I have a Skid Steer with ballistic glass on the door. It's scratched up so bad if you are operating the machine facing the sun you can barely see out of it. Can the scratches be buffed out of Lexan?
yeah, it's like polishing crazed headlights on a car. You can wetsand with 1200 grit, finish with 2000 and then polish with a increasingly finer compound with a buffing wheel. Have to do this to one of our workboats periodically.
If it is only on the surface you can polish it to look like glass. If it is actual safety glass with layers and the distortion is internal, which can happen, then there isn't much of a fix.
Will the torch polish trick work on lexan like it does on an acrylic? I know a torch will smooth out a fresh cut edge on acrylic like a champ.
It's 3/4" thick. Tried the heat gun for a minute then gave up. Can't remove the door........Cab has a/c and it will keep you from getting impaled while the mulching head is running.
I would think any plastic polish would help...even if it's not distortion free you would still be better off.
. Wet sand the scratch out with 1500-2000 grit sandpaper. At this point the area will be very foggy. 2. Rub in some Novus #2 until the area clears up. This might take more than one application. There will still be just a little fogginess left. 3. Polish out the remaining fogginess with Novus #1
Instead of a heat gun use a propane torch. If there is any clear coat finish on it you will know immediately, and then you can progress to wet sand.
For a quick temporary fix. Hit it with some lubricant like wd40. Sent from my SM-G960U using Tapatalk
I'd be careful of using this approach. You are concentrating heat in a small area this way and if you overheat it gas bubbles will form in the plastic and there's no going back. Ask me how I know This can also happen with a heat gun.
This is worth a try. I've used this a lot of windscreens on bikes over the years. Different color bottles, I know I had blue and red bottles, probably 2 and 1 or something like that. Took scratches and marks off big screens like on a Road King very well.
I used a 3M headlight kit to fix a crazed windshield and gauge set that were damaged in a tragic Brake Bleeding incident... https://www.amazon.com/3M-39008-Headlight-Restoration-System/dp/B001AIZ5HY I just followed the directions on the package. Worked great and 7-8 years later still looks like new.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0000AY4YT/ref=cm_sw_r_apa_i_4liMEb8B0Q07G This is the s#$t, I use it on my boat, on my headlights.... and you will have enough for years to come!
