Removing Scratches from Acrylic Faceplates?

[nadude98]

Anyone know how to remove scratches from faceplates? Somehow I scratched the dial faceplate on a G7000 and I wondering if it can be fixed.

 

[laatsch55]

Yep, I put some deep scratches on some Spec 4 meters. Let me get Jani, she's the scratch fixer...

 

[laatsch55]

3,000grit wet or dry premium sandpaper, not the cheapstuff, wet......sand until you can not catch the scratch with your fingernail.....then.....Flitz polish to get rid of the sandpaper scratches.....then....

One of the following Plastic polishes .....whichever one appears to be doing the best job, start with the Meguiars first...

 

[Gepetto]

3,000grit wet or dry premium sandpaper, not the cheapstuff, wet......sand until you can not catch the scratch with your fingernail.....then.....Flitz polish to get rid of the sandpaper scratches.....then....

One of the following Plastic polishes .....whichever one appears to be doing the best job, start with the Meguiars first...

Dupont #7 is a classic scratch fixer too. I usually do the wet or dry followed by bon ami followed by the DuPont followed by a plastic polish.

Many ways to skin this cat...

 

[laatsch55]

Jani says " You da Man" she's amazed the two procedures are almost the same.....great minds and all that she says....

 

[laatsch55]

She's in the mancave watching " Bizarre Foods" with Andrew Zimmern....we caught this show in Phoenix and been watching it ever since...

 

[nadude98]

Wow, thanks for all the info!!! Gonna be tough, being right on the silkscreen... can't touch it!

 

[laatsch55]

Thanks for chiming in Mike, was hoping you saw this...

 

[nadude98]

If there is anyone that is good at this I would be happy to reimburse them for their services.. I have to admit, trying scares the poop outta me! Not my strong suit....... hmmm.. trying to remember what my strong suit is... Ah, making brownies!

 

[62vauxhall]

What about masking off an area slightly larger that the graphics and polishing around it?

I had a metal wall clock once with rust spots and covered it's logo with masking tape (not the green painters tape) before I took it to the U-Blast shop. The old paint and rust came off as usual and as I'd hoped, the masking tape protected all that it covered. I masked an area slightly larger that the logo's max width and length so the old paint formed a perfectly rectangular background - more like an emblem.

 

[nadude98]

What about masking off an area slightly larger that the graphics and polishing around it?

I had a metal wall clock once with rust spots and covered it's logo with masking tape (not the green painters tape) before I took it to the U-Blast shop. The old paint and rust came off as usual and as I'd hoped, the masking tape protected all that it covered. I masked an area slightly larger that the logo's max width and length so the old paint formed a perfectly rectangular background - more like an emblem.

That's my plan as of the moment, though I have to mask it right at the emblem to get rid of the blemish.. even though the emblem is slightly scratched it doesn't show like the rest... thank gosh!

 

[JustMike]

3,000grit wet or dry premium sandpaper, not the cheapstuff, wet......sand until you can not catch the scratch with your fingernail.....then.....Flitz polish to get rid of the sandpaper scratches.....then....

One of the following Plastic polishes .....whichever one appears to be doing the best job, start with the Meguiars first...
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hey Lee,
Tell jani she has a nice collection of polishes there. She has it down pat.
Before there were so many polishes available, we used toothpaste. Still works great.