I had a bit of a shunt in July on my Kawasaki Concours (hit a large deer), and gouged up the edge of my new (and expensive!) Lexan windscreen. I was going to go to a local plastics shop, but on the pohne they didn't sound too hopeful about being able to fix it, so in a fit of pique, I thought I'd have a go myself. I started off sanding down past the gouges with 80 grit black oxide paper, then to 200 grit. Then I used 400 grit, 600 grit (wet) and 1000 grit (wet). By then it was nice and smooth, but opaque. I used some strange "Made in France" polish (it may be familiar to you in the UK, but here no-one's ever heard of it) called "Ouater". It's kind of a cotton wool soaked in day-glo pink goo, which is a very fine abrasive. Anyway, after 10 minutes soft polishing with that, it was perfectly clear! No scratches, just like new!!! - Posted in case others find the information useful...

Ouater, pronounced "water" is a metal polish designed for aluminum. It is very aggressive when in contact with paintwork - it will stripo the paint right off so be careful with it.

Nice to know it works on plastic

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Originally posted by zetec7
It's kind of a cotton wool soaked in day-glo pink goo, which is a very fine abrasive.

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You can also use toothpaste. Used to get scratches out of crystal juggling balls don't you know
And your windscreen with be plaque free and minty fresh for weeks!!!

id heard someone say toothpaste is good for scratched cds

Anyone know a supplier of this Ouater stuff in the UK...?

Cheers

Peter

I used some stuff made by Meguires (called Plastex I think) to polish the windows in the soft top of my Moke, worked really well on this sort of soft plastic.
ATB
Phil