acrylic scratches

[lmracer]

is there any way to get fine scratches out of the acrylic ???? thanks ed

 

[btodd43]

Theres a company called Novus- check the internet,they carry a polish for plastic.
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Mercedes Vario

 

[mark78]

Novus owns, but the polish won't remove anything other then VERY tiny hairline scratches.

They (or other companies I think Rainbow Lifeguard used to make one) make an acrylic scratch removing kit, whch consists of like 10 different grades of sand paper, all the way uto like 50,000 grit.

I tried to do my ENTIRE 125 and ended up making the tank useless, couldn't even see into it anymore...it was a huge pain in the a$$ and TONs of elbow grease...then again I was also trying to do an entire 72" long tank!! Ended up sending it off to a local acrylic shop to be buffed out, they returned it to me like 3 months later incomplete and free of charge cause they were sick of it too, to this day one side is still pretty awful, luckily I don't look in that side!

 

[Anonymous]

Rinbow lifeguard mentioned above, as well as micromesh works well on scratch.

Lots of work.... have fun

 

[cjsrch]

im putting an acrilic shield infront of my acrilic tank only gotta worry about inside scratches now

 

[Jolieve]

I use the rainbow lifeguard scratch kit. You can order it from www.marinedepot.com It works really well, takes out scratches, but not gouges (my tank actually has a gouge in it below the sandbed line, which you can't see unless you sit right in front of it). It just takes a good deal of elbow grease to buff the scratches out, but once you've done it, the tank looks like new.

J.