Lexan top question.
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Lexan top question.
Read an article somewhere, can’t find it now, that if you have any scratches in your lexan top, you can use the same stuff that they advertise on TV to get scratches out of glasses as the top coating is the same material. Has anyone seen this used anywhere? I have the dreaded passenger side stripe starting and a few minor scratches from the previous owner.
Thanks in advance.
Thanks in advance.
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Scratches and the dreaded stripe are two separate issues.
Scratches can be "polished" out by using the plexi polishes BUT the lexan top finish is UV sensitive and will (over time) peal/flake off - causing the stripe and this can not be replaced. Once the top finish goes then the plexi begins to craze and the clear or transpanent lexan becomes frosty looking. The pealing/flacking will continue until the entire top finish goes and the only solution is to replace the top.
Good luck,
rr
Scratches can be "polished" out by using the plexi polishes BUT the lexan top finish is UV sensitive and will (over time) peal/flake off - causing the stripe and this can not be replaced. Once the top finish goes then the plexi begins to craze and the clear or transpanent lexan becomes frosty looking. The pealing/flacking will continue until the entire top finish goes and the only solution is to replace the top.
Good luck,
rr
