I somehow dropped some glue in the canopy of a F-104 and it got blured.Before i drive myself… nuts please tell me what can i do in order to restore the canopy.(I’ve heard something about griding the piece with a 1200 grid for example and then polish it with a silver polish.Does anyone heard anything about this technic?)
thanks
hey dimmutal, I’ve done this myself a time or two, (haven’t we all). What works for me is to take the glue down to the surface with a medium grit sanding stick then use the three way sanding stick to polish up the clear surface then a dip in future and right back to normal. You can skip the future if you want it should still look good. Just takes paitience is all. You may have to do the three way more than once to get it just right.
Bob
Bob thanks alot for your tip.It seems that my english are a little bit rusty.What do you mean by grit or grit polish stick?
Thanks again
Grit-n. small, hard particles, refering to sandpaper
dimmutal, grit refers to the roughness of the sanding stick or sandpaper. As for sanding sticks the grits are usually classified :coarse, medium, and fine. With sand paper the coarser the grit the lower the number; 50 grit sand paper is very coarse, 1200 grit sandpaper is very fine.
Aside from repairing the canopy, you may be able to order a new one from the manufacturer for very little cost.
Hope this helps.
The others are right, grit refers to the coarseness of the sanding surface. By the way I order my sanding sticks from Squadron. I don’t know if anybody in Greece would carry them or not. Likely there are online places in Europe that do. Good Luck.
Bob
I don’t know about Europe, but here in the states I get my sticks from the cosmetics section of my local drug/grocery store. He would be wise to try there.