Polish clear plastic?

[Slickone]

If clear plastic has been damaged from chemicals, and I wet sand, then use some polish (ie. car polish, plastic polish), can I make it look as translucent as new?

 

[notfred]

getting scratches out of plastic is a huge pain in the ass. Takes a LOT of polishing.

 

[Slickone]

Well one item I started wet sanding and got it pretty smooth, but just wondering if I keep getting finer then polish like heck, if it will ever be clear again. It's the lense on this http://www.preparedness.com/enfolfluorla.html

 

[Brutuskend]

When I was in the service the aircraft I worked on had "plastic" canopy's. We had to use polish on them to take out scratches.

I used Simichrome ( Metal polish) on the lens's on my car, and another I restored for someone. They came out looking as good as new.

It IS a lot of work though!

 

[Slickone]

So you used the stuff made for metal, on plastic? Or did they have a different plalstic polish?
I've flown many a plane that sure needed the plastic windshield polished.

 

[Eli]

It's definately possible, it will take a lot of work though.

 

[DurocShark]

Electric buffer.
Cleaner wax or polishing compound.

Much easier on the arms. 😀

 

I use nothing but Mother's on my customer's vehicles