[Milsurplus] Clear plastic mil meter - what buff compound to use?

[mikea]

On Fri, May 29, 2009 at 11:46:21PM -1000, Michael Tauson wrote:
> On Fri, May 29, 2009 at 6:48 PM, Al Klase <al at ar88.net> wrote:
> >
> > Google "novus plastic polish" Â  There are three progressively finer
> > grades if you need to go the whole root. Â I've only ever used #2.
> 
> > John Hutchins wrote:
> >> All -
> >> Fogged up clear plastic lens on a meter face. Â Fogged up with Ciggi
> >> smoke scratches and general age. Â There has to be a plastic buffing AGENT?
> 
> Al is right on the numbers with Novus' products.  It's utterly fantastic stuff.
> 
> One thing is that some yellowing may be from the plastic itself aging
> and that won't go away at all.  I don't know of any fixes for that
> other than a new meter face.

Yellowing is, as Michael writes, in the material itself. The Novus
polishes are very, very good indeed, but Brasso also works rather well
to remove scratches from headlight lenses, meter lenses, and CDs. Never
tried it on a DVD yet, but I have a scratched copy of "Babette's Feast"
that I really ought to clean up. I'll report on the results.

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Mike Andrews, W5EGO
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