Author:  NoGravitasHere  Posted:  Feb 8, 2024 02:33  Subject:  What is #44814 Glitter Trans-Clear coated in?  Viewed:  141 times  Topic:  Catalog  Status: Open Cancel Reply	BrickLink ID Card NoGravitasHere (32) Location:  New Zealand, Canterbury Member Since Contact Type Status Feb 24, 2021 Seller Store: Pretty Sick Parts & Sets
Had this first image cross my path today, a supposedly non-glittery Avohkii. It reminded me of a damaged one I had in my sad bin, which had a chunk of its crest missing its trademark shininess. I had to mess with a bunch of other stripping chemicals anyway (bonus pic of my shiny new dechromed Light Grey Hau) so I figured I'd chuck this in some chems and see what happened. Evapo-Rust was unreactive, unsurprisingly. I only used that because I knew it could strip galvanisation off screws and I had the ex-chrome Hau to test (also no reaction). Simple Green concentrate was similarly unreactive, but stripped the Hau perfectly when used with the ultrasonic cleaner. I did manage to get a positive reaction with IPA, and was able to get the glitter layer to go tacky. I scraped off the majority of the central crest with my thumbnail as a proof of concept sorta thing. I can confirm that it's just a layer over top. There's a milky white transparent mask underneath. I feel cheated. I've currently got it sitting overnight in a bath of acetone-based nail polish remover (hardware store was closed, supermarket was not lmao) and will strip the glitter 'varnish' off entirely. I'd love to know exactly what this glitter layer is made of, if anyone has any insight? It might make removing it a little easier. The next question here is: what colour actually is this? I was under the impression 117 Glitter Trans-Clear was plastic with embedded glitter, not just a coating. Would this just be 40 Trans-Clear + shiny varnish? Cheers James @ PSPS

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Re: What is #44814 Glitter Trans-Clear coated in? - WOLKsite (13)

[...] Yes, 117 and other Glitter colors have the glitter imbeded in the plastic. In LEGO's database, the Avohkii is 40 Transparent, with the glitter being a decoration/printing. [...] (3 months ago, Feb 8, 2024, to Catalog)

Re: What is #44814 Glitter Trans-Clear coated in? - Stellar (3505)

[...] Seems similar to the Iridescent decoration on these parts: (Part 34697pb01) (Gear 854084) (3 months ago, Feb 8, 2024, to Catalog)

Re: What is #44814 Glitter Trans-Clear coated in? - Akir (121)

[...] Looking forward to reading about the effect of the nail polish remover - I tried that once to remove stains from a minifig, and it dissolved the plastic altogether, so [...] (3 months ago, Feb 8, 2024, to Catalog)

Re: What is #44814 Glitter Trans-Clear coated in? - randyf (442)

[...] I would like to get this mask separated out in the catalog from the plain-color versions since it is actually patterned and officially a trans-clear part. How would [...] (3 months ago, Feb 8, 2024, to Catalog)

Re: What is #44814 Glitter Trans-Clear coated in? - SylvainLS (46)

The obvious answer is that it’s fairy dust! Disappointed no one said it before :( (3 months ago, Feb 8, 2024, to Catalog)

Re: What is #44814 Glitter Trans-Clear coated in? - 1001bricks (52398)

[...] Bionicle? I thought this was a LEGO Forum! :D:D:D (3 months ago, Feb 8, 2024, to Catalog)

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