flak monkey
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| posted on 2/2/11 at 05:05 PM |
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Polishing scratches out of acrylic?
Anyone know the best way to polish scratches out of clear acrylic?
Thanks,
David 
Sera
http://www.motosera.com
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Mix
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| posted on 2/2/11 at 05:13 PM |
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Hi
Very fine wet and dry followed by toothpaste then Brasso.
Or one of the proprietory brands.
Regards Mick
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lewis
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| posted on 2/2/11 at 05:19 PM |
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When we are polishing scratches out of aircraft windscreens we use a kit called micromesh,they are very fine abrasive cloths going down in grades(also
good for polishing CDs ) not sure if you can get them out of the industry or prices ect but works really well. Lewis.
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lewis
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| posted on 2/2/11 at 05:21 PM |
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Here you go this is the product & how to use
http://www.ss-sci.com/micromesh.htm
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RazMan
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| posted on 2/2/11 at 05:27 PM |
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There is a very good product called PlastX which has polished out some fairly deep scratches on plastic headlights. Available in Halfrauds I believe
Cheers,
Raz
When thinking outside the box doesn't work any more, it's time to build a new box
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daniel mason
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| posted on 2/2/11 at 05:38 PM |
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what about getting them out of grp? will these do the job?
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lewis
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| posted on 2/2/11 at 05:56 PM |
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I think there is a special polish for grp I think it was mentioned a few weeks ago,not sure of name sorry.
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fastnova
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| posted on 2/2/11 at 06:48 PM |
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Whitening toothpaste can work quite well at removing scratches, but won’t leave you a clear finish, more foggy... Tcut also works. You can finish with
good quality car polish, will give you back the clear shine but will take some time.
If you only want to do a small area or work out a particularly deep scratch put a piece of soft balsa dowel (the softer the better!) in a small drill
and use that dipped in something like toothpaste. Sounds odd but you wouldn’t believe the results. We used to use a similar method using balsa and
diamond paste to polish hard chrome plating to a PERFECT finish for use on coining dies.
And in case you were wandering, I believe it’s very finely powdered glass they put into toothpaste to give it that whitening “quality”
Jonathan
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flak monkey
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| posted on 2/2/11 at 07:06 PM |
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Thanks guys, will look at some of the options.
Its to polish up the cover for my new record deck. Which isnt bad, just has 20yrs of fine scratches.
Sera
http://www.motosera.com
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Richard Quinn
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| posted on 2/2/11 at 07:42 PM |
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We tried some of Autosol Scratch Remover plastic glas, lacquer surfaces on eBay (end time 24-Feb-11 20:10:45 GMT) when
someone managed to put a couple of scratches on the black plastic base of our new tv. Really pleased with how it worked. No sign of the scratches and
left a really glossy finish.
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baz-R
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| posted on 5/2/11 at 09:18 PM |
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i polished out a scratch from a motorcycle helmet visor once (visor no longer avable)
i used g4 compound and a soft wheel on a dremel thing
worked wounders could not see it form inside or out
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