Hi Guys,
The tail light lens on my TS250 looks a bit old and tarnished compared to the rest of the bike. This is the usual red plastic cover/lens. It looks old and dull with a few scratches. I'd like to spruce it up and make it more in keeping with the bike. So, what are the options to brighten/shine/spruce up please?
Thanks, Mike
Polishing up a tail light lens - options please
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Re: Polishing up a tail light lens - options please
Mike,
Try a car headlamp polisher ie soft ball and mild polish. I have done plastics on a 8" bench grinder/polisher with softest wheel and blue compound, but keep a wary eye on it. Polishing generates a lot of heat and it's easy to melt chunk out of a lens.
Try a car headlamp polisher ie soft ball and mild polish. I have done plastics on a 8" bench grinder/polisher with softest wheel and blue compound, but keep a wary eye on it. Polishing generates a lot of heat and it's easy to melt chunk out of a lens.
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Re: Polishing up a tail light lens - options please
Use wet and dry, (use it wet to avoid heat build up), starting with a grade that gets the deepest scratches out, go through the grades of wet and dry (use 1/4" neoprene as a soft pad with the wet and dry folded around it).
Typically you might need to go from 400 grade through 800, to 1200 or 1500. Then polish very lightly on a buffing wheel, or polish using Brasso or similar metal polish.
Typically you might need to go from 400 grade through 800, to 1200 or 1500. Then polish very lightly on a buffing wheel, or polish using Brasso or similar metal polish.
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Re: Polishing up a tail light lens - options please
Thanks for those tips guys. I shall have a bash at it this coming weekend. It'll be nice to have it looking a bit smarter
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Re: Polishing up a tail light lens - options please
But uz the fush 'n chups un the frudge bro?
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Re: Polishing up a tail light lens - options please
your post reminds me of Graham Norton. Whenever he has a Kiwi in the the red chair he wets himself laughing at our accent
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