David Russell said:
Huuummm…Scuff it and paint over it or being that it’s brass get some Castrol Super Clean and soak it in a bucket and try stripping it. I would try the repaint first.
I thought about that, but since I accidentally spilled the paint when I was spraying, I don’t have enough left for a repaint.
I think I’m going to go ahead and do the glazing and see how it looks. Not quite what I wanted as it looked so sharp before, but that’s the way it goes.
Well you could always strip it down and go with the polished brass and call it the “pay car”
You always want me to do more work. 
I’m done with work, I tell ya!
Photos? Maybe its not so bad…
Bob McCown said:
Photos? Maybe its not so bad…
No, it’s not THAT bad. Just not as neat as I wanted. A slight yellowish tinge…
Hah…looks pretty darn good to me!
Wow, that looks great!
This one has a slight ‘tinge’, too.
is this a runner or shelf Queen? I guess it doesn’t matter
looks damm good.
Richard
I think that looks great. It could have been passed off as “on purpose”.
I wonder about the baking. It does speed up curing, but I think that is all it does. It is used in manufacturing so parts can be handled sooner (imagine acres of car parts air curing). Do you think it improves durability or adhesion to the metal?
Bruce,
If you hadn’t said anything nobody would have noticed. I think it looks great!
Sure looks fine in that picture, right off the showroom floor…
Thanks guys. Yeah, probably not worth getting too upset about it.
I’m sort of getting used to it.
Geoff, I always thought it made it adhere better, but maybe it does just makes it dry faster.
Richard - it’s a runner. It has an RS-3 motor block and is powered by a 14.8 V Lithium Ion battery. Controlled by the Revolution with their built in sound. It was very nice hooking this up - just the power, motor, speaker, and lights; and it’s all screw terminals.
Anyway, off to glazing!
Geoff Ringle said:
I think that looks great. It could have been passed off as “on purpose”.
I wonder about the baking. It does speed up curing, but I think that is all it does. It is used in manufacturing so parts can be handled sooner (imagine acres of car parts air curing). Do you think it improves durability or adhesion to the metal?
When I was taught metal painting, I was told that baking paint on increased the durability, but a couple minutes of Googling shows that’s not always the case. Interesting…
Oh sure, NOW you tell me.
Bruce Chandler said:
Oh sure, NOW you tell me.
Though I hear it works well on plastic models… You should try that next…
I’m sure someone has tried it…
Well, I did put some styrene in my toaster oven (warm setting) in an attempt to bend it to a shape one time.
That didn’t work too well…
Bruce Chandler said:
Well, I did put some styrene in my toaster oven (warm setting) in an attempt to bend it to a shape one time.
I’ve been straightening Accucraft coach roof ends in the toaster oven for years. And making styrene curved roofs. You just need a ‘form’ under it so when it droops it takes the right shape.
BTW - I’m with Geoff and the others who said they would never have noticed the tint. Too much information, maybe? But thanks for telling us not to bake the clear paint!
Pete Thornton said:
BTW - I’m with Geoff and the others who said they would never have noticed the tint. Too much information, maybe? But thanks for telling us not to bake the clear paint!
Actually, that was the point of the post - don’t bake the clear!
