Thread: Mucky face shield

I worked in the metal polishing industry for a number of years, the polishers , when the shield became scratched would polish the clear with AUTOSOL polish.

This is a cream polish with extremely fine abrasive &polishing compounds , the polishing was done by hand ,not machine,and with a soft clean cotton cloth only.

Jeff

Yep the Armourall will not last very long but similar to VK4 I usually use Brasso. The fine abrasive polishes off a lot of the small scratches and the polish removes rubbish and yes Viola almost like new.

I was trained as a Rolls Royce coachpainter and enjoy applying the tricks of the trade to wood finishing to see what works, I see you speak French too LOL
Sorry about the Viola I like fiddling with puns
Voilà ici no? (feel free to groan) toothpaste works too !
Keith

You can also:

"lenibus uti liquido fricat abrasive removere, deinde perpolire molli panno."

This should remove all but the worst marks, and provide a clean surface close to new. The best mild abrasive I have found is "Mothers" aluminium polishing cream.

never heard of mothers aluminum paste
Lo siento, yo sólo hablo Spanish.my italiano es muy oxidado, y las necesidades de carburo de silicio para uñas

We'd better lay off the foreign languages before the moderator smacks our wrists lol
Do you want that in Gaelic?
Keith

as long as no one goes and starts with WELSH . Silvo Silver polish is finerthan Brasso, and will do a good job on the face shield as well.

jeff

Will have to try some of these! But I suspect 50% of my problem is that I finally have to admit I need glasses! :

Originally Posted by Heilander

never heard of mothers aluminum paste

Mothers aluminium paste is made for polishing aluminium bullbars and other aluminium alloy products. It does however, serve well in many other uses such as polishing perdpex/plastic face shields, and taking scratches off plastic lenses on spectacles.

Another use we have for it, is cleaning the shower screen glass from the inevitable watermarks that hang around even though the enclosre is wiped after each use.

Originally Posted by wun4us

Another use we have for it, is cleaning the shower screen glass from the inevitable watermarks that hang around even though the enclosre is wiped after each use.

Oh! I need some of that!

They even have a forum.

How to Choose the Proper Wheel Polish - Wax Forum

I just started turning and so far no scratches on the face shield from turning pieces. Only after switches off the lathe and lifting the shield above my head and forgetting it is on my head.

Some good ideas to try out.

Originally Posted by wun4us

Mothers aluminium paste is made for polishing aluminium bullbars and other aluminium alloy products. It does however, serve well in many other uses such as polishing perdpex/plastic face shields, and taking scratches off plastic lenses on spectacles.

Another use we have for it, is cleaning the shower screen glass from the inevitable watermarks that hang around even though the enclosre is wiped after each use.

We use a mini squeegee and Rainex for our shower. Being Scottish not Pom