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| polaris:
hi everyone I'm calling for the UK and USA to work together on this one :D Ive noticed a few times about people using plexiglass over CP'S and the longevity of it .IE it scratches over time. so a few points. is Plexiglas what we call perspex in the UK? if so 'BRASSO' a brass polish, is allegedly a product that will take the scratches out of perspex(i say allegedly as Ive not tried it) anyone in the UK got some perspex and brasso to find out. then we need to find the comparable product across the pond for you guys to clean up your CP 's a reliable source told me that brasso works a treat taking the scratches out of perspex, however bizarre it may sound using a metal polish for plastic. |
| Loki:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acrylic_glass --- Quote ---Polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) or poly (methyl 2-methylpropenoate) is the synthetic polymer of methyl methacrylate. This thermoplastic and transparent plastic is sold by the tradenames Plexiglas, Perspex, Plazcryl, Acrylite, Acrylplast, Altuglas, and Lucite and is commonly called acrylic glass or simply acrylic. The material was developed in 1928 in various laboratories and was brought to market in 1933 by Rohm and Haas Company. --- End quote --- Didn't knew it was a tradename... I was also confused about it before. :) |
| patrickl:
Well I'm from the Netherlands ... Plexiglass and Perspex are both brandnames for "Acrylic glass". I think Brasso would work fine. It's probably more for bringing out the shine rather than taking out scratches though. I use a metal polish for fixing CDs. It is a pretty coarse polish though so it will cloud up the CD so after that I polish it with a finer polish to a shine (forgot the name, but it is a plexi scratch remover). Using only a shine polish to take out scratches takes forever. :edit: need to type faster I guess :) Actually Google would probably have helped you faster here. |
| polaris:
--- Quote from: patrickl on March 03, 2007, 08:24:37 am --- Actually Google would probably have helped you faster here. --- End quote --- yep im sure google would have helped. but it wouldnt have posted the answer here for everyone to read. i thought the point of these forums was sharing information which is what i was trying to do. i benefit nothing from finding out that perspex and plexi are the same ,but the people who have plexi with scratches might have benfited :) just re reading that im sounding a bit gobby, i just wanted to share the info about brasso :D |
| patrickl:
--- Quote from: polaris on March 03, 2007, 08:58:48 am ---i just wanted to share the info about brasso :D --- End quote --- Yeah true. There are so many polishing products and I always wonder which one to get. Personally I was thinking about the Novus 3 step polish kit. |
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