Has anyone restored the gauge lens?
as in remove scratches and buff back to clear ? wondering how workable the plastic is, if I can wet sand some deep scratched.
Also buffing sometimes overheats and melts plastic if not careful. Any hands experience with this?
I would buy new from roseville but I need speedo too, found a cluster unit with lens scratch for 400 so would be worth it if I can fix it.
thx !!
Quote from: Jocigar on August 19, 2020, 12:41:49 PM
Has anyone restored the gauge lens?
as in remove scratches and buff back to clear ? wondering how workable the plastic is, if I can wet sand some deep scratched.
Also buffing sometimes overheats and melts plastic if not careful. Any hands experience with this?
I would buy new from roseville but I need speedo too, found a cluster unit with lens scratch for 400 so would be worth it if I can fix it.
thx !!
I used some a product call PlasticX on mine years ago and it cleaned up pretty nice. Cant hurt to give it a try.
Jason
Way back in the day I mess up a lens on my Duster.. Took it to a local shop that specialized in plastics & they buffed it out using a bench top buffer for me..
I'd use low speed with extremely light pressure keeping the polish damp :alan2cents:
This won't remove HEAVY scratches but it polishes it up real nice....
I used the final polishing compound from a 3M headlight restoration kit. Rubbed by hand. Came out very well.
I sometime use it to clean up lightly scratched CDs.
We buff lots of plastic at the shop. Have had good results with the PlasticX and the buff kit show above. Keep things wet, heat is not your friend
Thank you all ! ...appreciate the help.
What year are you working with? Is it the 70 style or the later style? :dunno:
800 grit wet sand and clear coat