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MartyC:
I've been restoring a Jaguar Seat that had been covered in leather, in order to get the grinder marks out I have been through the various stages of wet and dry and am happy with the work, most if not all of the marks have been removed.  I have worked up the grade to 2000 grit and have then used various types of compound to try and get the "shine" back but at the moment am left with a smooth but dull matt type finish and no matter what I do I can't seem to get that glossy finish back.  I've even tried polishing with a dremel with little to no impact.

Usually my first response when people ask about bringing the glossy shine back to plastic is to reach for the Meguiar's PlastX compound but that just isn't making a difference at all which is a first as I've used it on a couple of other seats although they were Kashimax and not Jaguar.

Has anyone got any suggestions on how to get the glossy look back?

oldschoolace:
Would suggest if the polish you have used didn't work them there is a good chance non will ( assuming you polished at the right level of wet ans dry)

I know you can flame polish some plastics but it's a brave man who tries that.
What about trying a large cotton buffing wheel with a wax stick or something like that

Munnyella:
I heard that you can use heat, i.e naked flame!!

We did similar on a polyester boat hull years ago.

I'd be shitting myself doing it on a valuable seat though!!

MM

MartyC:
Would a heat gun work?  Think I would prefer to try one of them rather than a blow torch!

deeman:
Go up to 3000 grit then T cut....works for me  :daumenhoch:

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