[Elecraft] scratchs on display

[David Wilcox]

Check out the various kits for polishing automobile headlamp lenses.  They are all made for this type of work.  The more expensive kits have more grades of grit.  I would start with tooth paste though as I have used it in the last on watch faces with good results, glass and plastic.

David J. Wilcox K8WPE’s iPad

> On Apr 14, 2020, at 10:17 PM, Grant Youngman <ghyoungman at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> i you have DEEP scratches, one or two grades of abrasive won’t do the job.  You risk ending up with a “divot” around the scratch, which can be worse than the scratch.  The entire surface in the area of the defect, not just the scratch, needs to be taken down.
> 
> For small jobs, this, in my opinion, is the best option — it can take many layers of increasingly fine abrasive to get a smooth, flat, original finish.
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> https://www.aircraftspruce.com/catalog/cspages/micromeshprof.php
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> Grant NQ5T
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> 
>>> 
>>> much softer.  Just my opinion.  If the scratches are deep, that may be
>>> the way to go, but you will need something less abrasive to polish it.
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