RE: Help removing CA from plastic canopy!!
Here's the only two methods I know how to do.
Method A.
1. Wet sand the canopy with progressivly fine grades of paper. Start with some 600, then drop down to 1200, then 1200, 1500 and finally 2000 grit. This should remove all of the CA adhesive from the surface of the canopy, but render the canopy opaque, with very fine scratches.
2. Spray paint the canopy with any of these PPG clears....DAU 82, DCU 2020, DCU 2021 or DCU 2042. I have used these, and they work fine. There are certainly others, but I won't recommend them unless I have used them. Use adequate thinner, so the material really flows out. When dry, the canopy will be crystal clear.
Method B.
1. Sand the canopy down as outlined above.
2. Locate some Petit Paint Co. "Hobbypoxy" thinner. This might be hard to find, but maybe somebody out there reading this has
some stashed away to sell you. Maybe the Petit Paint Co. has a website.
3. Using the widest and softest Canmelhair paint brush you can find, flow coat a coat of the thinner onto the surface of the canopy.
DON'T daube or brush the thinner over any area more than once. Brush in one direction only. Fore to aft is what I have done in
the past. The thinner evaporates quickly, so you have to work fast. When the thinner flashes off, the canopy will be crystal clear.
Practice on a scrap canopy first with either method, so you don't goof up the real one.
Left to do either method again, I would opt for the clear paint job. It takes longer, but it is more controllable.
Hope this helps.....Good luck
Harley Condra
BVM REP
Team JetCat