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I need to clean up quite a few indicator lens without destroying them . Any way to polish these up or is it a waste of time ? I know mineral spirits work great if sticky , but what about the plastic lenses ?
So I have Flitz... My son swears by Novus, as he was making and selling some Formula 1 acrylic etched / lit displays. I don't know if he still does, but he said it's amazing.I need to clean up quite a few indicator lens without destroying them . Any way to polish these up or is it a waste of time ? I know mineral spirits work great if sticky , but what about the plastic lenses ?
91% Rubbing Alcohol (2 or 3 bucks a bottle at Wally World) will strip almost anything off without harming plastics and metals. The only issue I have found is it will clean it sooooo well that you might want to oil any exposed metal surfaces.I need to clean up quite a few indicator lens without destroying them . Any way to polish these up or is it a waste of time ? I know mineral spirits work great if sticky , but what about the plastic lenses ?
Nooooo. alcohol on acrylic or polycarbonate will destroy it.91% Rubbing Alcohol (2 or 3 bucks a bottle at Wally World) will strip almost anything off without harming plastics and metals. The only issue I have found is it will clean it sooooo well that you might want to oil any exposed metal surfaces.
Never had an issue with is; but, now that you said it.......Nooooo. alcohol on acrylic or polycarbonate will destroy it.
I don't know what the lenses you have are. But those 2 plastics get destroyed by alcohol.