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Hi guys
My shell is black & after almost 9 months of us its starting it look a little dull, especially on the sides. I've tried a few things. I tried a some wet sand paper, but only upto 1200 as I didnt have any higher but didnt make much difference, and a form of T-Cut but didnt seem to make any real difference, also tried a metal polish but no effect. Lastly I tried a dremal with a small buffing wheel, this worked the best but was a thin line between buffing and marking the surface Any suggestions on how to get some form of gloss/shine back? |
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If it a lexan shell, trying to polish it with any cutting compound or wet n dry will dull the surface. If you got tyres marks etc, lynx deodorant works well or a decent furniture polish.
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Yeah its a lexan shell. I did try a T-Cut style cutting compound, Autoglym Super Resin Polish to be exact, it didnt make it any worse or any better! |
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You're on the right lines, T-cut is the best I have used followed by a good car body polish. I know you said it hadn't made much difference, but it does take some real elbow grease. use a circular motion to cut and clean thoroughly before moving to the polish. Its important to have a really good polishing off cloth so you don't scratch and dull the surface up again, a brand new duster is good for this.
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Tcut scuffs the shell, it is a cutting compound after all. The most I would go to is a kitchen cleaner but it really depends on what you are trying to rectify, a good PIC may help.
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Use IPA - gives shell glossy look but does not damage
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IPA?
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Novus Plastic Polish, it's designed specifically for polishing out scratches in plastic and giving it a deep shine. An example of it used on vacformed ABS here.
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Not at all. I have a large whiteboard in my office which periodically I would give a good clean down with IPA. One time I switched to the version you have above and though my whiteboard is now not clean, I don't seem to care
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