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sav-e o-so
12-28-2004, 02:11 PM
i wanted to know how do i use the exacto blade technique to cut lexan bodies?

orbitron
12-28-2004, 03:11 PM
just score the body with the knife and then bend the lexan on the score line and it will crack along it then you'll be able to remove the excess

bobf24
12-29-2004, 10:17 AM
make sure when you pull the lexan apart, you pull away from the part you want to keep, that way if it does tear, it tears the scrape junk you are taking off, and not the body,

integra d12
12-29-2004, 10:44 AM
I outline the Entire body at one time with the knife. When you come corners or areas where its possible that you knife will slip, slow down and also go over those areas more then once. When your ready to start pealing away the scrap take you knife and perce the body at the score in line with the score this will give you a great starting point to peal. If you run into a area that was not deep enough or started tearing stop there score the body a little deeper in that area don't contine pealing in that area because it will just continue to tear you want to start on the other side of the tear and come back to the tear. So to clear that up you are pealing clockwise from the front passinger side wheel you get into a bind at the rear fender stop there score deeper and start again at the rear driver side wheel pealing counter-clockwise back to the area that got boogered up. Confused? May be I should draw up a tutorial.