Fixing Small Cracks in Clear Styrene

[SuperGlued]

Hi,

Does anybody know if small cracks on clear styrene parts can be repaired? Have a tiny crack on my Fujimi Ferrari 458 headlight (not sci-fi I know) where the gate attaches to the sprue. I know you can sand and polish out light scratches, but would there be a way to "fill" a crack with some type of resin like is done with actual windshields?

[kenlilly106]

I've never heard of a way to fix cracks in styrene parts like you mention, I have heard of people applying Future to the cracked area and letting capillary action suck it into the crack, the crack won't totally disappear but short of a very close inspection it will be invisible.

How long would you guess the crack is? Would it be possible to paint a semigloss black border around it and call it a gasket to help hide the crack?

Ken

[SuperGlued]

Hey Ken,

I had figured out using future might work since it's used to make parts ultra clear anyway. Crack is about 1mm so that should do the trick. Thanks!

[TazMan2000]

If that doesn't work, you could always cast a new one using clear resin, using the other headlight as a master.

TazMan2000