Lexan plastic question please
 

My girlfriend laid her Harley over yesterday when some asshat pulled in front of her......she is OK and the bike is OK but she got some minor scratches on her windshield............I believe the thing is Lexan and am wonnerin ifin anybody knows how I can polish these scratches out?????

glad she's ok bud. must of scared the hell outta you both.

don't laugh at this but i've had decent results with plain old white colgate toothpaste and a tooth brush. works awesome on scratched watch faces too. just try a small area first.

that flitz stuff is supposed to work pretty good. y aknow that stuff on tv with the ball you put in a drill. the detail shop at the stealership used that stuff before and it worked good too.

Ya it mostly hurt her pride........the asshat that pulled in front of her didnt even pull over to help her...............wished I woulda been there


the is a couple sctatches that you can hook with yer fingernail so they are gonna be hard to get out I think....toothpast thingy sounds cool

Try Heating it up ?

I aint done nuttin yet these asshats round here wont give me a day off.......today id 18 in a row....send the check to the house eh

Before trying heating, visit or call a supplier of glazing materials. If polishing, grinding away enough material to get rid of a deep scratch will alter the optical characteristics of the windshield. Steve

good point.........never thought of that

Careful with heating---too much and you'll permanently darken the Lexan.

Try the Scratch-Off 'Optica-4' compound kit..........we use it on our race cars windscreens and have taken rather large scrapes out with it. I bought it at Boeing Surplus but you can get it from just about any airport maintenance shop or supplier.

Basically you wet sand with 600 grit paper, then buff in one compound, then another, and another, blah blah blah until you're done. Works all good hella cool like. :sen: It's expensive **** but one kit lasts a long, long time and can be used on just about any polycarbonate plastic--lamp lenses, windscreens, safety glasses, sunglasses, faceshields, convertible top windows, some vinyl windows, etc.

Oh, you can fill in dips in the Lexan with substances like Shoe-Goo also. It's not the best fix---glues with methylene chloride as their primary ingredient work the best on Lexan, but Shoe Goo will work. I used it to fix my helmet faceshield once---took a giant dirt clod that a biggo rock was hidden inside and didn't have a spare....Shoe Goo to the rescue!! LOL