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| Posted: Wed Jan 23rd, 2008 07:58 pm |
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canadajo 3T WIS
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I need help .....I remember reading in a thread here a while back that somebody had a remedy to fix the scratches on acrylic crystals , like the one found on these Zeno bubble faces ....I tried to use ultra fine steel wool and I made a mess of things ....now its worse than it was !!! :(
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| Posted: Wed Jan 23rd, 2008 07:59 pm |
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canadajo 3T WIS
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| Posted: Wed Jan 23rd, 2008 08:08 pm |
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romano 3T WIS
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Acrylic can be polished with a very fine abrasive like rubbing compound, simonize or even toothpaste. I have removed small scratches from acrylic crystal with plain old Colgate. Little bit bigger scratch I have used DuPont no 7 rubbing compound. After all the acrylic in an acrylic car laquer is just a very thin film version of the acrylic in a watch crystal. I think most watch crystals are what was once sold as either Plexiglass or Lucite depending on who made the acrylic Very similar polymers are used in old acrylic auto paints.
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| Posted: Wed Jan 23rd, 2008 08:11 pm |
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Chick Hazzard 3T WIS
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I think I have read that Polywatch and Autosol work pretty good. http://www.polywatch.de/en/index.htm http://www.autosolonline.com/metalpolish.htm
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| Posted: Wed Jan 23rd, 2008 09:03 pm |
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zippofan 3T WIS
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I used Polywatch on my acrylic crystal Alpha "Newman". It took the nasty scratch I put on it right out hand6.gif Cheers, Griff
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| Posted: Thu Jan 24th, 2008 11:33 am |
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captobvious 3T WIS
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x2 on Polywatch. hand6.gif It works perfect on that Zeno crystal! In fact, when I sold my Army Diver I included a tube of it for the new owner! ;)
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| Posted: Thu Jan 24th, 2008 11:39 am |
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oagaspar Site Founder
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Here is a link to the old thread CJ...I use Crystal Clear and swear by it.....it acts more like a filler than a polish on acrylic and I have filled gouges in acrylic crystals with this stuff and the end result is sweet...and polished....it works wonders imhowatch2.gif http://www.timetechtalk.com/view_topic.php?id=7721&forum_id=30
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