Check out the various kits for polishing automobile headlamp lenses. They are all made for this type of work. The more expensive kits have more grades of grit. I would start with tooth paste though as I have used it in the last on watch faces with good results, glass and plastic.
David J. Wilcox K8WPE’s iPad > On Apr 14, 2020, at 10:17 PM, Grant Youngman <[email protected]> wrote: > > i you have DEEP scratches, one or two grades of abrasive won’t do the job. > You risk ending up with a “divot” around the scratch, which can be worse than > the scratch. The entire surface in the area of the defect, not just the > scratch, needs to be taken down. > > For small jobs, this, in my opinion, is the best option — it can take many > layers of increasingly fine abrasive to get a smooth, flat, original finish. > > https://www.aircraftspruce.com/catalog/cspages/micromeshprof.php > > Grant NQ5T > > >>> >>> much softer. Just my opinion. If the scratches are deep, that may be >>> the way to go, but you will need something less abrasive to polish it. > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to [email protected] ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [email protected]
