Here's a Tip on those Pesky Windows....

[J3cubfan]

I conducted a little experiment on a Monster Beetle Window that was scratched up. I sanded out some of the scratches with with 2000 grit automotive sand paper and proceded to drip the Windshield in Future Floor Acrylic Floor Polish. The Future is fine enough to cover up the micro-sized scratches and could easily pass as a new windshield.

When you dipped the windshield, make sure that wick away the excess and place it on an edge on a sheet of paper.

Its certainly worth a shot. BTW, in the UK and AUS I think that the product is called Johnson's Klear. You can find this in household cleaner section in a grocery store isle.

[WillyChang]

Does the floor polish wash off easy?

Hard-wearing?

[J3cubfan]

Its generally pretty hard wearing. Its floor polish. If you are going to run this through water, dirt and sand, then I really wouldn't recommend it. However, if you are restoring a shelve queen or sunday afternoon driver, then I think your safe. I just posted results on the show room page.

J3

[DJTheo]

Raemin recommends Polytrol for clear parts scratch filling, check my site in the tips section, seems to work great,

Cheers

[J3cubfan]

What is Polytrol? Is it available here in the states?

[DJTheo]

Ask better Raemin (http://www.tamiyaclub.com/member.asp?id=186), also just got a bit from him, never seen it before...

[raemin]

Actually they call this the "water effect". Take your scratched plastic bits, put them in the water, and you'll get just the same effect with polytrol.

The effect on lexan is impressive (See my celica), only problem is the relatively low cure time (1 day before touching it, 1 week before bashing around).

As for ability this stuff is made in northern Europe. Even in France it is pretty hard to find. It is normally widely available in "boat" related shops, as all these varnished boats (riva, etc) get tarnished easily. I can ship you a little sample, for one window I believe that 1cc should be far more than enough.

Personnally I would not use floor polish as it tends to "glue" the dust and the thikness is really important.

Raoul