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                        Cloudy Clear plastic

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                        JCB3
                        • Member since
                          February 2003
                        Cloudy Clear plastic
                        Posted by JCB3 on Wednesday, June 13, 2007 9:50 AM
                        The 2 top windows on my B-17 became cloudy, while the rest of the clear parts are fine. Is there anything I can do to clean these up? I think its on the inside of the cockpit.I can get to it using a q-tip but thats about it.Would a small drop of future on easch part help or would that just seal the haze more? thanks John
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                        armornut
                        • Member since
                          March 2007
                        • From: Northeast WA State
                        Posted by armornut on Wednesday, June 13, 2007 10:13 PM
                         i had a 1/24 trumpeter canopy that was the same way,i used future but it was no help(never had any luck with that stuff but it does work) however if its on the inside and the fusalage is closed that brings the question of what type of glue did ya use?

                        we're modelers it's what we do

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                        HawkeyeHobbies
                        • Member since
                          August 2006
                        • From: Neenah, WI
                        Posted by HawkeyeHobbies on Thursday, June 14, 2007 9:42 AM
                        Did you dip your canopy parts in Future before painting and attaching them? Did you use CA to attach them? If the haze is on the inside your only option is to remove it; strip it; polish it; dip it; paint and reattach it or replace it with a new one.

                        Gerald "Hawkeye" Voigt

                        http://hawkeyes-squawkbox.com/

                         

                         

                        "Its not the workbench that makes the model, it is the modeler at the workbench."

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                        JCB3
                        • Member since
                          February 2003
                        Posted by JCB3 on Thursday, June 14, 2007 6:41 PM
                        It was not the canopy,it was the small window on the fusalage.I went to Swannys page and saw Windex on a q-tip would remove the future.Sure enough,I was able to get a Q-tip in the fusalage and remove the future and it worked like a charm. Thanks
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                        mfsob
                        • Member since
                          March 2005
                        • From: West Virginia, USA
                        Posted by mfsob on Friday, June 15, 2007 11:55 AM
                        What's weird is why the window got cloudy in the first place - the Future must have reacted with something, and the usual culprit is super glue fumes.
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                        JCB3
                        • Member since
                          February 2003
                        Posted by JCB3 on Saturday, June 16, 2007 5:58 AM
                        Glue was not the problem.I used Formula 500,I have used it many times before and never had a problem. I think it was the tape I used ,painters blue masking but Believe it or not the tape was on for over a year
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