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Re: cleaning transparent pieces
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lugnet.storage
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Wed, 13 Jun 2001 19:58:15 GMT
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In lugnet.storage, Tanya K. Burkhart writes:
> > > small buffing wheel on my cordless dremel tool.
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> > > Works great.
> Awesome idea!
I think that would take a steadier hand than my Coke-addled brain can
summon. I wonder if a fingernail buffing stick would work (though, I
expect, a little bit more slowly!)
> I tried nail polish remover on one piece and learned the hard way that ABS
> melts in acetone! Horrors!
Rubbing alcohol is similarly effective! I've had limited success with
model wax, a compound available at hobby stores for buffing fine scratches
out of vinyl model kits. This too, though, isn't especially quick to work.
Dave!
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| (...) Thanks for the input. Ill take a squiz around and see what works the best. We've got a buffing wheel downstairs so I might give that a go. ZaC Soden ---...--- www.ozbricks.com/battlespace (23 years ago, 14-Jun-01, to lugnet.storage)
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| (...) Awesome idea! (...) Zac - Brasso is a smelly, ever-so-slightly abrasive polish for - you guessed it - brass! It will take the decals off of bricks that you would like to be plain, too. (very slowly) You have K-mart in Australia? Try finding (...) (23 years ago, 13-Jun-01, to lugnet.storage)
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