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12-20-2005, 04:06 PM

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*Polishing Plastic

got off another forum, searched here and didnt have it, so i thought it might help here
* mothers polish can be found at most auto stores, even wal mart has them sometimes*
*note* only polish hard plastic. it will turn into powder when sanded. the softer plastic will not powder and will be difficult to polish. if it is flexable it is to soft. there are not a lot of things on the car that are hard plastic. most of the interior is soft plastic. test on unseen areas first.
*note* do not use anything other than hand sanding. machine sanding mayl make the plastic melt.
materials:
-plastic polish
-sandpaper (600g-1000g)
-cotton polishing cloth

this is to show you how to polish plastic in and around your car. this is the plastic blank in the dash trim. to polish it, begin by sanding the texture off of it with 600g sandpaper til the texture is smooth. then follow with 1000g to knock it down some more and smooth it further.

this is how it'll look after sanding

now you are ready to use the plastic polish. apply it to the polishing cloth and buff til all the fine scratches disappear and a reflective finish appears. it should look like this when done.

heres a polished OEM blinker

plastic polish also works good on corner lens, tailights, scratched cd's, gauge clusters, ect. later

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12-20-2005, 04:09 PM

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Re: *Polishing Plastic (yup im joee)

kool. would probably work wonders on that dirty film thing on headlights.

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12-20-2005, 04:10 PM

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holy hell! thats freaking amazing. im going to redo my headlights this week!

thanks for the post.

-edit- would this work, on the bumper?

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12-20-2005, 04:13 PM

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Re: (ekcivic9)

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by ekcivic9 »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">holy hell! thats freaking amazing. im going to redo my headlights this week!

thanks for the post.

-edit- would this work, on the bumper?</TD></TR></TABLE>

maybe on the OEM lips and maybe moldings, not sure

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12-20-2005, 04:13 PM

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would this be a good idea if i did it to the inside of the headlights and out?

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12-20-2005, 04:14 PM

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Re: (yup im joee)

where can i find this? think i will do this on my cluster!

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12-20-2005, 04:15 PM

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Re: (yup im joee)

WTF is that dash trim thing? I cant imagine what it is.

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12-20-2005, 04:15 PM

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Pretty nice

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12-20-2005, 04:15 PM

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Re: (ekcivic9)

I have fixed the headlights/corners/fogs for my father and several friends with this

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12-20-2005, 04:16 PM

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Re: (ekcivic9)

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by ekcivic9 »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">would this be a good idea if i did it to the inside of the headlights and out?</TD></TR></TABLE>

personaly i wouldnt touch the inside.

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12-20-2005, 04:17 PM

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Re: *Polishing Plastic (yup im joee)

good job joee

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12-20-2005, 04:23 PM

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Re: (zzzkangzzz)

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by zzzkangzzz »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">personaly i wouldnt touch the inside. </TD></TR></TABLE>

well i took my headlights apart before to paint the housing, but i think im going to do it again, cause the gunmetal doesnt flow very well with a black car, so i think im going to do them black.

the insides are kinda hazy cause i didnt quite seal it well last time, so i think i have to clean the insides... or at least compound it down.

sorry for going a little offtopic on the thread guys.

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12-20-2005, 04:30 PM

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Re: (ekcivic9)

cool

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12-20-2005, 04:33 PM

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Re: *Polishing Plastic (CRXhf_89)

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by CRXhf_89 »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">good job joee

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he didnt do it.

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12-20-2005, 04:39 PM

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Re: *Polishing Plastic (commador)

bump do some more

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12-20-2005, 04:42 PM

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awesome, i wasn't aware plastic could be polished but that looks great. i assume u could polish your oem mirrors also.

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12-20-2005, 04:43 PM

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Re: (intenseEK)

damn, have to pick some of this **** up

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12-20-2005, 04:53 PM

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Re: (skuby_do)

does cutting/rubbing compound + normal polish work as well?

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12-20-2005, 04:55 PM

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Re: *Polishing Plastic (yup im joee)

wow

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12-20-2005, 04:57 PM

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Re: (skuby_do)

Thats badass

Someone needs to do this on some Headlights

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12-20-2005, 04:57 PM

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Re: (jdm5lug)

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by jdm5lug »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Thats badass

Someone needs to do this on some Headlights</TD></TR></TABLE>

im going to rebake my headlights this week, ill post pics. ill polish the outsides and compound the insides.

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12-20-2005, 05:09 PM

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good job man...

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Re: *Polishing Plastic (yup im joee)

nice

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12-20-2005, 05:20 PM

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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by HATCHingMN »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">nice</TD></TR></TABLE>