how to repair this!!

[hirme]

HI all, one of my friend brings me his body to cut and paint it....well while cutting the front window hole...my dremel slips...and now look at this :mad:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v687/hirme/DSC02260_1.jpg

the window is badly scratched...

since he want some tribal on the truck, I was thinking of getting a tribal that would go on the winshield but cutting the actual tribal prior to paint it on the windshield...what do you thinks guys?

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v687/hirme/DSC02259_1.jpg

any other idea instead to cut entirely the windshield :confused:

I thinks it's the last time I cut a body other then mine... lol

[Lidz]

I wouldn't worry about it too much. The tribal thing is a good idea, but the majority of that damage is on the overspray film. The owner will probably cover it up with a number or something anyway.

[hirme]

I lif the overspray film to check it out...and it's really bad...you can NOT miss it when looking at the body lol

[z-man280]

looks like a crowd pleaser for the Gt or GT2.....

cut out the windshield, you will be fine. also, lexan scissors are awesome.

[JeffEmbracedDC]

You can get a soft buffing wheel for a dremmel and some buffing compound. I have two buffing wheels and I use them all of the time. They work wonders. Most hardware stores will pobably have it and if they don't.. lowes, home depot, menards, whatever should definitely have it. That should be able to take out your dings. The final reflection might look a little odd but it will be a lot better than a bunch of dings in the window. Plus after it's painted the only way you could tell is if the light was actually reflecting in it where as if they were dings you would be able to tell no matter what angle you were looking at. I don't know. Try to buff it out.

-J

[Paradoxmaker]

You could always buy another one to paint and give that one to your buddy. Then you just keep that body for yourself.

[LD3Furious]

I have no advice for your current problem, but I may have some to help avoid making this mistake again. Get a body hole reamer...something like this, you can probably find them less expensive though...
http://www2.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LXZH52&P=7
Then use that to make a few holes with, around the inside perimeter of whatever window you're cutting out. Now, get some curved scissors and cut between the holes you just made. Leave a little room of the plastic around the inside circumference of the window. Now use your Dremel with a sanding drum to very lightly take off and smooth the inside edge of the window. This may be a little more time consuming, but your less likely to make mistakes.

[davec-nitro-rs4]

+1 on the comment about it being in the film. Peel it away and see how bad it is on the plastic. I've had good luck with hiding minor scratches using Future floor wax. If the scratches are real fine, furniture polish (like Pledge)will reduce their appearance.

If he's going to race/run the body, leave it alone and tell him "sorry" and lower your price. After all, lots of guys use the windshield opening to "store" body clips when they take them off. It's gonna get scratched up anyway, unless it's a display only body.

[GoofyTexan]

Dude, I't only in the Flim.....Your gonna be suprised when you take the flim off! Trust me G!

[one85_db]

Dude, I't only in the Flim.....Your gonna be suprised when you take the flim off! Trust me G!
I lif the overspray film to check it out...and it's really bad...you can NOT miss it when looking at the body lol

Um yeah maybe he will be?

[awnelson]

Next time use a circle cutting jig. It has a pin that you use to rotate around and an exacto blade cuts a nice circle exactly where you want it. I would clean this one up, paint it and see if it really is that bad when you have it mounted. There will be lots of things behind the window and it may go unnoticed.

[fz1]

Novus plastic polish. It will remove scratches in lexan and will also polish up bodys after all the painting is done. It can also polish up the body after it has been in use.
If the scratches are real deep, wet sand with 600-1000 grit wet or dry paper first then use the polish. The polish comes in 2 grits. Heavy and light. This could also help and it all can be used by hand.

[zuperfastone]

rule number 1---paint, then cut. It is SO much easier. also get a circle cutter, it is like a compass (the kind that you used in school to draw circles with) it will make perfect holes any size bigger than a reemer (used for the body posts)... and lastly, use a razor blade (exacto) to SCORE the lines on the edge of body and to Score lines for any holes that are not round. once they are scored, you can bend them and peel them out, this way, you have a perfect, smooth line that is not all wavy like the dremel makes.

[maskdog]

If I have a painted body with wavy edges, what is the best way to clean the edges up? First time to cut out a body...not near as clean as I wanted, but the paint is spectacular, a friend of mine scored me some chamelion paint from FORD that runs $4500/gallon. I'll post a pic soon.

[davec-nitro-rs4]

$4500 or $450?

You can clean up a rough edge with your dremel and a round sanding drum. It helps if you draw a guide line to sand up to. Take your time and work very lightly.

[hirme]

I ended up sanding and buffing...but it leaved a mark...so I used an hole pattern to fool the eye :p

closed up:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v687/hirme/Jammin_Cbass/DSC02269_1.jpg