Plastic Lense Polishing?

The lense on my Cougar clock looks foggy, but its from previous owners cleaning the dash off with some rough product or cloths. No deep scratches, just rub marks.

What should I use? Buffers rouge on the Dremel or is there a polish that I can apply by hand. I can take it off if I have to, to do a good job.

 

This might be the ticket:

http://thepolishguy.com/tag/cleaning-a-plastic-lens/

That's the product he recommends with a decent DIY text.
http://www.winterbrookfarmantiques.com/product_info.php?products_id=1102?os

I looked at the headlight steps, but this isn't that extreme and the plastic isn't as hard as a headlight lense. This is just styrene.

If it doesn't come out right, I can always make a new lense and rivet it back on.

 

Go to your Auto Store Norm and ask them. I use a product from Mcgiyers (spelling?)....you know who/what I meen......"Guy Smilley", the Car Crazy Guy TV show with the teeth that are way to fake white with the matching perfect fake skin tan

There are 2 of his products, one for clear plastic and one for tinted....both work great and are cheap

 

Yeah, I was just reading his article:
http://www.techguys.ca/howto/polish_lenses.html

 

Yup, dis it da stuff Norm.....my 2 bits of nothing though, don't waste your $ on the cleaner.All I ever use before the polish is windex, same price 10 zillion uses and you get 10 times more.

 

I built my own Casement windows, including my own sealed units -tripanes - about 5 years ago, and I used a new thin (3/32") plastic with a glass coating to save my windows from schoolkids throwing snowballs. Anyway, I've still got a scrap piece that I could make a replacement with, still with the protective paper on. Might be a better long term solution. I've got all the tools anyway, and this lens isn't rocket science.

 

Here's a couple other products. I think I've got a bottle of the first one somewhere:
http://www.duragloss.com/product.asp?pid=300

This might be a bit too fine for the job. I don't want to spitshine a turd.

http://www.watchpolishing.com/

 

One more tip, from a classic TBird site too. Toothpaste is a good plastic lens polish. Who knew?

http://www.tbirdranch.com/techtips.html

http://www.tbirdranch.com/

 

had a brain fart (again) and forgot about mentioning tooth paste before.

The origonal Colgate, the stuff we had/used as kids is the best for polishing. the gel tooth pastes don't have the extra fine grit in them to do the same job in the same time.

 

That's what we use, Orig. Colgate! On the right then, eh?

 

Yup, works pritty good on aluminum also.

 

Well, well. That's good to know.

 

You gotta use the white Colgate, not the blue stuff. It does work.

 

Right. That's the stuff. Thanks.

 

Colgate Plastic Polish - The White Stuff!

Thanks guys for the tip. It came out so good that I'm gonna do the dash lens.

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