Removing Scratches from Clear Parts

Jul 24, 2006 9 Replies

I was wondering, how do you go around removing small light scratches from clear plastic parts such as windows?



Hand polish with a piece of used Bounce fabic softener sheet, followed with a hunk of clean flannel to remove any waxy residue.

If you can get to a beauty supply shop look for the polishing boards with three parts. One of those will get you a long way to removal. Dunking the 'glass' in Future should finish the chore.

Bill Banaszak, MFE Sr.

I have had success by using MICRO MESH abrasive paper which goes down to

For small scratches, I buff them on my pants leg. Denim works the best. For deeper scratches, I wet sand with very fine wet/dry sandpaper, and then buff them on my pants lag.

Johnson's floor shine will hide the scratches. Also has a million other uses I'm told such as fixing tranparent parts in position without risk of smearing.

(kim)

Apparently it's good for polishing the floor with as well, but I have my doubts.

What's the point of polishing a floor? It's only going to get dirty again.

(kim)

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Charles Metz

That makes perfect sense! LOL

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