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May 2005
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Usefull tip for cleaning perspex
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Fri, 10 June 2005 16:47
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Heya folks,
Dont know if anyone has ever tried to remove scratches from the perspex cover over the instrument cluster before, but I found myself having to do this due to years of the previous owner wiping the cluster with a rag and basically scratching the crap out of it because of the dust that was sitting on it when they wiped it.
I spent hours trying different things to achieve this with varied results until I found a bottle of good old braso in the cupboard....Holly shit...what a miricle job it did.
The perspex cover on my cluster now looks like the day it was put in the dash.
Hope someone finds this usefull.
Paul
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Location:
Outer Sth East burbs, VIC
Registered:
July 2004
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Re: Usefull tip for cleaning perspex
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Sat, 11 June 2005 00:58
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good job bloke, will be handy to know this,
especially on my home made perspex indicator lenses, they have been copping a beating.
Cheers
Shtock
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Upper Northshore, Sydney
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October 2004
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Re: Usefull tip for cleaning perspex
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Sat, 11 June 2005 01:32
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thanks for that dude !!! u recon brasso will bring up the tail lights etc as well ??
coz i put some kitten no. 1 over em the other day and buffed em that way, and there was a noticeable 'glisten' increase !!!
nick.
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Bayside Melbourne.
Registered:
May 2003
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Re: Usefull tip for cleaning perspex
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Sat, 11 June 2005 02:09
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Brasso is a well know polish for perspex (acrylic)... However there's even better stuff out there... it's like a much finer grit that Brasso and is designed specifically for polishing acrylic. Problem is, I can't remember what it's called right now... i'll do a bit of searching and try to find the name.
Brasso is good however because most of us have some at home... I haven't tried Silvo before but I think that has a finer grit than Brasso and may be a good to try after the buffing with Brasso.
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Bundaberg, Qld.
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May 2002
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Re: Usefull tip for cleaning perspex
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Sat, 11 June 2005 04:45
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Meguire's make a product called ScratchX or something like that, spose to get rid of small scratches as well as polish plastics/perspex. brasso is much cheaper to buy though if you just wanna polish it up. 
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I supported Toymods
Location:
sydney.au
Registered:
August 2002
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Re: Usefull tip for cleaning perspex
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Sat, 11 June 2005 04:50
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Any metal polish will clean up plastic surfaces quite nicely
my taillights and other plactic surfaces shine nicely
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Location:
Somewhere on a dirt bowl ...
Registered:
August 2004
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Re: Usefull tip for cleaning perspex
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Sat, 11 June 2005 05:15
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An uncle of mine uses toothpaste
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Location:
Rocky Mountains, Canada
Registered:
May 2002
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Re: Usefull tip for cleaning perspex
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Sat, 11 June 2005 13:52
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I use "Unick Heatsink Paste" which is availiable from Dick Smiths.
Did a brilliant job on the clear plastic cover over my dash instrument cluster.
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Location:
Coffs Harbour
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September 2002
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Re: Usefull tip for cleaning perspex
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Sat, 11 June 2005 16:45
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| M.W.P. wrote on Sat, 11 June 2005 23:52 |
I use "Unick Heatsink Paste" which is availiable from Dick Smiths.
Did a brilliant job on the clear plastic cover over my dash instrument cluster.
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Excuse me but HOW OR WHY did you come across the idea of using heatsink paste as a polish ??? 
I really can not see how you could link heatsink paste with fixing scratches on plastic.
Best regards a very confused Superaw11. 
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Location:
Sydney
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October 2003
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Re: Usefull tip for cleaning perspex
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Sat, 11 June 2005 22:17
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Maybe he had a few scratches on the silicon on the cpu around the heat distributer. And when he went to change his heatsinks he noticed that they were no longer there 
I use that maguires stuff that feral mentioned, works a treat.
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Banned by his request
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moved to tamworth
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July 2002
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Re: Usefull tip for cleaning perspex
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Sat, 11 June 2005 23:07
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hahaha may be good for cheap things but on big expensive pieces of lexan,like race car windows the safest thing to use is the cleaner and polisher{one is a white bottle and the other grey,about $25 each bottle} that you can get from cadilac plastics. as you would find the brasso would actually scratch it, which on a windsreen looking into the sun would be a nightmare and at about $400 for one of the high grade UV ones that you have to change every season anyway, be an expensive mistake.if you ever drive and get the sun over your shoulder shining on the cluster you will prob see what i mean.gives me an idea,should get bottles and make little squeeze packs,like tomato sauce and sell for dash panels.
mick
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I supported Toymods
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Perth
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May 2002
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Re: Usefull tip for cleaning perspex
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Sun, 12 June 2005 09:19
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Meguiars Mirror Glaze plastic cleaners. Was about $17.50 a bottle, #17 "Clear Plastic Cleaner" removes light scratches etc. #10 Clear Plastic Polish brings it up to uber shine
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Location:
Forster NSW
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September 2004
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Re: Usefull tip for cleaning perspex
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Sun, 12 June 2005 12:53
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| superaw11 wrote on Sun, 12 June 2005 02:45 |
| M.W.P. wrote on Sat, 11 June 2005 23:52 |
I use "Unick Heatsink Paste" which is availiable from Dick Smiths.
Did a brilliant job on the clear plastic cover over my dash instrument cluster.
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Excuse me but HOW OR WHY did you come across the idea of using heatsink paste as a polish ???
I really can not see how you could link heatsink paste with fixing scratches on plastic.
Best regards a very confused Superaw11.
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Weird I agree. Plus the stuff's usually carcinogenic!
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I supported Toymods
Location:
melbourne
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June 2002
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Re: Usefull tip for cleaning perspex
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Sun, 12 June 2005 13:03
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i just broke the plastic cover neatly off, much clearer.
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Location:
Newcastle
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July 2003
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Re: Usefull tip for cleaning perspex
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Mon, 13 June 2005 01:00
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| M.W.P. wrote on Sat, 11 June 2005 23:52 |
I use "Unick Heatsink Paste" which is availiable from Dick Smiths.
Did a brilliant job on the clear plastic cover over my dash instrument cluster.
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yeah it has a nice slightly abrasive quality.. you can use it on aluminium heatsinks to polish them up and you will actually get a better transfer of heat and hence cooler chip.
but you definantly want to be careful. avoid getting it on your skin its pretty nasty stuff..
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