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Old Mar 30, 2012 | 09:12 PM
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whats best for bringing up my race car windows , dont want to muller them lol
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Old Mar 30, 2012 | 09:13 PM
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how about a wet sand with 500 grit and a machine polish?

Works for plastic light lenses?
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Old Mar 30, 2012 | 09:39 PM
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i used to use tooth paste on my caravan windows dont know if it will work on these type of windows though
might be worth a try on a small part
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Old Mar 30, 2012 | 09:54 PM
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wet sand them 1500 or 2000 grit wet, them polish with machine, do this with headlamps in work all the time, i also did it on my dads boat windows and worked treat
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Old Mar 30, 2012 | 10:18 PM
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Machine polish will work.
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Old Mar 30, 2012 | 10:21 PM
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Brasso works great on perspex (acrylic), polycarbonate on the other hand is really difficult to re-polish...
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Old Mar 30, 2012 | 10:41 PM
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Originally Posted by vroooom ptssssh
how about a wet sand with 500 grit and a machine polish?

Works for plastic light lenses?
do NOT try this

minimum 2000

perspex is a diferent beast to try and re polish, for the cost i just replace them if im honest
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Old Mar 30, 2012 | 11:12 PM
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clives (righthooker) windows are polycarbonate not perspex
perspex is banned in motorsport..

steve
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