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trainforfun

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Clear windows
« on: February 24, 2019, 04:11:00 PM »
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What's the product you guys use for clear windows for a passenger car or caboose .
I was thinking of acetate but I can't reach some windows .
I know there is a liquid product but don't remember the name .
Should I use it after the paint is done ?
Thanks ,
Louis



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Re: Clear windows
« Reply #1 on: February 24, 2019, 05:18:58 PM »
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What's the product you guys use for clear windows for a passenger car or caboose .
I was thinking of acetate but I can't reach some windows .
I know there is a liquid product but don't remember the name .
Should I use it after the paint is done ?

Micro-Scale MI-9 Micro Kristal Klear, which is used after the paint work is done.

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Re: Clear windows
« Reply #2 on: February 24, 2019, 05:29:40 PM »
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Micro-Scale MI-9 Micro Kristal Klear, which is used after the paint work is done.


I prefer Gallery Glass by Plaid, the same Plaid that makes a line of Acrylic Craft Paint.
I have had much better luck getting clearer glass with much less concave.
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trainforfun

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Re: Clear windows
« Reply #3 on: February 24, 2019, 05:42:17 PM »
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Thanks guys !
Is there a limit to the size of "glass"  you can do ?
Thanks ,
Louis



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Re: Clear windows
« Reply #4 on: February 24, 2019, 07:44:17 PM »
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Whichever product you choose practice on a few windows.  I know for myself I thought the thinner the better but that didn't prove to be true.  It was much more dished/ concave when I tried for real thin and worst case it developed a hole as it dried.  Not enough material to take up the shrinkage, I guess.  Somewhere between too globbed and too thin is a sweet spot that lays pretty flat and the extra thickness doesn't seem to hurt the clarity.  Also, get it where it looks decent and then leave it alone.  It tends to smooth itself as it dries.

When doing an auto finish where shine was desirable I also clear gloss coated the whole thing, windows and all, as an experiment.  That was probably the best, clearest windows I've ever gotten.  I will do that again. 8)
Mark G.

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Re: Clear windows
« Reply #5 on: February 25, 2019, 12:44:08 AM »
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If you can cut a piece of glazing to fit the window, you can "glue" it in from the outside with either of these liquid windows.
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