TAMIYA Polishing Compound Fine and Finish SET

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I've recently been doing up some of my early builds with a view to selling them on Facetube. As some of them had issues with the canopies I needed to polish them so, as I'm a lazy sod at heart I've converted an old lekkie toothbrush (which doesn't hold a charge for very long) to help. As I haven't got any polishing compound I remembered that someone mentioned that white toothpaste can be used. Concur, I tried it many moons ago and it caused crazing in the transparency. I haven't tried the Meng/DSPIAE glass files on a transparency, but using them on opaque plastic makes it go very shiny. @Gorby the Tamiya polishing compounds are the way to go -if you can find them.

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Although the canopies are now much better than they were, I wasn't particularly impressed with the result and I'm wondering if it might be more to do with the felt pad I used on the toothbrush rather than the toothpaste. Even though you’ve sprayed your final clear coat, and it looked really good while it was wet, after it dried, you noticed a fine orange-peel texture developed. Don’t panic and don’t beat yourself up: It’s a natural part of the paint process. It’s possible that you’re happy with the clear finish as is. But you could take your finish to the next level. How? This paste polishing compound uses small particles for the kind of finely-polished, smooth surface that is required before applying your model's topcoat. They allow for clean, precise application of the compound, giving your model a gorgeous finish to its paint job.• Small, Medium & Large Sponges x1 eachThis paste polishing compound uses extremely fine particles, and accordingly gives a superior level of smooth finish, Relatively large particles - in combination with the paste - are highly effective when smoothing out any rough finishes on your model's surface, and it can be washed away using water when the job is finished. That's the way I do it. The wax I use is an automotive product designed for polishing acrylic headlight covers and I use that instead of dipping my canopies for the final finish too. One bottle will last a lifetime.

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Remember you are posting for all to read including those that will never have used either compound. If you are polishing Tamiya sprays, it's absolutely the best polish you can use. You do 95%+ of the work w/the red cap/coarse, that's what buffs out the paint. If you pay attention to perfecting the basics of your paint jobs, so that your final coats of color and/or clear are smooth, you can often skip the wetsanding stage, or perhaps just use 3200/4000 grit Micromesh. The blue cap "fine" deepens the reflections, and the white cap "finish" is sort of a detailer; and it's the most expensive and not really necessary. Darker colors need the most attention. You would be better served giving the reasons you don't like using Tamiya polishing compound and what makes Novus better than making a meaningless statement?