.
southpier Posted February 10, 2015 Posted February 10, 2015 if superglue/ acc, there is debonder available. there's always the possibility of fine wetsanding and then plastic polishing back to slick (Novus #1, #2, & #3) if the adhesive didn't gnaw too deep.
bobthehobbyguy Posted February 10, 2015 Posted February 10, 2015 One thing you might try would be to coat the lense with tamiya clear red if is is just frosted. Sanding and polishing might remove any engraving on the lense. Liquid glue or crazy glue shouldn't be used for the lenses. White glue is the best.
1hobby1 Posted February 10, 2015 Author Posted February 10, 2015 One thing you might try would be to coat the lense with tamiya clear red if is is just frosted. Sanding and polishing might remove any engraving on the lense. Liquid glue or crazy glue shouldn't be used for the lenses. White glue is the best. I usually use white glue but I tried experimenting and well as you all can see it didn't work to good! The kit has a second set of tail lights, so I might just take the red lens out of both the chrome holders and use those instead with the white glue. Thanks for your help!
jbwelda Posted February 11, 2015 Posted February 11, 2015 coat it with future and that smear will disappear. then use future to glue the light on/in to the body. jb
1hobby1 Posted February 11, 2015 Author Posted February 11, 2015 coat it with future and that smear will disappear. then use future to glue the light on/in to the body. jb Maybe I'll give this a try, where can I get future? I've looked at Walmart before and could not find it. Do you have a recent picture of the bottle? Thanks!
jbwelda Posted February 11, 2015 Posted February 11, 2015 do a search around here, there was a photo of the current packaging here somewhere recently. I believe it might be called "pledge with future shine" or something like that jb
jbwelda Posted February 12, 2015 Posted February 12, 2015 if your goof up has any build height you might want to lightly sand it before putting on the Future. Future will bring the gloss right back when it is applied jb
1hobby1 Posted February 13, 2015 Author Posted February 13, 2015 Tom, Thank you for the picture! I will be on the lookout for this tomorrow and hopefully with be able to post up the results.
Pete J. Posted February 13, 2015 Posted February 13, 2015 I used Tamiya ultra thin. The problem with Tamiya glue is that it isn't glue. It is plastic solvent and dissolves the plastic to join two pieces together, so it won't "come off" because it is not on the surface. The only true fix, is to sand the plastic smooth and polish it out. The Future may work because you are filling in the unevenness in the surface caused by the solvent.
1hobby1 Posted February 13, 2015 Author Posted February 13, 2015 Well went to a few stores today an none of them had the future. Might just order some off amazon at this point. Thank you all for your input!
1hobby1 Posted March 1, 2015 Author Posted March 1, 2015 Just got the floor care in from online, sanded the tail light with 1500 grit til it was smooth, washed it, then brushed on some floor care and so far the results look great! Going to wait for it to dry to see the final outcome. Thank you again for helping me save my tail light!
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