Restoring damaged clear plastic

[1AZRAEL1]

Wow that looks much better.

Kup, if you try the stuff on yellowed figures, let us know how it turns out. I wonder if it would work better on Triggerhappy without it causing the problem we had with H2O2. I may have to get myself some to see what happens.

And looking at it, it should work on cd's as well, might be worth it to restore some of my cds that are scratched.

[gamblor916]

Looks much better. It's tedious work but it's worth it.

[Eruntalon]

I wonder if this would be worth it for me to restore a recent acquisition of mine's clear plastic. As you can see the windshield is in multiple sections with painted over lines making a good and proper buffing of the canopy awkward:

[gamblor916]

Mask over the lines with a good low tack tape. Tamiya tape is very good.

[Eruntalon]

Mask over the lines with a good low tack tape. Tamiya tape is very good.

I have some of that. If I get some of the buffing agent then I'll give it a try.

[Doubledealer]

Honestly guys, give it a go. You won't be disappointed, I promise you! The more coats of the Fine Scratch Remover you use the better it gets too. The first coat looks a bit foggy, the second coat looks a lot better and then the difference is staggering. I did some more coats of scratch reemover on Scorch after the photo's posted and then appllied the Novus plastic clean & shine too. It looks amazing now!

I also restored a pretty badly scratched Darkwing canopy and Red Alert windshield and they look so much better now, a million times better than they were before. If you have access to a Dremel the little circular buffing pads make buffing much easier (and more fun!). This guide is the discovery of the millenium (canned chicken's not bad though)!

Eruntalon, I can safely say you can fix that jet canopy. You'll be able to have it looking a million dollars, most likely in about 20 minutes work. 1AZRAEL1, the stuff works on just about anything but one of the things they mention on the packing is cleaning CD's so yes, it would be ideal for this purpose.

One thing I would say is to wet-sand up to 1200-1600 grade paper for an even smoother finish. I can't wait for you guys to try it though, I think you'll really be impressed!

[bruticus]

results look good.
thanks for the link Doublebealer. i've just bought a set of novus. i'll give it a go later.

If you have access to a Dremel the little circular buffing pads make buffing much easier (and more fun!).

which buffing attachment did you use? cos last time i tried the buffing attachment on my dremel, it tore through my plastic, even when set on very low speeds! i ended up having to use elbow grease instead for the buffing.

One thing I would say is to wet-sand up to 1200-1600 grade paper for an even smoother finish.

so you apply 1200/1600 grit wet sandpapaer before or after buffing with novus?