I accidently smeared some CA on my plastic clear canopy. It's dried and I used some rubbing alcohol but no luck. Any suggestions?

my condolences

Can you buy a new canopy?

Yes [8D]

My experience is that you can do nothing about CA on canopy except go ahead and use it or replace it

Anything you try to do will just make it worse

Been there and done that

You are not the first person.

There is a special canopy glue you use to glue canopies on with. It is white like Elmer's but dries clear. It makes no fog on your canopy

http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...&I=LXCX70&P=ML

Got that.

There was CA left over on the formers and it got on my thumb while handling the canopy.

Welcome to the club. I've done that too. When it was a sport model, I just went ahead and used it with the smudge anyway

Yep. 400 grit paper, then 600 grit paper, then 1200 grit paper then 1500 grit paper all under running water. Then dip the canopy in Future floor finish/"wax". Wick up the dripping Future with a facial tissue or paper towel. Hang it up for an hour to dry and you are good to go. You may be able to stop sanding with the 1200 grit paper.

Bill

Have you tried DeBonder for CA? A few drops on a cloth over your finger tip, work it lightly around. Repeat the process 3 or 4 times. It works on monokote. If that fails, flip the canopy upside down and spray paint.

You forgot the tooth paste step after the 1600 grit!

nice advice. i will file that one away mentally.

WD40 will get the fog off but dried CA is tough.

Hi!
I can be fixed! I have done it several times.
First try pure nitro! Nitro will desolve Ca glue (sometime even Canopies) . But it takes time...soke it in with a paper towel. Aceton will not work!
If nitro doesn't desolve the Ca glue try to carefully sand it down using miniature cabinet files. Then sand with 1500-2000 wet/dry papper using water.
And finally polish the whole canopy using 3M "Finnes it" (or some other polishing compound used for car paint ).

Buy a new canopy or paint it. Straight nitro is a plastic solvent. You can figure out what happens from there......

[] Look, I'm going to tell you what you need to do... and I'm talking from experience. I don't work for any company and I usually don't try to endorse products.

I spilled CA Glue on a Goldberg 62 skylane a year ago and I was in deep do-do. I couldn't find a replacement canopy because Goldberg just got bought out by Great Planes and they haven't got to the point in making parts for some of there planes.

I thought I was screwed!!! I knew Acetone would fog up the plastic, and there was a risk that 90% alcohol wasn't going to work and I risked fogging up the plastic. Lighter fluid was a NO GO as well.

Then I thought of a idea... and it worked real well. I applied GREAT PLANES PRO CA DE-BONDER to the glue and let it sit for 30 seconds, then I re-applied more de-bonder. Then I took a very soft cloth and I wiped it off. Keep repeating the process until the glue has been removed, then wash the canopy with warm water and dish soap.

I've wasted a lot of money in this hobby from hand spasms, being retarded and knocking glues over... or dropping sharp pointed objects on a nice cover job. [:@]

So when I read this thread, I remembered my nightmares all over again. [sm=cry_smile.gif]

Good Luck!

ever hear of decals........i have hidden dried ca with decals.....just make sure you a set....one for the other side.....