Cox Engines Forum
You are not logged in! Please login or register.

Logged in members see NO ADVERTISEMENTS!


Cox Stuka and polishing plastic Cox_ba12




Cox Stuka and polishing plastic Pixel

Log in

I forgot my password

Search
 
 

Display results as :
 


Rechercher Advanced Search

Latest topics
» **VOTE-ON-THE-NEXT-COX-ENGINE-OF-THE-MONTH** (November 2024)
by GallopingGhostler Today at 10:35 pm

» COX .020 POWERED SPEEDSTER
by TD ABUSER Today at 10:28 pm

» L4 Grasshopper
by Ken Cook Today at 7:25 pm

» Free Flight Radio Assist
by Ken Cook Today at 7:19 pm

» Cox NaBOO - Just in time for Halloween
by 1975 control line guy Today at 6:13 pm

» Brushless motors?
by rsv1cox Today at 6:09 pm

» My CA or CyA (super glue) allergy
by rsv1cox Today at 5:53 pm

» This might bring a smile
by 706jim Today at 8:28 am

» Happy Birthday TDABUSER
by rdw777 Today at 7:58 am

» Destructive deconstruction - The Chinese Russian Carrier gives in
by latole Today at 7:39 am

» Cox 020 PeeWee rebuild questions
by LooseSpinner99 Today at 7:34 am

» Warrior model kit bought from a "BX" circa 1972-76
by getback Today at 6:06 am

Cox Engine of The Month
October-2024
MauricioB's

"Cox .049 Circa 1975, custom."



PAST WINNERS
CEF Traveling Engine

Win This Engine!
Gallery


Cox Stuka and polishing plastic Empty
Live on Patrol


Cox Stuka and polishing plastic

Go down

Cox Stuka and polishing plastic Empty Cox Stuka and polishing plastic

Post  Sig Skyray Tue Jun 02, 2015 9:35 am

I have a black plastic Stuka in very good condition that I apparently committed a plastic offense on...
I used a strong degreaser on the fuse and wings and it clouded the plastic.

Any tips on shining it back up? What do you guys use to polish plastic?

Greg
Sig Skyray
Sig Skyray
Gold Member
Gold Member

Posts : 222
Join date : 2015-04-02
Age : 63
Location : Lake Mary, FL

Back to top Go down

Cox Stuka and polishing plastic Empty Re: Cox Stuka and polishing plastic

Post  GallopingGhostler Tue Jun 02, 2015 10:48 am

I use Meguiar's G12310 PlastX Clear Plastic Cleaner & Polish on the plastic parts of my motorcycle, like the fairing parts and windshield on my tourer, on car hard plastic including headlight lenses, radio and appliance plastic. It gently removes hazing from weathering, light scratches. That is available in most auto parts and department stores with an auto section.

For harder etchings, I've used Turtle Wax White Polishing Compound and Scratch Remover, available also in the auto section. It has a mild abrasive, then followed up with the PlastX.

I'd test it first on an inconspicuous spot or on something else to get the hang of it. You may find that these provide a finish much shinier than the original, may take some practice to get a finish that looks inconspicous and blends with the surrounding surfaces.

YMMV (your mileage may vary)
GallopingGhostler
GallopingGhostler
Top Poster
Top Poster

2023 Supporter

Posts : 5677
Join date : 2013-07-13
Age : 70
Location : Clovis NM or NFL KC Chiefs

Back to top Go down

Cox Stuka and polishing plastic Empty Re: Cox Stuka and polishing plastic

Post  rsv1cox Tue Jun 02, 2015 3:38 pm

That's the stuff Greg, I just couldn't think of how to spell "Meguiars". Smile Thanks GG.

Bob
rsv1cox
rsv1cox
Top Poster
Top Poster

2022 Supporter

2023 Supporter

2024 Supporter

Posts : 11190
Join date : 2014-08-18
Location : West Virginia

Back to top Go down

Cox Stuka and polishing plastic Empty Re: Cox Stuka and polishing plastic

Post  Mudhen Tue Jun 02, 2015 3:47 pm

.


Last edited by Mudhen on Thu Nov 18, 2021 10:41 am; edited 1 time in total
Mudhen
Mudhen
Gold Member
Gold Member

Posts : 489
Join date : 2011-09-19

Back to top Go down

Cox Stuka and polishing plastic Empty Re: Cox Stuka and polishing plastic

Post  RknRusty Tue Jun 02, 2015 4:09 pm

Hiya, Mud. Good to see the old Superhog snort. I bet y'all's flying weather is nice and hot out in San Diego by now. You been having any fun?
Rusty

_________________
Don't Panic!
...and never Ever think about how good you are at something...
while you're doing it!


My Hot Rock & Blues Playlist
RknRusty
RknRusty
Rest In Peace
Rest In Peace

Posts : 10869
Join date : 2011-08-10
Age : 68
Location : South Carolina, USA

Back to top Go down

Cox Stuka and polishing plastic Empty Re: Cox Stuka and polishing plastic

Post  Sig Skyray Tue Jun 02, 2015 4:20 pm

RknRusty wrote:Hiya, Mud. Good to see the old Superhog snort. I bet y'all's flying weather is nice and hot out in San Diego by now. You been having any fun?
Rusty
Haha!  Where's your polishing advice Rusty !  I must've missed it.  Just kidding of course. Oh, BTW, I identified my little yellow and red stunt trainer (now my avatar). It's a Sig Deweybird.

