How to polish cloudy plastic and acrylic port lights and windows. 

Thank you so much for this helpful video! I like seas on the quarter, though...fair winds are good!😊

Good information on how to restore cloudy plastics, useful for many applications. Thanks for taking the time.

I checked my watch history and you are now there!

Thank you, Captain! This has been a big help.

That is brilliant Wayne, thanks for making this video.Cheers Ross

Hi Wayne.....I did this a couple of years ago on venturi windshield panels on a trailer, with similar great results.....problem is that 2years out, they are clouding over again and in need of a redo.....lesson is that once you break through the factory finish, it's never new again, and needs a new way smoother finish than polish.......to last a truly long time, i think you need a coating.... McGuiers has come out with a plastic x product I think I'll try....thx for the videos.....

Would have been nice to see the finished product.

Great job, but if you want the glossy finish to last longer, try using a UV-resistant clear spray paint on the lenses after the final polish to keep the plastic from being destroyed by the sunlight again.

Thanks very much. Great video.

Nice work.!

Very nice and CLEAR 🙂video. Just came here not because I have a boat with foggy/cloudy plastic windows however have some boomboxes (with plastic windows) with the same issue. Love to see what others do/share to fix the problem. What is the reason why this is happening, what is the cause, UV light? I have used silver polish (Brasso) with a soft cloth/pad and seems to do the job very well. It takes some time buth worth the effort. For me, in my case, it gets interesting when the surface get hot by friction. The hotter it gets, the better the result. The result is clear plastic, scratch removing and scratch free and very shiny. I think the way I describe is the first thing to try, mostly people don't need all the special plastic 3M stuff you need. The only thing you need is some patience to rubb (and peel down) the surface with some brasso, heat it up to melt the surface. With my method there is no risc to make it worse and the need to correct the scratches. After the process, I have used silicon spray.

Good vid thanks.

I was hoping to see the finished product??? Any pics of how the view is AFTER?

after all this ....you dont show the result...maybe it was not that good?

As if we spent all that time watching, to not see the end result 😂😂😂

What would you recommend to seal tempered glass to the wood wondow frame? Hoping to use something other than messy silicone. I like your videos! Thanks for any advice!

What did it look like when complete !!!!!!

After watching this whole video it would be nice to see the end result.... how do we know that any of this worked to make it clearer?

Are your lenses made of polycarbonate? The headlights the 3M kit is made to clean are usually polycarbonate, just wondering if this process would work also on my acrylic windows. thanks for sharing

Well I didn't see a whole lot the one you did was tinted and we didn't get to see a clear one restored! So I'm not sure this if this works or not

I know this is an old video but if you are still monitoring comments, do you do both the inside and outside? Thanks.

awesome job. looks way better than using toothpaste. that's 3M for you.

Ok thats not bad, but did I miss the finished job pics? Ive done this on my headlights before and they look awesome when finished but Ive never used this product or kit so Id like to see the results. Cheers.

You didn't actually show the end result.

Publish a link for the polishing chemicals to use. Please

Will this work on plexiglass?

You should link to your products on Amazon - you'll get some money from sales!

It would be much faster to order new Plexiglas. I paid $55 for 8 laser cut portlights (5" x 20" x 1/4" thick).

oh man !! you didn't show us the final result !! A schoolboy error in video making i'm afraid and very unsatisfying for the viewer

End result? What a lame video!

No one ever asked me to sign in before subscribing until your video that didn’t show up in my watch history… First time I watched a video that didn’t show up in my history…. Everything is working normal now… I think someone is hacking into my internet stuff… I pushed the like and got this cut off pop up that said if I like the video to sign in. Then when I pushed the subscribe I got a similar instruction and it blocked me from subscribing… I thought this came from you… But now I don’t think so.

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Very hot water and vinegar. Don't sand this is STUPID especially on lexan. If you want it to look new buy new. It's just the way it is sorry. Only someone that's been doing this for years as a living is going to be able to do a fair job otherwise your not going to like the outcome. It all sounds good but so does everything else that can save money. Sometimes it's just the way it is.