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PLASTIC TANKS - DISASTER.

Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2007 8:07 pm
by bigoink
Whilst building a new 40 minus today , i decided to utilise a long range plastic tank that ive had on the shelf for a while. Though fairly new , it had a couple of paint splashes on the side from an earlier job..... so without more ado i put some cellulose thinners on a rag in an attempt to clean things up ............BAD MISTAKE !..........the thinners got rid of the paint ok but it left the tank with a shitty brown haze in the plastic grain . So far, its resisted all attempts to rectify the situation. Keep celly thinners away from seagulls, its bad news......... Not content with that, i managed to pull one of the brass inserts from from the plastic tank mounts. Has anyone any idea what to glue it back in with ? :cry:

Re: PLASTIC TANKS - DISASTER.

Posted: Mon Apr 30, 2007 2:09 am
by Hugz
bigoink wrote:..... so without more ado i put some cellulose thinners on a rag in an attempt to clean things up ............BAD MISTAKE !..........the thinners got rid of the paint ok but it left the tank with a shitty brown haze in the plastic grain
Grin..... Devine providence!! (intervention?), I don't believe plastic and seagulls should mix. Even plastic fuel lines irk me. Good luck.

Hugo.

Posted: Mon Apr 30, 2007 11:50 am
by StephenRT
I had a similar problem with a brass insert about a year ago.I used Devcon “Devweld 531â€

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Posted: Mon Apr 30, 2007 8:36 pm
by bigoink
ok ......thanks for that steve . Ill give it a try.