Cleaning plastic canopy windows

[Simpo Two]

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!

[minipower]

Renovo plastic window polish gets good reviews so maybe start with that before going for the more abrasive polishes.

I’ve used pledge before and that ended in a cloudy finish and extreme elbow usage!

[frodo_monkey]

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.

[minipower]

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.

Good to know and price isn’t bad either.

[Simpo Two]

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]

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.

[smack]

Graygate Plastic Polish, a favourite in the aviation sector.

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