Hey,

What have you guys done about a little bit of C.A. smeared on your canopy? What's the best way to get rid of it? Any tips would be appreciated. I've never cared before, but I do in this case, and I've got to get it off....

Hey Shawn,

I got a tip from someone here, use future floor wax, I looked long and hard since it is not sold under that name. I found a bottle of Pledge with Future shine at Walmart. I just had to use that on my F-4 Canopy. take the canopy and the wax to your sink and basically hose your canopy down and let it stand and dry. set it such that the excess solution will run out.

My canopy was not installed in a frame so it is a lot easier to deal with it. If the canopy is in a frame, then I recommend pouring the solution in the affected area and then use a syringe to suck the excess off.

Best Regards,
Mike

Never have found a way to remove it other than sand it off. The Ca remover agent will also eat at the plastic so that does not help either. What I have done is sand it our with 1000+ grit "WET". Then clear the entire canopy, not fun but not to bad and it will totally fix the problem. In fact it will look better than before if your clear job is good. Hope this helps

Hi Shawn, why dont you just go to the back room and grab another one off the shelf ? Just kidding I will be intouch with you soon I have some questions for you about my Yellow F-4 and a Rabbit 100.


Frank

if it's just a smudge or a fogging from the fumes you can spray it with a hot clear coat and it will bring it back to a clear and smudge free, if it's a thick run you need to sand it before the clear coat.

Shaun,

If the CA is not too heavy, I have had good luck removing it with an automotive "swirl remover" polish. Just do it by hand and keep repeating until it's all gone. Also works well for very light scratches or other surface blemishes and leaves the canopy perfectly clear. I've also used the same technique for paint blemishes.

Here's the Meguiars polish:

http://www.meguiarsdirect.com/product_detail.do?q=4726

Killer idea there Craig!!! How in the hello how are you, did you find that out???

Awesome!
Rex

Another substence is using silver polish on a soft cutton cloth to bring back up the shine again after first sanding the contaminated area with 1000, 2000, and finaly with 3600 grit scoth brite...

how about CA debonder ?....aceton (nail paint remover) think works too


...my 2c

Yeah, but it also destroys the canopy too...

Desperation....did some experimenting on scrap canopy pieces. Still amazed that it doesn't dull the canopy. Unfortunately it only works on very thin/shallow surface blemishes.

what a pro LOL

If a drop of thick CA gets on your canopy it's better to leave it dry as is and then chip it off with a sharp knife ....nothing I know can disolve CA that won't attack the canopy too.

Best way is fine sanding and polishing ....or as others suggested aplying a nice layer of clear coat over it all .

First, Order a new canopy.... Then use 1/4" barrel type rare earth magnets and r/c 56 glue/pacer canopy glue. (Available from magnets "R" us on the net.) Cut canopy to fit then use maybe one magnet per 1" to 1 1/2 " all around the canopy on inside, one outside at each position. The r/c 56 /pacer canopy glue cleans up with water and is THE BEST way to glue a canopy to anything. Wood, foam, fiberglass whatever. And will never hurt the surfaces being glued to. Also if there is some residual glue left over it can typically be rubbed off with your thumb. Also roughing up the area to be adhered is a good way to assure complete adhesion. Real sticky somewhat rubbery finish. Works awesome! If you can't find the magnet company I can find it and list it.

Tim.

Tim,

Thanks. Great ideas, guys!

All my 30+ years modelling never thought about using small magnets to hold things while gluing, amazing you never stop learning !

Magnets work great on canopies. I like to use a Hysol glass epoxy (E-30CL) because you have a lot longer working time (about 1 hour) to get the canopy and magnets positioned. It cleans up very nicely with denatured or isopropol alcohol before it sets.