What is best way to clean plastic panels?

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Robert Macy

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This time it's plastic black cover panels.

What's the best way to clean, leaving stread-free and NO SCORING
MARKS!!! ??

Other times, it's the clear plastic cover panels that then end up
looking 'hazy'

Use toothpaste and score uniformly? No. Want to preserve shiney
surface.
 
Robert Macy <robert.a.macy@gmail.com> wrote in message
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This time it's plastic black cover panels.

What's the best way to clean, leaving stread-free and NO SCORING
MARKS!!! ??

Other times, it's the clear plastic cover panels that then end up
looking 'hazy'

Use toothpaste and score uniformly? No. Want to preserve shiney
surface.
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I assume stread = streak
I trial test for permanency of any labelling with methylated spirits and
then clean over with meths on a cotton wool ball. When dry I use standard
furniture polish , tiny amount squirted onto a cotton wool ball and polish
out until no smearing remains
 
There are cleaners specifically for plastic. Novus is one. It comes in three
grades.
 
On Sat, 1 Oct 2011 08:56:30 -0700 (PDT), Robert Macy
<robert.a.macy@gmail.com> wrote:

This time it's plastic black cover panels.
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What was it last time? What made it turn black?

What's the best way to clean, leaving stread-free and NO SCORING
MARKS!!! ??
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<http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=plastic+polish>

Other times, it's the clear plastic cover panels that then end up
looking 'hazy'
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Most of the plastic polish compounds available are pumice and wax. The
pumice acts as a very mild abrasive. The wax hides the scratches and
gouges until the wax wears off. Remove the excess with vinegar or 409
cleaner.

Use toothpaste and score uniformly? No. Want to preserve shiney
surface.
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Some toothpaste is rather abrasive. Careful what you use. Toothpaste
works on (uncoated) glass but not plastic.
<http://www.ehow.com/how_5092791_repair-scratched-eye-glasses.html>
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRUiN4aN43A>
<http://www.kk.org/cooltools/archives/002890.php>
<http://www.armourproducts.com/ecom-prodshow/15-0150.html>
Note the you should *NOT* use Armor Etch Cream (hydrofluoric acid) on
glass lenses. You will destroy them. On plastics, you can also use
automotive plastic headlight polishing compound, CD/DVD repair kit, or
just plain automobile or furniture wax to fill in the cracks.

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Skype: JeffLiebermann AE6KS 831-336-2558
 
Robert Macy wrote:
This time it's plastic black cover panels.

What's the best way to clean, leaving stread-free and NO SCORING
MARKS!!! ??

Other times, it's the clear plastic cover panels that then end up
looking 'hazy'

Use toothpaste and score uniformly? No. Want to preserve shiney
surface.
Click to expand...

Have you ever used Novus plastic polish? The antique radio guys love
it.


--
You can't have a sense of humor, if you have no sense.
 
On Oct 1, 11:18 am, "William Sommerwerck" <grizzledgee...@comcast.net>
wrote:
There are cleaners specifically for plastic. Novus is one. It comes in three
grades.
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Thank you. The cover is not scratched. Just don't want to scratch it!

Any recommended 'cloth' to use?

Or, paper cloth that won't scratch?
 
On Oct 1, 9:22 am, "N_Cook" <dive...@tcp.co.uk> wrote:
Robert Macy <robert.a.m...@gmail.com> wrote in message

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This time it's plastic black cover panels.

What's the best way to clean, leaving stread-free and NO SCORING
MARKS!!! ??

Other times, it's the clear plastic cover panels that then end up
looking 'hazy'

Use toothpaste and score uniformly?  No. Want to preserve shiney
surface.

I assume stread = streak
I trial test for permanency of any labelling with methylated spirits and
then clean over with meths on a cotton wool ball. When dry I use standard
furniture polish , tiny amount squirted onto a cotton wool ball and polish
out until no smearing remains
Click to expand...
Thank you. Alcohol hazes, but methylated spirits won't?
 
Robert Macy <robert.a.macy@gmail.com> wrote in message
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On Oct 1, 9:22 am, "N_Cook" <dive...@tcp.co.uk> wrote:
Robert Macy <robert.a.m...@gmail.com> wrote in message

news:4e357e60-0c13-4d77-bd17-01bb648906bf@db5g2000vbb.googlegroups.com...

This time it's plastic black cover panels.

What's the best way to clean, leaving stread-free and NO SCORING
MARKS!!! ??

Other times, it's the clear plastic cover panels that then end up
looking 'hazy'

Use toothpaste and score uniformly? No. Want to preserve shiney
surface.

I assume stread = streak
I trial test for permanency of any labelling with methylated spirits and
then clean over with meths on a cotton wool ball. When dry I use standard
furniture polish , tiny amount squirted onto a cotton wool ball and polish
out until no smearing remains
Click to expand...
Thank you. Alcohol hazes, but methylated spirits won't?

+++++
meths leaves streaks but the polish soon deals with that. Unfortunately
there are 2 meanings for the word polish. To remove very slight scratches
and to give a lustrous finish, polish to me means the lustrous meaning not
micro-abrasive
 
"N_Cook" <diverse@tcp.co.uk> wrote in message
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Unfortunately, there are 2 meanings for the word polish. To remove
very slight scratches and to give a lustrous finish, polish to me means
the lustrous meaning not micro-abrasive.
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You can't remove the scratches without abrasion -- you are "abrading" the
rest of the surface to lower it to the level of the scratches. How else are
you going to "remove" them?.

Trust me, the Novus products, when used correctly, "remove" the scratches
without messing up the rest of the surface.

AND PLEASE LEARN TO WRITE COHERENT SENTENCES AND PUNCTUATE!
 
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