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Default Can I save this shell

I have a 210 original shell that came with a roller.

Its badly painted white and some parts have really been missed, althought most of it has been touched by at least a little white.

Is re painting the inside with reds and greens goint to show through at all? I know it might darken a bit on the thicker white areas.

Can I thin the paint thats already there so some other colours will show? Thinking maybe acetone lightly with a rag or something?

Im thinking Ill mask the windows again and give it a bit of a rattler fade with a couple of colours to see if it does anything. and maybe doing the window stripes will help out
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save yourself the grief and just buy a new shell.

either way, don't rub acetone onto a shell!
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If you REALLY don't want to spent money on a new shell... paint it on the outside... or tape it, do some stickerbombing, something that'll make you forget what Frankenstein lies underneith your customizations?
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Personally, I'd go for the rat look. Make it look intentionally rough, random decals etc. onto a winner.
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Acetone on a shell = bad idea!

I had a clear shell, it was pretty old, it had some tough glue marks on the shell and a few other bits of residue, I used a tiny amount of acetone on rag, It pretty much instantly melted the shell in about 10secs!

Lighter fluid, Or brake degreaser works, I use the break cleaner to get rid of any grease etc...

But seriously just get a new shell, You could spend alot of time messing with it for it too look rough!
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white spirit worked for me and didn't make the shell cloudy (phat bodie shell) just incase others use different lexan
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doesn't dot 5.1 do a pretty good job on paint?
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Getting a new one isn't a problem, I ended up doing a 3 stripe pink orange green on the inside, some of that colour came through the white but not really enough as I would have liked as the white was pretty thick in places.

It turned out okish and I put on a few black and white stickers so its not too bad.

Ill post a pic later
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