How do you polish scratch marks out of perspex???

[ItsTony]

Random question but I bought my dad a second hand Michell turntable that has some light scratch's on the perspex part (at least I think its perspex and not glass.)

Does anybody know if t-cut will take these scratch marks out or will I end up making the problem worse and leaving a buffed/haze mark.

Thanx

[BliarOut]

I've used toothpaste to take scratches out of visors in the past. Worked well, but as always, test on an inconspicuous area first.

[XJSJohn]

toothpaste has worked for me too.

make sure its paste not gel, and do the usual circular "wax on wax off" thing with some coton wool or soft cloth

[Prof Beard]

Renovo do stuff for "clearing" worn plastic windows in softtops which works a treat I'm told - not sure if it would work on your stuff?

[K13 WJD]

all depends on the scratch.....brasso will polish perspex eventually. polly carb too.

i personally use car cutting compound, followed by a buff......but i only polish tuffnol.....and lexan

[bigburd]

Like previously suggested brasso (including the metal polish impregmated wadding types) but it will take a while i'd suggest a trial area before you do too much

Found this...
http://www.ultimatehandyman.co.uk/ACRYLIC_FINISHIN...

[944pi]

I've had some good results (watch face, rear lights) with XERAPOL - it's regularly available on Ebay.

Phil

[megy]

When I used to work on Puma helicopters this was a job I had to do several times, we used a kit of varying levels of wet and dry, then use the roughest in straight to and fro movements, then go to a finer grade in straight to and from but in a 90 degree direction, and covering a slightly larger area, and just keeping repeating, each time going to a finer grade, and taking in a larger area.

[medieval]

jewellers rouge may work.

[Noger]

Plexus - used by pilots to polish their canopys ( ). Works a treat on perspex rear windows as well, so would imagine it would do a turntable nicely.

Easily available.

[Zad]

Definitely Brasso for Perspex. Rather then removing a layer of the material like abrasives do, it seems to somehow make the surface of the material melt slightly and fill in the gap.

[GreenV8S]

This is probably going to sound daft, but try applying some rain-X. I've noticed that when applied to soft windows it fills in fine scratches and makes them look a lot clearer.