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Tamiya Polishing Compounds

Posted: Sat Jan 21, 2017 12:49 am
by 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!!!

Re: Tamiya Polishing Compounds

Posted: Sat Jan 21, 2017 4:03 am
by 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.

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Re: Tamiya Polishing Compounds

Posted: Sat Jan 21, 2017 4:34 am
by Augustus
jmatt wrote: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.

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

Re: Tamiya Polishing Compounds

Posted: Sat Jan 21, 2017 11:18 am
by Cymru
Augustus wrote: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.

Re: Tamiya Polishing Compounds

Posted: Sat Jan 21, 2017 11:58 am
by Augustus
Cymru wrote:
Augustus wrote: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.

Re: Tamiya Polishing Compounds

Posted: Sat Jan 21, 2017 5:34 pm
by 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!

Re: Tamiya Polishing Compounds

Posted: Sun Jan 22, 2017 4:21 am
by jmatt
Augustus wrote:
jmatt wrote: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.