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

[Dan Kovatch]

I have used toothpaste to polish plastic. It does a good job of polishing 
but will not take out any real nicks or scratches but does a nice job of 
buffing up a clear plastic cover.

Dan
W8CAR
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim Lux" <jimlux at earthlink.net>
To: "Rick Stoneking" <w2rds at arrl.net>; "TowerTalk Reflector" 
<towertalk at contesting.com>
Sent: Friday, November 12, 2004 9:51 AM
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Polishing a plastic meter face to remove scratches?


> There are products made for polishing aircraft windshields.  Nothing worse
> than landing into the sun with tiny scratches in the windshield. You could
> try mail order (e.g. Sporty's Pilot Shop, Aircraft Spruce, or equivalent) 
> or
> just go down to the local small airport and ask around.  Take your
> controller with you and you might get a free trial?
>
> Basically they're a fine grit in a paste.  (non-clear-gel)Toothpaste is
> reputed to work well, but I'd try it in an inconspicuous/noncritical 
> place.
>
> Do you know what kind of plastic the meter face is?
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Rick Stoneking" <w2rds at arrl.net>
> To: "TowerTalk Reflector" <towertalk at contesting.com>
> Sent: Friday, November 12, 2004 4:42 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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