HDPE strikes again

Posted: Sun Feb 07, 2010 2:18 pm Post subject: HDPE strikes again

Dont you love it when those companies use that "just like lexan" material that looks the same till you hit it with a hairdryer?

Posted: Sun Feb 07, 2010 4:56 pm Post subject: Re: HDPE strikes again

mmmm melty

Posted: Sun Feb 07, 2010 7:59 pm Post subject: Re: HDPE strikes again

ouch.

looks like youd had a fair bit of cutting gone into that beast aswelll.

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PET or PEG both suck as a replacement for Lexan!!!

Posted: Sun Feb 07, 2010 10:49 pm Post subject: Re: HDPE strikes again

yeah there was just a wee little bit of cutting put into that before it went shrinky dink. I went ahead and finished the paint job although my attention to detail took a definite downturn since it went from something great to a basher shell in the blink of an eye. also i dont like leaving things undone. Another shell is here from jconcepts this time. i will give it another go with a different scheme. im kinda burned out on checkers right now. one thing i did to try and fix it was the heat gun and smash method of trying to smooth it out. it helped a little but was far from a fix.

Posted: Mon Feb 08, 2010 2:26 pm Post subject: Re: HDPE strikes again

Must have bought that body from Blade! Laughing

Posted: Mon Feb 08, 2010 2:35 pm Post subject: Re: HDPE strikes again

Oh zing! hahaha

nahh this one is thicker than 020. Mad

being a member of a team that this company sponsors i need to not say who it is but it rhymes with the word 'faster'

Posted: Mon Feb 08, 2010 5:43 pm Post subject: Re: HDPE strikes again

oh the car that will make u slower? LOL

Posted: Mon Feb 08, 2010 8:11 pm Post subject: Re: HDPE strikes again

So if a hairdryer did that waht is the head from a pipe going to do to it? Surprised

Posted: Mon Feb 08, 2010 8:14 pm Post subject: Re: HDPE strikes again

Since I can't edit my post, that shoud say "what" and "heat" I'm using my sdrowkcab keyboard today.

Posted: Mon Feb 08, 2010 8:55 pm Post subject: Re: HDPE strikes again

I think it would have been ok if you used the heat gun sparingly. Maybe if you used thinner coats, it wouldn't take too long for the heat gun to dry it out the paint. Plus, thin coats are the way to go anyway...less paint to try, more even coverage, and less time for the heat gun to melt the body.

Posted: Wed Feb 10, 2010 1:32 am Post subject: Re: HDPE strikes again

its the plastic, i've had it happen before with a hyper 8 body