Thread: Restoring clear scales

Greygates Plastic polish is my (not so anymore) secret for getting a really good mirror shine on pipe stems and other plastic items. I find its best worked by hand with a soft cotton cloth, applying a dab more polish as it gets dry, little and often is the key with this polish, saturating the area doesnt work.

Thanks for the feedback. The fogging I am seeing may simply be some soap scum. I bought some razors from the 'bay, mostly just for display but I may try and do some restoration on them. They have not arrived yet, but I will try out the suggestions mentioned here.

Originally Posted by The Topher

You mean Lexan. Nice stuff but hard to work with. Has to be hand worked or it melts easily.

That's it!

You know, I agree somewhat on the melting. I was able to rough cut the scales no problem with a coping saw (sp?), and actually use a sanding drum on the dremel to work down closer to the lines. I would only do tap, or quick touch-like sanding, and it was enough to remove the Lexan and keep it cool. The rest of the shaping was hand sanding, but I would have done the same if it was wood.

As for drilling the hole, much like drilling celluloid, I wouldn't press the bit down and drill straight throught, but slowly bring the bit through a little at a time. With a drill press it would look similar to working an old water-well pump handle, with a little removal/drilling each time.

My damn scanner was acting squirrely last night so I was not able to scan the Lexan scales I made.... I'll try again tonight.

C utz

The Blue Magic that Glen mentioned is great for polishing plastics and it leaves behind a clear coat/wax.