Thought I'd pass this along....
I have a cheap wall clock in my garage, and had gotten some overspray on it, presumably from carb cleaner, some time back. The overspray had etched the plastic, so there were a bunch of spots on the face (lens) of the clock. I used some 2000-grit wet/dry paper to sand the etching out, and Mother's Billet Polish to buff the resulting haze out.
I was surpised at how clear the lens came - very, very minor swirling if at all. I only spent about 15 minutes polishing the clock lens, and I was expecting a bunch of swirling. Should be an excellent way to polish up your sunfaded or otherwise hazy plastic guage lenses, or any other clear plastic items you might have.
Not to mention, it's great for final or maintenance-polishing your stripped aluminum parts, like the name says.
$5 or $6 bucks at the local auto parts store, IIRC. I know it's hard to take the plunge to try a polishing creme on irreplaceable parts, so I thought I'd share my experience to be the sacrificial lamb. I think it would work well on your car's hazy headlight lenses, as well...?
-Q!
I have a cheap wall clock in my garage, and had gotten some overspray on it, presumably from carb cleaner, some time back. The overspray had etched the plastic, so there were a bunch of spots on the face (lens) of the clock. I used some 2000-grit wet/dry paper to sand the etching out, and Mother's Billet Polish to buff the resulting haze out.
I was surpised at how clear the lens came - very, very minor swirling if at all. I only spent about 15 minutes polishing the clock lens, and I was expecting a bunch of swirling. Should be an excellent way to polish up your sunfaded or otherwise hazy plastic guage lenses, or any other clear plastic items you might have.
Not to mention, it's great for final or maintenance-polishing your stripped aluminum parts, like the name says.
$5 or $6 bucks at the local auto parts store, IIRC. I know it's hard to take the plunge to try a polishing creme on irreplaceable parts, so I thought I'd share my experience to be the sacrificial lamb. I think it would work well on your car's hazy headlight lenses, as well...?
-Q!
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