An airplane buddy of mine mentioned Lemon Pledge furniture polish, but I have not tried it. I usually use fine cut buffing compound and Plastix polish from Mequiers.
It is not possible to remove cloudiness once it happens. I spent many hours with various methods and compounds. Yes the surface can be cleaned but the molecular structure changes causing cloudiness. I can not find new replacements either. Any leads?
It was probably caused by somebody using lots of Windex in the past. Don't use glass cleaner. Those other ideas won't hurt anything....including the headlight restore compounds.
Yeah depends what you mean, if the plastic is hazy/cloudy, or if its a "haze" caused by fine scrathces from whiping it off when it is dusty. The latter can be polished out.
Cloudiness is caused by UV, heat, and time. These change the molecular structure throughout the material. 25 years of exposure is a long time considering the technology then and now for manufacturing, but even todays plastic lenses cloud up. Surface imperfection only can be resolved.
You can buy plastic compound/ polish in a small plastic bottle. I did a completely fogged over rear convertible top window (you couldnt see out of it) in my T/A in just a few minutes and it looked nearly new.
Use Caution,you could burn or melt the plastic. Try the mall section or ask if anyone is going to the wrecking yard. Or try on-line for plastic polishing..
If you plan on doing it your self,use a clean cotton sock and Turtle Wax (NOT RUBBING COUMPOUND, THAT CONTAINS GRIT)
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I dont know why people dont pay attention. You handrub it with the plastic polish made specificly for that. You cant burn it by hand and costs less than $10. Takes all of 15 mins to do a dash in the car without removing anything. If you cant do that, bring it by and ill do it for you for free.
