The aviation folks have a kit called "Micro-Mesh" for restoring scratched
plastic. It consists of abrasive-empregnated cloths of various grits, all the
way up to 24,000 grit! ( Or so ). Anyway, you use it by taking off your scratch
es with regular 600 grit paper first, then sanding down the area with finer and
finer micro-mesh cloths. It's very labor intensive, but plastic can be returned
to virgin smoothness. The kit costs about $20, and is sold at aviation supply
houses ( down at your local small-plane airport ). I used it on the rear window
of my TR2 hardtop, which is made of solid unobtainium.
- Jerry Kaidor
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