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Plexiglass


Question Posted Tuesday October 21 2014, 8:05 pm

Hello Advicenators: Newbie here. Seeing what else is out there besides JA. I bought some plexiglass off a lady on Craigslist. At her house it looked good. I thought there was a protective coating on it and she advertised it as clear. I got home and noticed it is "frosted" plexiglass. I am just doing a invention with this for my dog. Is there a way to modify the frosted plexiglass to make it appear clear or clearer? Thanks, Dzadzy

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rainhorse68 answered Wednesday October 22 2014, 3:20 pm:
It is possible to polish out significant scratchess and marring which have made plexiglass virtually opaque and restore it almost to its previous water-clear state. Using metal polish (brass and copper polish), or automotive chrome polish. If your frosting is etched into the surface you MIGHT be able to 'polish it clear'. I polished some headlight fairings on an old sportscar which had become almost 'sand-blasted' rough and opaque from high-speed motorway mileage once. They came up brilliantly clear, but it took just about a whole day to do it. It's an ACHINGLY slow process. If you have more than about a square metre of stuff to do you'll go crazy before you finish it I reckon!

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