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| Posted: Wed Apr 1st, 2015 08:11 am |
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George W
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Anyone know a way to remove the line name from an engine ?
I think sanding would be too destructive to the plastic.
Any ideas?
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| Posted: Wed Apr 1st, 2015 03:18 pm |
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George, it depends on what was used to make the lettering. Many times, you can use Iso Alcohol and a Q Tip to rub it off. Maybe you can find Floquil's ELO which is roughly the same thing. Also, brake fluid applied with Q Tip may work. These methods can take off the paint underneath the lettering, if that happens, I would just immerse the whole plastic superstructure in brake fluid and let the paint disolve away. Then rattle can the model with nice new paint.
OR-as many small RR's did...paint the lettering black and apply new lettering over the old. This method is something I might do since I like hand me down equipment on funky railways.
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| Posted: Wed Apr 1st, 2015 06:26 pm |
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George W
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I tried Alcohol (works on Hot Wheels cars) but it did seem to be doing anything. I'm going to try Goof-Off next as I have some laying around.
Thanks for the ideas, might need them if Goof- Off doesn't work
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George W
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Si. wrote:
Good question guys.
I wanna get the letters off an On30 Porter & Shay...
...anyone know what dissolves Bachmann lettering, but NOT paint ?
Cheers.
Si.
I can tell you, don't use goof-off. It didn't do anything to the lettering but it ate the paint on the Loco. Not that I cared much as I planed a repaint of sorts
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| Posted: Fri Apr 3rd, 2015 06:55 am |
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You might try a watered down lacquer. If you can apply it and wipe it off quick enough, it might not soften the paint underneath too much. Keep in mind I have not tried that before and it's only a guess.
You could also try a razor blade if the lettering is a decal. Simply scrape away at the lettering and be careful not to scratch the paint too much. That I have tried before, but I don't know if it'll work with paint.
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Lee B wrote:
There simply is no chemical you can use that'll eat the lettering away but leave the paint.
I've used the finest sandpaper I can find. Yeah, it leaves a buff look, but a tiny bit of weathering hides it pretty well.
Yes, that's pretty much what I ended up doing
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| Posted: Sat Apr 4th, 2015 09:01 am |
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| Posted: Thu Apr 30th, 2015 02:24 pm |
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I've used a Mister Clean Magic Eraser, but it still takes the sheen off the paint underneath the lettering.
Like Lee said, I don't think there's any way to remove one and not the other.
91% Isopropyl Alcohol takes paint off really well. I've also used brake fluid.
I had a MTH 2-8-0 that the 91% took it off in sheets but it wouldn't hardly touch the paint on a Weaver RS3, had to use the brake fluid to break the surface. I finally removed 99% of the paint alternating between the 2.
If you use the 91%, leave it in the bath for a day or 2. I made a "bathtub" using a length of 4" PVC pipe, large enough to hold an O scale body. Fill it full of 91% alcohol and after 2 days (maybe less) use an old toothbrush to remove the paint.
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