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CD17:

--- Quote from: steve Beech TA on November 02, 2008, 05:04 PM ---
I carefully used some fine wet and dry600-1200, to remove it then buffed the side's afterwards as the gold kashi aero writing leaves a type of indent on the side. it seems a bit harsh and i was crapping my self when i did it, as the seat was in fantastic con, but it was the only way to get rid completely. the buffing worked a treat you could hardly tell.

these are the only pics i can find







hope this helps :daumenhoch:

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So how do you buff the seat  ???

steve Beech TA:


In the same way that you polish a stem or caliper.

hard wheel
then soft wheel.

I think i thought of it from my tech classes BITD, do you remember making egg timers at school, with a £1 glass egg timer, then bending coloured perspex.

Well when we cut the perspex we were left with rough edges so we used to file them then sand them, much in the same way as polishing a stem, then buff them and they used to come silky smooth and shiny as fcuk.

hope this throws a bit more light on the way i did it :daumenhoch:

 

MartyC:
Meguairs PlasticX works wonders and saves using a polishing wheel  :daumenhoch:

mark 2:
I bought a vintage B&O turntable recently, a Beogram 4000, pretty sexy posh turntable from 1973, had a few light scratches in the perspex lid. They've got nerdy forums too, said on there about polishing creams for plastic and I had one in the house I tried, cream that you use to remove scratches in vinyl windows in soft tops, you get it in Halfords etc. Lightly abrasive and works. Buff buff....said about plastic polishing wheels too, get on ebay you'll find them on there, think they're foam. Anyway, that sort of gear should work for tidying up a seat ;)

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