Or is the stuff just amazing?

Over time does it re-fog badly or is it a more or less permanent fix? Assuming say the crystal isn't exposed to more abuse, of course....

 

Just liquid sandpaper. Sands down the scratches that make it look foggy.
Have to watch bezel and edges of the watch but..

 

Thanks for that!

 

Polywatch is good. For deep scratches, Crystal Bright on a buffing wheel is necessary. For shallow scratches and haze, Meguiar's Mirror Glaze Swirl Remover is just as good and vastly cheaper: Polywatch works out to about $210/ounce vs. $1/ounce for Meguiar's. Yes, 8 ounces of Meguiar's is more than you'll need for a lifetime of watches---but it will also make your car look beautiful for those wrist shots while you're driving.

 

Novus polish you can get at the hardware store (US anyways) does a great job as well.

Tom

 

Not necessary at all actually - I do all acrylic crystal refinishing by hand...

 

What do you use for deep scratches?

 

As with all polishing, move through grits from coarse to fine, making sure that you remove all of the previous marks before moving on, and finished with Polywatch. Please excuse the dust...





Not necessary to use a buffing wheel at all...

 

Got it. I still prefer Crystal Bright, which requires a buffer because (as far as I know) it only comes in a hard cake format.

 

i just use a generic "polycarbonate headlight polisher" from pep boys or so - I had sitting around in the garage ... works just as fine ... never had a scratch that I couldnt get rid of

donno ... probably 2-3 bucks the bottle

 

How does toothpaste compare to polywatch? Is it somewhat coarser if there are deeper scratches?

 

Some toothpastes might work. We used to use Gleem over here when I was a kid. Don't know if Gleem is still sold. It was pretty abrasive. Such a toothpaste might be harsh on a watch crystal. I haven't encountered any similarly abrasive toothpastes in some years.

I've also used the Mother's brand of polycarbonate headlight lens polisher [ http://www.mothers.com/02_products/07251.html#&slider1=2 ] with great success as well as EZ Disc CD Skip Fixer [ http://ezcdskipfixer.com/ ]. I even imagined that especially good results were had by using the Mother's product first followed by the CD skip fixer. Whether the CD skip fixer is really finer than the Mother's or not isn't known but the combination seemed to work well for me.