gundam tutorials: pre cleaning

February 17, 2013


thank you readers for passing by this post. don't worry this won't take much of your time... so why wash parts? washing your parts is an important procedure when building gunpla, because it helps your paint and primer stick to the plastic. washing your parts removes the leftover grease from the plastic when it was molded, this is very important especially if your doing a resin kit.

materials:
> dish washing liquid
> basin
> small towel
> alcohol/degreaser

this won't be a hard thing to do, and almost any beginner gundam modeler could do this. 


cut all the pieces off the runner.


place all the parts in a specific ziplock.

 label. just to make sure you don't mix up all the parts.

 wash your parts in a basin with warm soapy water. just mix dish washing liquid with the water and mix. let it soak for 10 minutes or more. once done rinse parts in clean water till no suds are left. repeat process to all zip locks.


leave to dry on a piece of cloth.
once thats done, it has to pass through a second cleaning.


fill a small container with alcohol or degreaser. and dip the piece once and leave it to dry. reapeat to all parts.


 return to its specific bags and proceed to assembling.

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3 comments

  1. is it required to do this at the start of the build or you can also do it after?

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  2. its your choice, but i say it should be done before you start painting.

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  3. Very nice detail on cleaning guide. Before I used to wash the parts with the detergent but I never thought of dipping it on alcohol afterwards.

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