Anyone ever sanded a plastic body to get the scratches out?

[broken_civic]

Just curious if anyones ever sanded the scratches out of these thin plastic bodies back to a nice finish. If so, what method did you use? Wet sanding? Grit? Etc... Thanks.

 

[Racer 1966]

Are you talking about a painted one? No,I haven't. I just run it until it's trashed.

If you're talking about a clear unpainted one,it is theoretically possible but will require a huge amount of elbow grease and some super fine polishing agent. I have done windshields on plastic model cars with toothpaste.

 

[w bill]

Are you talking about a painted one? No,I haven't. I just run it until it's trashed.

If you're talking about a clear unpainted one,it is theoretically possible but will require a huge amount of elbow grease and some super fine polishing agent. I have done windshields on plastic model cars with toothpaste.

1966 Is right you'll be there for hours otherwise one of those kits for clearing up plastic headlight lenses but it probaly would be cheaper to buy a new body.:

 

[broken_civic]

The body is painted from the inside, scratches are on the outside. It was a brand new body before I ran the truck once and it flipped. Slid down the street on the roof and scratched it all up.

 

[Candyman]

Chances are good that you won't effectively get them out. Especially if you rolled it on asphalt. These bodies are incredibly thin. Any reasonable scratch will have compromised a fair depth of the plastic. To sand it out would most likely create a very thin spot and it's even more likely that you'd sand right through the body trying to fix it. Just accept the scratches as battle scars and think about buying a new body sometime.

 

[Racer 1966]

The body is painted from the inside, scratches are on the outside. It was a brand new body before I ran the truck once and it flipped. Slid down the street on the roof and scratched it all up.

I just run it until it's trashed.

'nuff said

 

[truggy83]

Keep that body that is scratched for running it. Get a new body that you can beautify and only put that on when the car is sitting on the shelf. Heck you can even wax it too, but I can't think of anyone around here that does that

 

[w bill]

Keep that body that is scratched for running it. Get a new body that you can beautify and only put that on when the car is sitting on the shelf. Heck you can even wax it too, but I can't think of anyone around here that does that

Good chance ROLEX!!!!!! :