Cleaning plastic canopy windows

Cleaning plastic canopy windows

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Simpo Two

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Wednesday 27th May 2020
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I have the canopy from my boat here, and have spent the last two days pressure washing all the crud off, then using recolouring and waterproofing it.

The clear plastic windows, I presume PVC, are looking rather the worse for wear and I was wondering what compound/tool would be best. From compounds I have T-Cut, Cif, automotive glass cleaner, brass polish wadding, toothpaste. For tools I have elbow grease or a 6" fluffy disk that goes on a drill.

Thoughts welcome please!

Simpo Two

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266 months

Thursday 28th May 2020
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frodo_monkey said:
Don’t waste time with Renovo - I did, waste of elbow grease, time and money. Can recommend highly Meguiars PlastX - it was a bit dearer but brought my race car plastic windows back to life nicely.
Thanks - here it is on Amazon but is it equally good for thin PVC? These are windows in a boat canopy so get rolled up; it's much softer than acrylic.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Meguiars-PlastX-Plastic-P...

Simpo Two

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Thursday 28th May 2020
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OK well I went ahead with what I had anyway. Turns out that most of it came off with a damp cloth, and most of the rest came off with window cleaner and/or meths. So it's not perfect, but much better than it was, and good enough for the time I'm prepared to spend in on it.