i have 2 questions dealing with lexan
what should i use to clean it? windex and a cloth towel I assume will be sufficient.
is there any way i can fix minor scratches? i’m tempted to try some of those scratch fillers for glasses.
any help is appreciated
DISCLAIMER: I work in a production facility where we do this all the time your own results may vary so be careful. Plastics(lexan and acrylic) can be fixed with wet sanding. Start off with a low grit sandpaper around 1000 grit and wet it and the surface. We use rubbing alchohol. Clean it up look at it and determine whether or not to go up a notch. You will prolly end up using 1500 grit as the final sandpaper. Best bet is to try this method and any other you hear about on a small section of lexan that you may have lying around.
As far as cleaning it goes glas cleaner an a soft sloth shoud be fine.
After wet sanding (which has worked for me very well), you can use a scratch fixer also. Sanding may leave a slightly dull or rough finish that may not match with the rest of the Lexan. I don’t know the difference between Lexan and acrylic, but Novus makes a scratch remover that works well for acrylic.
I havent had to do this myself yet, but at the hardware store, right next to the plexi and lexan, they sell a polish and scratch remover specifically made for plastics. I dont know how well they work, but if you dont want to try the sandpaper method, then you might want to try something like this.
well, i have plenty of spare lexan lying around (i ruined 3 pieces of lexan while i was building my stick) so i’ll try out a little bit of everything and i’ll be sure to report back here with my results
when moving up in grits, sand in opposite directions.
car polish works good to remove the final scratches.