Hi Guys: Been awhile since I posted anything. I remember somebody having a really good idea about cleaning up old lenses to make them look new again. What product along with elbow grease did everyone use? Thanks
Vern I like that sig as well!! Thanks for the imfo on the polish Now I need to find that darn Elbo grease!
Just did my GF's toyota. We used 3M Perfect-it 3000 and a little cheapie buffing wheel that fits in a standard drill. I used a cordless drill, though it took a while, at only 900 RPM there was virtually no chance of burning the plastic. They came out looking new. Now I gotta get busy on my Merkur's headlights...
I use two methods 1 WENOL metal polish start with WENOL red and finish with WENOL blue . 2 1500 to 2000 grit sandpaper then clear coat . JAY
Plastic lenses Brasso metal polish works well. If there are scratches start with 1500 or 2000 grit wet sanding. If that doesn't get it shiny enough, a coat of Future acrylic floor wax gives some pretty amazing rresults. It is self-leveling, so a dip in a shallow tray of it works well. Let the excess run off and set the lense down horizontally to dry. If it dries with a run or some other flaw, dipping it again will dissolve the first coat and allow you to start over.
I have used the Novus plastic polish system for several years. I rarely use the harshest bottle, but the milder one works very well. Of course, no system will work if the lens are cloudy. None that I know of will take the cloudiness out. If someone knows of one that will, I would like to know. You can order the Novus system through AutoKrafters. Jim
Jeweler's rouge works good on any plastic or metal...I had a pair of plastic sunglasses you couldn't hardley see thru, polished with the white jeweler's rouge and although they wern't perfect, most of the scratches dissapeared, leaving only the deepest ones. I prefer the liquid form if you can find it...
Yup ... I'm a NOVUS guy. Used it on lots of dash / gauge faces. Motorcycle and snowmobile windshields too. On the deepest scratches I use a wool cover on the waxmaster with the #3 until the scratch was gone. Then #2 to remove the haze left by the course #3 and finally a polish with #1.
