Scatched clear plastic

[Glen Zook]

An old method was to rub parafin wax across the
scratches and then polish and polish and polish until
the surface was smooth.

Sometimes if they are not bad using a liquid floor wax
works.

Other people have polished using toothpaste and a very
soft rag.

Then there is the "stuff" that is advertised on all of
the cable television channels to remove scratches from
plastic lenses in eyeglasses.  I haven't tried this
but it may work (is "kinda" expensive for a very
little bottle).

I don't know about using the various waxes on reading
glasses because they might distort things slightly.
On a dial (not "deal") or meter face a little bit of
distortion is not going to really be that much of a
problem.

I have used parafin over the years on meter faces as
well as liquid floor wax on those that were only
slightly scratched.  Have used liquid floor wax on a
couple of dial covers as well.  Usually, but not
always, the results have been satisfactory.

Glen, K9STH


--- JR Linden K7PUR <k7pur at AZLINDEN.COM> wrote:

Has anyone come up with a way to remove scratches from
clear plastic used in the deal faces of many of the
less expensive receivers.  (Should work on reading
glasses too right?

=====
Glen, K9STH

Web sites

http://home.comcast.net/~k9sth
http://home.comcast.net/~zcomco



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