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10 Meter curved lexan window restoration?
Posted: Fri Oct 28, 2011 7:29 pm
by BarryL
Has anyone tried the latest headlight restoration techniques on the lexan portion of the windows on a 10 meter international? Mine are started to show signs of sun damage and scratches and it would be nice to restore or replace them.
Barry
Posted: Fri Oct 28, 2011 8:57 pm
by BobCT
exactly what I did with mine and it worked great. I only did the outside and the difference was amazing.
Bob
Posted: Fri Oct 28, 2011 9:00 pm
by BarryL
Bob, what brand of restoration system did you use. I used the 3m on my sons car and it worked great but it seems a little aggressive for a windshield
Posted: Fri Oct 28, 2011 11:41 pm
by prowlersfish
If works like it on a car a year is all you will get and it back to where you where or worse .
Posted: Sat Oct 29, 2011 7:56 am
by BobCT
I did use the 3M kit, the one that comes with the drill attachment pad. My windows were both real cloudy, you couldn't even see through them so I wasn't concerned about being "too" agressive.
Posted: Thu Nov 03, 2011 7:24 pm
by pk
From time to time I use something they call Micro 80. It is a kit for repairing lexan or acryllic, abrasive stuff. I use it on the front wind screens on my aircraft, and it works marveless! I use around 30 minutes for making the whole screen nice and shiny. You can get the Micro 80 from ant aircraft workshop or parts dept.
Posted: Fri Nov 04, 2011 6:16 am
by RWS
BobCT wrote:exactly what I did with mine and it worked great. I only did the outside and the difference was amazing.
Bob
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Does this mean the inside does not require any treatment?
The rake of the windshield and the instrument pod would make this darn near impossible.
How long since you did it and has it deteriorated any further since you did it?
Thanks,
RWS
well....
Posted: Fri Nov 04, 2011 7:49 am
by BobCT
I did mine about two years ago and it still looks great. I might give it a quick touch-up before my spring launch but not imperative.
The insides would be damn near impossible to do, at least the bottom third. I figured I would start with the outsides and see how it looked. As I was doing that I was thinking that the same access issue I would have polishing was the same for everyone else over the years, meaning they were probably untouched.
Sure enough 90% of the scratches and cloudiness were on the outside.
Bob