The good news is... the clouding is minor and I got less on the wings than I thought.  Mostly just around the engine area, but it's light and the plastic there is all smooth.  I appreciate the advice, I'll pick up some Meguiar's G12310 PlastX Clear Plastic Cleaner & Polish and I'm going to look into the Novus too. They have it at my local Walmart.

Thanks!  Greg


Last edited by Sig Skyray on Tue Jun 02, 2015 4:22 pm; edited 1 time in total (Reason for editing : Clarity)
Sig Skyray
Sig Skyray
Gold Member
Gold Member

Posts : 222
Join date : 2015-04-02
Age : 63
Location : Lake Mary, FL

Back to top Go down

Cox Stuka and polishing plastic Empty Re: Cox Stuka and polishing plastic

Post  Mudhen Tue Jun 02, 2015 7:42 pm

.


Last edited by Mudhen on Thu Nov 18, 2021 10:41 am; edited 1 time in total
Mudhen
Mudhen
Gold Member
Gold Member

Posts : 489
Join date : 2011-09-19

Back to top Go down

Cox Stuka and polishing plastic Empty Update Polishing Plastic Parts

Post  DanMc Fri Apr 02, 2021 9:19 pm

I have been searching out this subject to see if there is anything new that has been discovered in recent years. I have a Wen-Mac Dauntless that I made a similar mistake on, but luckily I only did on the fuselage. the bad part is I did it on the nose pf the fuselage where there is a lot of small detail!! If there is a good tutorial out there some where, could some one guide me to it, please? I seem to remember some one mentioning on the old Yahoo 1/2A group about using brake fluid to do some kind of job, but that isn't available any more. This model was in pretty good shape, but was covered in a really sticky residue like I had never seen and was VERY tough to get off. That is why I tried this stuff called Mr. Awesome that I have had hanging around for a long time, and I have seen at the dollar stores. It worked pretty good and didn't bother the plastic if I scrubbed it off right away, but I sprayed down the nose section of the fuselage ( I had already taken everything apart ) put it in a bucket of water to soak like that and then forgot about it. I have been working on it with several polishes and I'm having some mild success. Doing the detail around the nose is where I'll need help.

I got a nice, complete Cox Spitfire in the same deal that was in about the same shape covered with the same sticky stuff. It only had some minor damage where the landing gear bolted on like they usually do, but that was easily repaired, and it even still had the antennae!!. The same cleaner didn't seem to bother the Cox plastic either. Cox plastic seems to be a harder plastic than Wen-Mac plastic and I think that is key to what I'm dealing with. I have also thought of using some Pine-Sol to see what happens. Believe it or not, some guys on a vintage dirt bike forum really recommend that for cleaning out old carburetors and used straight from the bottle, is even supposed remove varnish from old gasoline. I'm heading out to the garage to look for my brake fluid and Pine-Sol!
Thanks in advance
Dan McEntee
DanMc
DanMc
Gold Member
Gold Member

Posts : 148
Join date : 2014-09-17

Back to top Go down

Cox Stuka and polishing plastic Empty Re: Cox Stuka and polishing plastic

Post  944_Jim Fri Apr 02, 2021 10:43 pm

Yup..
Pine-Sol and a cheap Harbor freight hydrasonic cleaner for bike/lawnmower/British carbs!

_________________
Never enough time to build them all...always enough time to smash them all!
944_Jim
944_Jim
Diamond Member
Diamond Member

2022 Supporter

2023 Supporter

2024 Supporter

Posts : 2021
Join date : 2017-02-08
Age : 59
Location : NE MS

Back to top Go down

Cox Stuka and polishing plastic Empty Re: Cox Stuka and polishing plastic

Post  crankbndr Sat Apr 03, 2021 7:30 am

Two products I used to clean and shine the harder plastic, the plastic cleaner is no longer available because it causes sudden death if you use it in Comifornia.
The body was pretty dull so I used a 3 inch cotton wheel spinning at low speed and polish. For final polish I used Turtle wax polishing compound.



Cox Stuka and polishing plastic Dsc00611



Before

Cox Stuka and polishing plastic Dsc00612


After, a slow spinning cotton wheel and polish should shine the plastic and not remove detail.

Cox Stuka and polishing plastic Dsc00713
crankbndr
crankbndr
Top Poster
Top Poster

Posts : 3108
Join date : 2011-12-10
Location : Homestead FL

Back to top Go down

Cox Stuka and polishing plastic Empty Re: Cox Stuka and polishing plastic

Post  Sponsored content


Sponsored content


Back to top Go down

Back to top

- Similar topics

 
Permissions in this forum:
You cannot reply to topics in this forum