How To Remove Gauge Cluster Fine Scratches

[marcwithac]

Has anyone removed any scratches from their gauge cluster? I have a few fine ones I'd like to remove. Thinking of trying PlastiX.

Whats the best way to clean them without scratching them? They seem to scratch insanely easily.

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[danielspivey]

I always wondered why this wasn’t made of glass… how much more expensive could it be? These are always made w cheaper plastic and eventually get scratches.. frustrating !

 

[Terminus33]

I would think best way would be to disassemble it and use one of those headlight restorer kits maybe?

 

[DailyMoparGuy]

I’ve always wondered how those even get there.

 

[Jeepin' John]

The plastic is incredibly soft and you cannot "wipe" it. I clean mine by taking a dry microfiber towel and doing a light mist of quick detail spray so that you can hardly tell anything is on there - definitely not damp. Fold it a few times so that it fits inside of a gauge bezel. Lightly "dab" the gauge plastic ONCE and pick back up off of the surface straight. Do not move the microfiber any direction. The dust, etc will lift off. Unfold the microfiber and re-fold to a new lightly misted section EVERY time you dab. Dab as needed to clean. Presto, no scratches.

i was wheeling with the top down in the dust and my gauges had dust all in them. Used that method, and they're crystal clear with no scratches.

 

[spectre6000]

There's a product called Polywatch used for polishing plastic watch crystals. It's a very fine polishing compound specifically made for plastics (obviously) that will give you the sort of result people expect on nice watches where you're really going to see it. What is a watch but another instrument after all? Less than $7 to your door from Amazon, and it even comes with a polishing cloth.

Not saying it's the best option on the planet, but I imagine it's a good one. It'd be my go-to since I have it on hand in my watchmaking bench..

 

[Chance575]

use a light car polish, not a compound but some thing for light work

i also forgot I have sone of this I use on my pinball machine

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