Cloudy perspex on gauges

[anonymous-user]

This poor photo is itself cloudy but hints at the cloudiness of the gauges on this 39 year old car. Does anyone know of a good product for rendering gauge covers clearer? Something mildly abrasive but non scratchy, I assume.

[InitialDave]

Try Meguiar's Plast-X, I've found that good for clear plastic.

[anonymous-user]

Thanks v much.

[SantaBarbara]

Breadvan72 said:

This poor photo is itself cloudy but hints at the cloudiness of the gauges on this 39 year old car. Does anyone know of a good product for rendering gauge covers clearer? Something mildly abrasive but non scratchy, I assume.

Is that the last remaining Marina still on the road?

[anonymous-user]

I have seen several Marinas on roads recently, but, no, this one is not a Marina, or indeed even much like a Marina.

[anonymous-user]

The three plastic covers have behind them eight instruments.

[mr alan]

I would try some renovo plastic window polish, it made a big difference on an mx5 rear window a few years ago. What car is it, Lancia ?

[anonymous-user]

Thanks v much. The car is indeed a Lancia. This one -



https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...

[Plinth]

Two gentle abrasive products I use for this type of thing:

Duraglit polising wadding (comes in a cute little tin) - very good but can leave some residue that will need wiping off afterwards.
Toothpaste and a soft wet cloth - as above, but also leaves a nice minty fragrance!

[mr alan]

Breadvan72 said:

Thanks v much. The car is indeed a Lancia. This one -



https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...

Very nice. Thought I recognised the seats. Nearly bought one on a “t” plate around 1984 but was convinced by my dad not to touch it as they are rust buckets. Instead I bought a tr7......... but that’s a whole diff story. Only kept it 6 months as bubbles were appearing everywhere on the paint. Put a pin in and water came out.

[anonymous-user]

Autosol chrome cleaner is quite good for this sort of thing, test on small area first though.

[anonymous-user]

Lancias really aren't rust buckets if looked after. Or in other words they are no more or less rust buckets than are most 70s cars. The pub/Top Gear mythology affects even classic car botherers. Oh well, at least it keeps prices down.

[mr alan]

My dad a Morris ital in 1984 it was around 2 yrs old and on an "x" reg. The bottom of the doors were starting to bubble already. He sold it a year later and bought a Citroen BX as I think at the time they had some sort of rust warranty

[lowdrag]

3M Finesse it is the boy. I used it for years on the perspex screens of the two D-types. A very fine abrasive, far milder than toothpaste, and while it needs elbow grease, it is efficacious.

[Dogwatch]

Plinth said:

Two gentle abrasive products I use for this type of thing:

Duraglit polising wadding (comes in a cute little tin) - very good but can leave some residue that will need wiping off afterwards.
Toothpaste and a soft wet cloth - as above, but also leaves a nice minty fragrance!

Use the Duraglit silver polish version not the brass polish which is coarser, hence scratchier!

[dandarez]

Forget the rest, and buy/use the 'best'!

Years back in the late 70s I used to clean Oroglas (acrylic trade name, like Perspex) sidescreens on a specialist car I owned with a well known 'plastic' cleaner. Never worked well.

Then one day I got talking with a local RAF guy in my local. He'd asked me about my new car I'd bought and I told him about its rear glass screen that had got broken and had been replaced with a Perspex screen, and the problem I was having getting rid of some marks on it (a glass screen was unavailable). He said in return for a pint he had the answer to my problem.

Next time I met him in the pub he gave me a small bottle of cleaner he said the RAF used for cleaning clear plastic canopies on aircraft. It was called Greygate. It worked a treat!
It's still used by the RAF and MoD, and the best thing is it's available and it's cheaper than other 'so-called' better brands like ******** (you can get 3 bottles of Greygate almost for the same price as ********!).

http://www.greygate.com/product/plastic-polish/





edit to delete other well-known brand - LOL

Edited by dandarez on Tuesday 17th October 00:20

[Yipper]

Another vote for Greygate.

Or Hindsight.

http://www.hindsightuk.com

As always, start with mild abrasive, light pressure and soft cloth... And work up to strong abrasive and hard pressure or machine polisher with micropad, if needed.

Wipe clean with a sunglasses cloth and alcohol wipe.

[anonymous-user]

It turns out that the single sheet of plastic that covers the numerous clocks has become cloudy all the way through, so cleaning is not the answer. I am having a new sheet of plastic cut to size.

[anonymous-user]

These photos show the clag. Better lights on than off.