05-02-2004, 11:23 PM
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TinyRC Pro
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Join Date: Jan 2004
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omg pissed
grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
well im pretty much a noob at taking off paint from an xmod and yea well.....
theres thinner and all that stuff to take out enamel paint
but NEVER USE ACETONE
well i didnt really know acetone is bad for xmods
my story is...
i was trying to get all the paint off of my xmod so i can repaint it in a gunmetal color, and i would have sanded it BUT, im not the patient type so i went for thinners. I asked the guy at walmart what is great for taking out enamel paints and he said acetone would be the best. I bought a big carton of it and filled up a small bucket. I didnt want to just rub the paint off with the acetone, so i decided just to let it sit in acetone for a while. WELL in about 5 minutes i pulled out the body frame to check up on it and it looked liek it was working, i kinda rubbed on it a little and to my surprise i wasnt just rubbing off the paint i was also rubbing off the PLASTIC! the whole body was very weak and wobbly and yea. well this just aggravated me so i just said screw it and i left in in there overnight. Acetone is very strong and it evaporates quickly, so the next day i checked up on it and all i saw was a bucket lined with plastic. bahhh guess im getting a new xmod : /
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05-03-2004, 12:08 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: arlington, tx/jacksonville, fl
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ouch... yea know what youre doing b4 u do anything...
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05-03-2004, 12:28 AM
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TinyRC Pro
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Join Date: Jan 2004
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yea well the carton said nothing about EATING AWAY PLASTIC
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05-03-2004, 02:39 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: arlington, tx/jacksonville, fl
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well considering it's ACETONE... 
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05-03-2004, 04:52 AM
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Location: Michigan
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well the mistake was putting it back in there over night  -- had you just left the body sit to dry, it mighta evaperated out of the plastic... and stayed put...
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05-03-2004, 01:08 PM
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TinyRC Pro
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Join Date: Jan 2004
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no heres the thing, it looked like it was melting.
there was nothing i could do....
R.I.P.
Darkjesters rsx
i was actually in the process of fabricating a sunroof.
i had the hole cut out and everything. i was gonna use plexiglass as the glass. all i had to do was paint the car
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05-03-2004, 04:29 PM
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5Zigen
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Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Lafayette, LA
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if u left it out to dry it would re-strengthen.
anyway...
u dont need to take off all stock paint b4 u paint.
hell, i paint with stock paint on.
just look at my job...
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05-03-2004, 04:30 PM
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5Zigen
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Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Lafayette, LA
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oops...
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Try And Sleep Now.
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05-04-2004, 03:09 PM
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It's Really Fast!
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Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Oradell, NJ
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I'll buy the chassis. Or you could go to Cj's xmod faq, get the body's part number, and order it. It'll be like 12 bucks.
Edit: 9 bucks with shipping for a new body.
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Last edited by viperdout; 05-13-2004 at 09:49 PM.
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