Remove scrape from Perspex?

[RS Darren]

Just got myself a nice piece of Perspex for my install but there’s a dirty great big scrape in it that I didn’t notice when I got it. Can’t really complain as I got it for free But, is there any way of polishing/buffing this out or will this destroy the finish and make it cloudy? Its also fairly deep

 

[polo on the prowl]

the stuff used to remove chips in window screens should work?

 

[Porter]

i tried with a bit i had and it just scored it with the particles in it scratching the surface,

 

[Cartunes]

.... i can't verify this as I have never used perspex in my own installs, but an old colleague of mine swore by a mixture of brasso and mr sheen...... half and half.... it might be prudent to try it on a piece of the perspex that isn't seen first just in case he was yanking my chain. Rub on, buff off!

 

[Graham]

brasso works wonders on very light glass scratches and infact some body men will use it after the G3 a car before polishing to get any final imperfections out !

try it on an out of the road area 1st incase it scratcheds but it is a VERY light abbrasive so shouldn't

 

[santoz]

you will need to work out what grit of sandpaper/wetdry or filing will remove the inital scratch.

Once you have the orginal one buffed out you will have to contiuously lower the grit of the wet&dry paper till its ultra-smooth, then use a polishing machine to "highlight" any more scrapes and keep doing that till its smooth then finish off with a very, very fine liquid polish(like brasso). Lot's of work, brings me back to my first year engineering in J'town

good luck!

 

[lee-r33]

sand it out with 1200 grit sandpaper then skim over it with a blowtorch and thatll bring up the shine again. top job minimum effort. just make sure u only skim it with the torch til it shines otherwise youll have a bigger mess than u started with lol

 

[RMS_CLK]

A liquid micro-abrasive.

 

[JayT]

prob less hastle just to go buy some new perspex!!

 

[m00k]

you will need to work out what grit of sandpaper/wetdry or filing will remove the inital scratch.

Once you have the orginal one buffed out you will have to contiuously lower the grit of the wet&dry paper till its ultra-smooth, then use a polishing machine to "highlight" any more scrapes and keep doing that till its smooth then finish off with a very, very fine liquid polish(like brasso). Lot's of work, brings me back to my first year engineering in J'town

good luck!

i'd go for this route, altho i've had a similar engineerin edu wit the freak at jordanstown lol

if u cud get use of a machine polisher u'd b laughin to give it the gd glossy finish again