restoration ?'s

[Electrohacker]

I was tearing down my new bruiser I just got off ebay and I ran into a few questions about how o restore the body. and yes this will be my first vintage hard body restoration since the jugg body acetone incident (LOL)

1. is there any way to separate 2 piece that are CA'd together (light buckets and license plates) I could just drill and break them off and buy reproduction's but I want to keep the originals if possible

2. how do you strip paint from lenses? my rear lights have opaque paint on them and I want to strip them to be repainted (I bet the small ones in the front are the same way)

3. is there an easy way to remove the toyota sticker from the windshield? mine has a slight tear and i want to replace it

I think that's it for now... in the coming moths i will be looking for a reasonably priced painter and chrome shop for the body and chassis, but I'm a little tapped out at the moment

 

[Forrest]

I can help you with a few of those questions.

a heat gun to heat the parts that are glued together. a hair dryer will work fine to seperate the parts if they were glued with modeling glue.

the hair dryer should work fine on the winshield decal also.

I got noth'n on removing paint from the lenses.

 

[Locoboy5150]

If the hair dryer trick doesn't remove all of the windshield sticker glue residue, then just use some barbecue charcoal lighter fluid on the residue. Put some lighter fluid on an old rag and then rub it into the glue. You can also use your finger to spread the fluid around. Let the fluid soak into the glue for about a minute or two and then wipe away the residue. Repeat the process several times if necessary.

 

[kpn]

Try soaking lenses in castrol super clean to disolve paint. I know it does not hurt the styrene body and it should be ok on the clear plastic too. It may take several hours or several days if it works at all.

Keith

 

[Electrohacker]

Try soaking lenses in castrol super clean to disolve paint. I know it does not hurt the styrene body and it should be ok on the clear plastic too. It may take several hours or several days if it works at all.

Keith

that was my thought. but I also want to strip the body eventually for repaint... although the paint it has is really thin.

 

[William]

The castrol stuff is no longer found as "Castrol superclean"

a quick net search will get you the product as it's called now.

It will take many paints off both clear, and white plastic parts without damage. If it happens to be the type paint it won't touch you'll need to use brake fluid

Clear parts with scuffs, or foggig can be refurbished by a coating of FUTURE floor protectant/wax. Coat both sides, it does dry clear and without runs. Works great. I even was able to "repair"a superglue fogged windshield I got used.

 

[Forrest]

wow, great stuff guys. I was going to pitch some items out but I'll give a few of those tips a try first.