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Chenille is made with polyester where as "real pipe cleaners" are made with cotton. Cotton is softer and will not scar the wheel bores. The real pipe cleaner are more dense in the fiber material leaving less "Open" space for the metal wire to rub against the wheel bore.

They already have this kind of drag strip type track and start mechanism for Hot Wheels cars. Check out: http://www.dragmasters.net/

Can't forget "Pinewood Addict"

They already have this kind of drag strip type track and start mechanism for Hot Wheels cars. Check out: http://www.dragmasters.net/

Where is the wheel mass removed in the 3.3 gram wheels? Will a tool described above detect them? Randy – anybody? The 3.3 gram wheels are wheels that have been lathe turned on the exterior side of the tread surface, which, IMO, would weigh about the same as a wheel that has been turned utilizing th...

Thanks for the compliments. I've been doing cars for a while so it get's quicker each time. :D Cutting and shaping only took a half hour. Sanding a little longer. I paint in short time phases. Spray primer. Let set overnight then sand. Spray Base color. Dry over night again. Scuff base color with 80...

Base coat I use has been Duplicolor Black base over Duplicolor Filler primer (high build formula). Then doing the graphics in the AutoAir Acryic. Then using a automotive 2 part urethane clear coat. This clear is a system consisting of the clear plus a hardener. Example of the metod listed above: htt...

FYI: I contacted Valspar and asked some pertainent question that might help others out there thinking about using the Kustom Kolors paint system. Q. How long for a full cure? A. The paint typically cures completely out at about 7 days, you can recoat between tact dry and about 4 hours. Q. On the bot...

Water based Acrylic paint is a very good airbrush paint but is not "Shiney". One brand that I found to have a very good choice for Automotive type of finishes is called AutoAir Colors. A Urethane based clear coat will give the paint the "Shine" that you are looking for. I have pe...

If you can't borrow or find a drill press, buy yourself a pro-body tool for (I think they're about) $11 (plus shipping). Comes with the right size drill bit and does a pretty good job for the cost IMO. Bubba, You can use the pro-body tool without a drill press? I'm going to have to look into those ...

Something I have purchased recently to do some shaping is a sanding drum attachment for my hand drill wihout having to purchase one of the above mentioned disk sanders. http://www.woodcraft.com/images/Family/web276.jpg http://www.woodcraft.com/family.aspx?familyid=276 Good thing the Woodcraft store ...

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It appears even the base prime coat chipped away. Would we start with a new prime? How do we prevent chipping (other than reducing the speed of the car? Gissmo If you have bare wood there, YES a new prime is necessary. If there is primer still there, then rough the area up with 600 grit and spray t...

Dave,

Not Necessarily to the wiping it off.

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You can't without removing the wheels because there will always be a little graphite there. To get the graphite off ou would need to use a pipe cleaner soaked in some denatured alcohol. My suggestion would be to stick to the graphite if that is what you started with.