John[501st] Posted November 13, 2007 Report Share Posted November 13, 2007 Hello All, I've gotten some cement on my bucket...(I know...I'm NOT to excited about it either...) and I was told to try and sand it with some 320 sandpaper then use the Novus to polish it out.... Well...I tried that on an inconspicuous area...and it just seems to leave very fine and noticeable scratches and "dulls" the normally shiny area that I was working on... Any other suggestions...? Thank you ALL for your help...as the cement issue is really bugging me. John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TK-4510[501st] Posted November 13, 2007 Report Share Posted November 13, 2007 Show a pic dude. Try goo gone maybe? or heck WD-40 does everything, maybe that? ABS glue actually melts the ABS so you may be "escrewed".... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperTrooper Posted November 13, 2007 Report Share Posted November 13, 2007 What kind of cement were you using. Almost all of them can be removed fairly easily. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John[501st] Posted November 13, 2007 Author Report Share Posted November 13, 2007 Hello, Thanks for the reply... I was using IPS Weld-On (APS 2771) plastic pipe cement... Thanks again... John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperTrooper Posted November 13, 2007 Report Share Posted November 13, 2007 You probably aren't going to get it off. It melts the surrounding abs and fuses the abs plastic and the cement together. But when you tried to sanding you only used 320 grit. Thats considered fine for wood, but is very course for plastic. Look in the automotive section of most department stored and get a variety of auto sandpapers. Try sanding a scrap piece with 400 then 800, then 1500 and polish it with novus. You shouldn't see the scratches then. If you do use some 2000 grit sandpaper and re-polish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John[501st] Posted November 13, 2007 Author Report Share Posted November 13, 2007 Hey...thank you for that idea. It sounds like it could be possible... ...and since nothing else has worked...I'll give that a shot this week. Thank you again! John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TK-2126_MD[TK] Posted November 13, 2007 Report Share Posted November 13, 2007 Thx for asking John!!!! Thx for answering Guys!!! I was wondering about that my self ( sloppy forearms.....) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TK-4935 Posted November 13, 2007 Report Share Posted November 13, 2007 if you have a dremel with all the bits there should be a buffing wheel. get some plastic specific buffing soap and once you've removed the majority of the glue with sandpaper (very fine wet 'n' dry will do the job, add water and watch the miracle happen) and Novus, gently buff the area with the wheel and soap (dont press to hard as the friction can also melt the plastic). keep repeating the process till your happy. i took a massive chunk out of one of my early lids with the dremel chuck and i managed to make the offending area disappear. it took some time and a couple of repeat processes but it ended up looking good as new. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiyotei[TK] Posted November 14, 2007 Report Share Posted November 14, 2007 That's good to know. I slipped a few times with the dremel before I started masking any area near the dremel zone with tape. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John[501st] Posted November 14, 2007 Author Report Share Posted November 14, 2007 Simon, Thank you for that great idea....and I know EXACTLY what you mean by the friction of the buffing wheel melting the plastic.... I can second that! Thanks again!! John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiyotei[TK] Posted November 14, 2007 Report Share Posted November 14, 2007 I ordered my Novus today. I'll be needing it to clean up the armor as I finish building my AP soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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