Restoring damaged clear plastic

[Doubledealer]

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

Awesome, I look forward to hearing how you go with it.

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.

Just the standard little cylinder type ones that came with the basic Dremel 300 kit. On the lowest setting (2) when I'm buffing it would offen slow the Dremel right down to the point of it stopping every now and then. I'd even do this with the G1 Red Alert windshield, as long as you have your finger supporting the underside there's no feeling that it's ever gonna break or do any damage!

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

You'll be doing all the sanding prior to using the Novus liquids. You can always go back and start the process from scratch but applying the Novus liquid and buffing will always be the last steps you do for the final run.

It's a bit hard to know what it was like before as I didn't take a before shot but here's Darkwing's new canopy (which was scratched to all buggery) after applying the Sanovmel (sand-novus-dremel) treatment. The shot was taken right after finishing the process (thus the tiny water bubbles seen inside the cockpit). Not bad eh (infact this whole toy was a complete wreck when I got it, so pleased with how it looks now though!)?