Guest Clarence Posted October 23, 2003 Share Posted October 23, 2003 I need to unglue a resin cockpit that wound up in the wrong place. I used gap-filling super glue. It's the XP-55 from Czech Model, and I need to un-glue the cockpit tub and both sidewalls. They would have you glue both sidewalls to the fuselage side, then insert the tub instead of glue the sidewalls to the tub then insert the tub. Seemed goofy to me but I figured they knew what they were talking about. So now I'm ungluing Thanks, Clarence Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Irishfan Posted October 23, 2003 Share Posted October 23, 2003 Hello Clarence: ouch, not fun, depending on where you are , if you are stateside, I recommend Castrol superclean. only bad side is, if the plane is painted this stuff will strip it clean. what you do is get a small tub, castrol superclean is available at Wal-Mart, K-Mart, True-Value amd so fourth. You need to wear rubber gloves, this stuff is caustic, but it won't harm plastic, and you don't dillute it. it can be used over and over, but it will remove putty, glues and paints, but it sometimes takes 3 - 4 days depending on how much glue. another method is the freezer method, this is kinda dangerous on resin because resin get really brittle when frozen. soaking in warm water with soap, sometimes breaks up crazyglue from resin. other than this, there's easy off, takes forever with glue, and then the messy break fluid. I would recommend the Super clean out of all of them, but after the parts are seperated, you have to wash them thoroughly in soapy water, then on some resins, you have to wet sand and primer all over again. take care and happy modeling George Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MoFo Posted October 23, 2003 Share Posted October 23, 2003 Or just use de-bonder, since it's made for removing CA. Should be right next to the super glues and accelerators in your hobby shop. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Guest Posted October 23, 2003 Share Posted October 23, 2003 And it might be on clearance, Clarence! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Grey Ghost 531 Posted October 23, 2003 Share Posted October 23, 2003 And it might be on clearance, Clarence! Roger, Roger; and don't call me "Shirley" Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Clarence Posted October 23, 2003 Share Posted October 23, 2003 Guess I got my vector, Victor! Thanks, Clarence Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Drew T. Posted October 23, 2003 Share Posted October 23, 2003 Or just use de-bonder, since it's made for removing CA. Should be right next to the super glues and accelerators in your hobby shop. I've tested de-bonder on plastic and it began to soften it. It may be a different kind than MoFo's but I would just be careful if you go this route. It will definitely strip any paint, but about anything that will soften or dissolve CA is bound to do this. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mobiledeath Posted October 24, 2003 Share Posted October 24, 2003 If you are willing to blow some cash, use Gunze Mr Colour thinner. Very plastic save but expensive. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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