I bought a used box car and found a "shiny" spot on one side panel. Is there a way to dull the shine so it doesn't stand out? I can live with it that way. I just thought I should ask you guys.
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I use very fine sandpaper - about 1000 to 1200 grit wet-dry. If it does not dull it enough, maybe 800, but nothing rougher. I prefer this to dullcoat, etc, when there is just a shiny polished plastic spot.
patch the hole in the window shade that is giving you the shiny spot
Use a hair restorer!
Chris
LVHR
Try a pencil eraser dipped in a little toothpaste.
just spray the side with rattle can flat clear..
One thing that I've learned over the past sixty-seven years, "don't sweat the small stuff, or you'll drown". I've amassed more than one hundred-fifty prewar Std Gauge passenger cars. Not one is "perfect". I own one set of cars where one forth of the California car paint is flat. Yes, it came that way from the factory. The foul-ups are even more common with my O-Gauge tin.
You can follow the ideas passed down earlier or you can run the car as delivered. I doubt that many people would notice,...unless you bring it to their attention.
patch the hole in the window shade that is giving you the shiny spot
JohnS - that was funny
Powder it like a nose....
Use a hair restorer!
Chris
LVHR
Ah, man, No. I gave up on that, and the toupee, and everything else, ages ago. That shiny spot remains, no matter what I do.
meguiars plastic x....make the whole car shiny =p lol
If it's small I would lightly spray it with Dullkote. Use a quality sprayer and practice on a piece of shiny plastic. I've had success correcting my painting errors this way.
Good Luck with your project.
Bill Berresford
just spray the side with rattle can flat clear..
Ditto....Testors clear flat spray can....