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Offline LesterPiglet

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Polished my tail light lens.
« on: March 24, 2012, 05:27:54 PM »
I know it's a Suzi lens but it lives on my 550.
I removed all lettering with some wet&dry then used a buff to polish.
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Re: Polished my tail light lens.
« Reply #1 on: March 24, 2012, 06:17:35 PM »
Very nice work. Tell us about the polish and polisher.
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Offline LesterPiglet

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Re: Polished my tail light lens.
« Reply #2 on: March 24, 2012, 06:22:14 PM »
Just this sort of thing.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/MOTORCYCLE-POLISHING-ADAPTOR-POLISH-WHEELS/dp/B004D3FAQO

I went from the roughest wheel and soap through to the finest. You need to watch how much pressure you use as you can melt the plastic.
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Re: Polished my tail light lens.
« Reply #3 on: March 24, 2012, 06:32:42 PM »
Yeah I've tried polishing plastic and just ended up melting it. And then it IS ruined. Nice job.
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Re: Polished my tail light lens.
« Reply #4 on: March 24, 2012, 07:27:35 PM »
Meguire's headlight restore work very well also.
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Re: Polished my tail light lens.
« Reply #5 on: March 24, 2012, 08:08:05 PM »
You can polish faded plastic using metal polish ("Brasso" is good) and a soft cloth, it's really good on tail light lenses and indicator lenses etc. Cheers, Terry. ;D
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