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Can scratches be removed from clear acrylic/plexi?

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kiwasabi:

Hey guys,

I have a 1/4" thick piece of clear acrylic for my monitor glass/bezel, and it got some scratches in it when I sent it to the printers. I was going to have them print directly on it, but they couldn't figure out how to. So they did a clear decal instead, which ended up transparent instead of translucent. So I had them remove that, and somehow they managed to leave some large scratches down the middle of the piece... Anyway, is there anything I can do to remove the scratches or at least make them less noticeable? I would rather not have to buy another $30 piece of acrylic.

Adam

lilshawn:

pick up one of those headlight restore kits... the compounds are made for plastic and you should be able to get it nearly gone, or at least less noticeable. you'll want to use a light touch with it, acrylic is pretty soft and it doesn't take much.

kiwasabi:


--- Quote from: lilshawn on July 01, 2014, 10:16:22 pm ---pick up one of those headlight restore kits... the compounds are made for plastic and you should be able to get it nearly gone, or at least less noticeable. you'll want to use a light touch with it, acrylic is pretty soft and it doesn't take much.

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Good idea, thanks Shawn!

BobA:

If the scratches are deep you are better off buying new acrylic then spending many hours trying to polish out the scratches.    It is a time vrs results thing.

kiwasabi:


--- Quote from: BobA on July 02, 2014, 12:37:53 am ---If the scratches are deep you are better off buying new acrylic then spending many hours trying to polish out the scratches.    It is a time vrs results thing.

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Yeah I'll see how much the spray costs. The scratches aren't super deep I don't think. I have a nice piece of glass that's perfect but would need to get it recut to fit. I may just do that, I'll compare costs.

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