Author Topic: Removing prints from the 3785 ACW / Western wagon´s cover  (Read 5144 times)

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Re: Removing prints from the 3785 ACW / Western wagon´s cover
« Reply #10 on: January 29, 2018, 22:36:55 »
And here the result, all printing gone on the 2nd side too!  :yippee:

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Re: Removing prints from the 3785 ACW / Western wagon´s cover
« Reply #11 on: January 29, 2018, 22:43:53 »
As said earlier, with use of the pen-eraser gum - and certainly with the print-remover bottle that also is designed to remove varnish, at least according to the label -  the plastic has become a bit dull. Not that much, but it is not as shiny anymore as it was.

So, first a bit of cleaning with a mix of kitchen-products (cleaners) and water.

Drying  the plastic with a clean piece of cloth or with kitchen-paper, and in doing so rubbing good & long enough will (usually) already bring a bit of the shine back.

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Re: Removing prints from the 3785 ACW / Western wagon´s cover
« Reply #12 on: January 29, 2018, 22:48:52 »
And to bring a lot more of the shine back, one can use the "synthetic materials / plastics - polisher" from the same brand as the print-& varnish-remover.
Be attentive not to mix up both bottles, they look quite the same, just the label is different!

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Re: Removing prints from the 3785 ACW / Western wagon´s cover
« Reply #13 on: January 29, 2018, 22:51:48 »
The end-result of both sides of the wagon-cover after use of the above mentioned plastics-polisher:

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Re: Removing prints from the 3785 ACW / Western wagon´s cover
« Reply #14 on: January 29, 2018, 22:55:33 »
Btw, don´t forget to clean the floor after use of pen- & pencil-eraser gums  ;)

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Re: Removing prints from the 3785 ACW / Western wagon´s cover
« Reply #15 on: January 29, 2018, 22:59:21 »
Time to get out the box with covered Western-wagons.
The one on the right, that is the 1980s one with the brownish cover!

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Re: Removing prints from the 3785 ACW / Western wagon´s cover
« Reply #16 on: January 29, 2018, 23:05:17 »
So, here she (he?) is, the covered wagon from set 3278.

Some probably like a lot the beige-brown colour of the cover.
But to me, I find a lighter colour better. That is one of the reasons why I already exchanged the original wheels with more modern ones (different axels needed for that), the colour of the cover-colour almost matched the wheel-colour.
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Re: Removing prints from the 3785 ACW / Western wagon´s cover
« Reply #17 on: January 29, 2018, 23:08:09 »
Hup, here is the wagon equipped with the cover from the ACW-wagon with the prints gone  :)

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Re: Removing prints from the 3785 ACW / Western wagon´s cover
« Reply #18 on: January 29, 2018, 23:11:14 »
Here the newly equipped one (left) together with the DS-version 7648 (right).

I might have polished a bit too much, the wagon-cover now looks even brighter then the one from the DS-wagon  ;D

That´s it!  :wave:

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Re: Removing prints from the 3785 ACW / Western wagon´s cover
« Reply #19 on: January 30, 2018, 00:19:05 »
Job well done and thank you for sharing. BTW love how you put the bit about the gloves and wearing them after you state to apply the varnish remover Lol
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