[TowerTalk] Polishing a plastic meter face to remove scratches?

[Floyd Sense]

Richard - you can buy polishing kits made for plastic - think the brand was 
Novis or Novus.  For several years I've used Mothers brand "Mag and Aluminum 
Polish", available from Advance Auto Parts stores in our area.  It's a white 
paste that does an amazing job on meter faces and other shiny plastic parts. 
You can also use it to restore the sheen to small metal parts, such as screw 
heads.  I find that a back and forth linear polishing motion works much 
better than a circular motion and doesn't leave noticeable marks.  I 
strongly advise you to resist the urge to use any sort of power equipment 
when doing this job.  The surface may heat up too much and permanently 
damage the plastic.

K8AC

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Rick Stoneking" <w2rds at arrl.net>
To: "TowerTalk Reflector" <towertalk at contesting.com>
Sent: Friday, November 12, 2004 7:42 AM
Subject: [TowerTalk] Polishing a plastic meter face to remove scratches?


> Is there a way to remove scratches on a plastic meter face?  I have an 
> older
> rotator control box that was given to me and the direction meter has heavy
> scratching, making it very difficult to read.  Is there any way to polish 
> or
> buff this so to eliminate or reduce the scratches?
>
> Thanks,
> Rick
> W2RDS
>
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