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Re: Plastic car model scratched

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Subject: Re: Plastic car model scratched
From: Gary Spray <gaspray@cox.net>
Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2003 12:14:05 -0500
At 06:59 AM 10/17/2003, Eric Linnhoff wrote:
>I have a black plastic car model (the color is molded into the plastic) that
>has somehow received a goodly amount of shallow scratches on it's roof.  I
>don't know how this happened as I don't usually make a habit of sliding them
>across the floor on their roofs or using them as a table hockey puck.
>(Remember table hockey?)
>
>What's the easiest/cheapest way to cover/fill/fix these scratches?  Just
>plain old auto wax?  I prefer not to use six different grits of sandpaper on
>them as would be done on a real car.

Rubbing compound. It worked for me forty-five years ago when I used to 
build and modify plastic models.


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Topeka, Kansas
White 1990 Mazda Miata
Kansas Region SCCA - Solo 2
#16 CSP (or 19, or 61, or 91, or 1, or 6, or 9; only got two numbers) 





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