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best way to trim out a fiberglass body? - 3/28/2008 2:53:58 PM   
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Status: offline 		ok guys, whats the best way to trim out the wheel wells and windows of a fiberglass body of my 1/4 scale drag car?? someone on a r/c heli site used a soldering iron with a xacto knife blade in the tip and said it worked awesome nice smooth cut and edges, anyone done this???
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RE: best way to trim out a fiberglass body? - 3/28/2008 3:41:56 PM   
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RE: best way to trim out a fiberglass body? - 5/20/2008 3:44:53 AM   
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Status: offline 		The tip you describe works awesome on certain types of plastic so why not ? I would definately test it on a scrap piece of fiberglas first.

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RE: best way to trim out a fiberglass body? - 6/9/2008 11:57:45 AM   
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Status: offline 		Dremel with a round stone/disc, then fine wet&dry. Don't breathe the dust...fibreglass is the new asbestosis....

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