Tamiya Polishing Compounds

[Augustus]

Never used it on a canopy, or anything else, before, any tips? (I have all three). In fact I've never even done a canopy, or any glass before, any tips!!!

[jmatt]

I did my first one not too long ago. If you're careful, it's not as hard as it looks. After polishing, I dipped it in Future.

[Augustus]

I did my first one not too long ago. If you're careful, it's not as hard as it looks. After polishing, I dipped it in Future.

What do you do? Just dab a bit on the cloths and go round in little circles?

[Cymru]

What do you do? Just dab a bit on the cloths and go round in little circles?

Yep, slap it on & rub like hell until it disappears. Then give it a rub with a dry part of the cloth.

[Augustus]

What do you do? Just dab a bit on the cloths and go round in little circles?

Yep, slap it on & rub like hell until it disappears. Then give it a rub with a dry part of the cloth.

Lovely, thank you for explaining/confirming that to me.

[rbruceporter]

Actually there is an excellent video for how to use the polishing compounds on canopies right here in the forum. And another good one is here: https://youtu.be/pPPhKdC84MQ Hope this helps!

[jmatt]

What do you do? Just dab a bit on the cloths and go round in little circles?

Well, first I masked off the raised section and gently scraped it with a new blade until it was mostly gone. Then I gently sanded the seam, starting at 2,000 grit and working may way up to the Flory 10,000 stick. Then I removed the masks and used the Tamiya 8000 buffing compound. Then the Future.

Took about 45 minutes total.