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Acrylic head light scratch polish
britishtrident - 20/12/12 at 10:39 AM

New tintop has what appears to be car wash brush scratches on the headlamp lenses what is the best way to polish them out/improve them, I have been thinking of Greygate Perspex Polish.

cliftyhanger - 20/12/12 at 11:20 AM

I use to use T cut on my turntable cover. I suspect that was acrylic, certainly a plastic similar. Worked a treat.

paulf - 20/12/12 at 12:07 PM

I need to do the headlamps on my Rover as they look as if they have been bead blasted , have tried various things such as T cut and metal polishes but with only limited success.I have seen the specialist products but am reluctant to pay out for them unless they actually work better than the alternatives.
Paul

quote:
Originally posted by britishtrident
New tintop has what appears to be car wash brush scratches on the headlamp lenses what is the best way to polish them out/improve them, I have been thinking of Greygate Perspex Polish.

tims31 - 20/12/12 at 12:15 PM

We used to use a product called 'Micromesh' and a plastic polish for taking out the scratches in aircraft canopies, use the various grades, going from fairly course 3000 grade down to 60,000 grade I think it was. You should be able to get a kit off Ebay I think.
Micromesh/Micro Mesh KR70 Acrylic/Plastic Restoral kit, with Abrasive cloth,
Or from here although out of stock
HTH

[Edited on 20/12/12 by tims31]

[Edited on 20/12/12 by tims31]

David Jenkins - 20/12/12 at 12:22 PM

I've used Farecla G4 in the past, and it worked very well.

Although it sounds silly, you could also try toothpaste - the ordinary stuff, not the gel. Apart from being slightly abrasive, they usually have a surfactant that's good for degreasing (no idea why toothpaste has that in it!).

britishtrident - 20/12/12 at 12:35 PM

Micromesh sounds good I found a seller on Amazon either that or I will try the 3m kit.

mark chandler - 20/12/12 at 12:37 PM

Have a look at detailing world

http://www.detailingworld.co.uk/

Plenty of advise there with pictures

pewe - 20/12/12 at 12:51 PM

No 1 son used a 3M Headlight Restoration Kit on his Puma with excellent results. SKU 200048535
HTH.
Cheers, Pewe10

snakebelly - 20/12/12 at 12:55 PM

Just bought some from Tesco of all places ( cleaning isle) as my plastic lens specs were scratched, used with someicrofibre cloth also worked a treat on the back of an iPhone as well
Hth

[Edited on 20/12/12 by snakebelly]

ChrisLeary - 20/12/12 at 02:35 PM

quote:
Originally posted by tims31
We used to use a product called 'Micromesh' and a plastic polish for taking out the scratches in aircraft canopies, use the various grades, going from fairly course 3000 grade down to 60,000 grade I think it was. You should be able to get a kit off Ebay I think.
Micromesh/Micro Mesh KR70 Acrylic/Plastic Restoral kit, with Abrasive cloth,
Or from here although out of stock
HTH

[Edited on 20/12/12 by tims31]

[Edited on 20/12/12 by tims31]


Another vote for micromesh. As said above we use it for blending out impact damage on aircraft canopies and windscreens. Just be sure you never skip a grade, otherwise it will take forever to polish out the last grade's scratches!

Chris

austin man - 20/12/12 at 11:05 PM

I have used wet and dry 800 1200 then t cut worked a treat