Customs: Rubbing Compound advice?

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  1. Computer5, Aug 17, 2011
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    Hey Guys,

    Has anyone tried using Turtle Wax Rubbing Compound on TFs? It looks like it works pretty well on car scratches. But i am wondering if this would be safe on Tfs.

    turtlewax rubbing compound - YouTube
     
  2. Budokhan, Aug 18, 2011
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    Hey C5!

    Well, I don't know about turtle wax tho I'd assume it'd be okay. Many years ago I used to do alot of spray paint work in the toy industry & one of the companies I worked for had the "Franklin Mint" as a client. We made numerous, painted, photo masters for their die-cast cars. At the end of the paint work, we used a product called "Simichrome" to really polish out the car bodies' clear-coat & then followed that up by an application of "Meguiar's Show car glaze" . I've used this combo before on bare plastic model car bodies & achieved the exact same results. Lemme tell ya, these two in tandem never failed to give a mirror finish!

    You can ( I'm happy to see) still get this stuff & I very highly recommend them both!
    Amazon.com: SIMICHROME SIMICROME POLISH-TUBE 390050: Everything Else

    MeguiarsDirect.com: Show Car Glaze

    Hope that helps a bit! :D 

    Cheers!
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  3. OMEGAPRIME1983, Aug 18, 2011
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    I use turtle wax car wax on them and it makes them all shiny and perdy :D 
     
  4. jason jupiter, Aug 18, 2011
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    the problem is cars have a large smooth surface and tf toys are filled with details that are extruding and cut-in.

    any kind of rubbing compound (liquid base with tiny, tiny granules, you are basically sanding with a super high grit sandpaper to get it shiny) is going to get stuck in those little cracks and extrusions.

    if you just want to polish up some of the larger surfaces and clean out all the gunk you are looking for any rubbing compound and spray on glaze. there's a bunch of different brands you can choose from at retailers.
     
  5. Computer5, Aug 28, 2011
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    Thanks for the advice guys, i am gonna have to experiment. I'm basically trying to "buff out" any factory defect scratches because i am having a hard time color matching some figures.