Another one that comes to mind is the 3m "finesse it" range, we use them for de-oxidising and final buffing of paint on boats and perspex Windows. It's super fine, iirc about 2500 but in a very thin paste.
https://www.amazon.com/3M-35928-Finesse-Marine-Glaze/dp/B000XBJ61U
Another one that comes to mind is the 3m "finesse it" range, we use them for de-oxidising and final buffing of paint on boats and perspex Windows. It's super fine, iirc about 2500 but in a very thin paste.
https://www.amazon.com/3M-35928-Finesse-Marine-Glaze/dp/B000XBJ61U
Anybody in Australia tried "Meguiar's Last-X" polish? Its easy to find than the Novus product here and the descriptions seem to implay the same use for the same result - on cars.
This sounds like a product in the U.K. Called AutoGlym. It's a vehicle paint renovator.
When I acquired my Speedmaster the crystal was quite heavily scratched. I used AutoGlym to remove the deepest scratches but found that no matter how much buffing I carried out, the crystal was left with very fine circular scratches.
To remove these I used jewellers rouge applied with the tip of my finger.
I found a combination of the two left the crystal scratch free.
AutoGlym is available here in Australia - from Supercheap's competitor Autobahn -
The difference that I can see is that its description says its for paint and specifically says not to use it on plastic.
The Meguiar's Plast-X product specifically says to use it on plastic and not paint and has the same description as the Novus product mentioned on page 1 of this thread, just a LOT easier to find in shops here.
I found some chinese suppliers of Polywatch who will ship that here and I wonder if it is genuine or a knock-off.
I think I'll try the Meguir's and if it doesn't work, then save it for the car headlights, unless anybody here has some specific bad experience to share from Australian use of it with disastous results.
AutoGlym is available here in Australia - from Supercheap's competitor Autobahn -
The difference that I can see is that its description says its for paint and specifically says not to use it on plastic.
The Meguiar's Plast-X product specifically says to use it on plastic and not paint and has the same description as the Novus product mentioned on page 1 of this thread, just a LOT easier to find in shops here.
I found some chinese suppliers of Polywatch who will ship that here and I wonder if it is genuine or a knock-off.
I think I'll try the Meguir's and if it doesn't work, then save it for the car headlights, unless anybody here has some specific bad experience to share from Australian use of it with disastous results.
Don't have any polywatch on hand and my speedy crystal was a mess when it arrived, so I got stuck into it with some toothpaste and a few cloths, microfiber didn't work well so I switched to Victoria's Secret knickers (unused) which were pure cotton, my thumbs are almost worn out at this point but I'm about 90% there, question I had is, does Polywatch work that much better than toothpaste, and is there a better type of cloth to be using?
Also I found that really hard pressure with a lot of heat from the friction did the best job, is that typically the case?
I've tried Polywatch and also Novus (#2 and #3) and noticed that in all of these cases they always leave small swirls. Actually I found that Novus #2 leaves more swirls than Polywatch. Novus #1 is a great finisher though, I've used it after Polywatch or Novus #2 and it makes the crystal look shinier somehow.
Any tips to remove/polish without having swirls? Maybe it's my technique (help please!)? I only polish by hand and not dremel though.
I've read to use Meguiar's Swirl Remove to remove those swirls, but I'm not really keen on buying another product. Haha.
Thanks!
Well.....got my first BIG scratch(es) on the Tin Tin sometime during the After-Party for the Air Force Ball at Castle Brando this past Friday night. Argh....
Subscribed and purchased both the Polywatch and Novus from Amazon....will report back shortly.
Thank you for the great thread....
