REMOVE scratches POLISH clear Plastics - Windshields Plexiglass Acrylic Lexan Polycarbonate

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Polish any plastic you see though. ATV windshields, face shields, snowmobile windscreens, safety glasses, sunglasses etc.
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8" polisher buffing wheel hard: amzn.to/3uArotb
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After Thoughts about the Video: If you want 100% flawless you will need to install a dedicated soft pad(not used for anything but plastics) and use a blue compound amzn.to/3BlFanr . Why I don't strive for perfection with this: because I'm the only one that will notice and care... and it will rescuff/scratch in a second. You will find simply wiping it with a cotton cloth will take 100% down to 95% as I'm describing. If you notice in the video the mirror I polished. Simply by wiping it at the end with a clean towel I put scratches back into it.
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@sixtyfiveford Год назад

Do your car headlights as well ➡️ ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-HQI6HengEGk.html 🔥

@BryanTorok Год назад

I came down here to ask about doing headlights and here is the answer. On the headlights, how long does the polish job last before it needs to be done again?

@BryanTorok Год назад

@@TheRealRenn Tnx, that is what I wanted to know.

@L-Train0ne Год назад

I've got a pair of $300 dollar Oakley's that I scratched the crap out of one night when I was a little inebriated in my garage. Walking out of the overhead door and whack. I knew I kept them for 10 years for a reason.🤣 I tried buffing them out, but got into the uv coating. So I stopped and stuck them in my tool drawer and forgot about them until now. Thank you for the lesson. I have a Harbor Freight angle grinder. What wheel would you suggest. Thank you for your help. 😎

@msingold Год назад

@@L-Train0ne In this video he says angle grinders spin way too fast

@boblewis5558 Год назад

Err using a thyristor, or better, a triac based controller suitable for universal motors (DO NOT USE A LIGHT DIMMER!) you CAN use an angle grinder and get the rpm down as low as 1800 rpm, maybe lower.

@Donorcyclist Год назад

Thank you for sharing this. I hate the idiotic argument, "X is cheap, just replace it." Disposable consumerism is why we have the cheap, breakable crap we have these days.

@sixtyfiveford Год назад

Well said!

@firstmkb Год назад

Honestly, I try to repair things because I’m tired of buying them over and over again. As B.B. King would say, “The thrill is gone.”

@CommanderJPS 4 дня назад

respect dude 🙂

@kitmaira Год назад

I don’t know if anyone else suggested this, but I suggest marking the wheels after use for what materials they were used on. You don’t want to polish your glasses after you have used the wheel to polish metal for instance. At our Makerspace the wheels have been ruined by using polish for steel, then polishing aluminum with the same wheel, different polish. Segregate your wheels.

@michaellinner7772 Год назад

The wheels have hired a lawyer and are bringing a lawsuit claiming that their segregation is unlawful. 😉

@tommarsal3356 Год назад

@@michaellinner7772 and Racist!

@tommarsal3356 Год назад

Smart

@ttocselbag5054 Год назад

@Michael Linner-Stated like someone who has had his fill of woke libtardism in this world. 👊😆

@WillyK51 Год назад

True, As a Dental Technitian we use dif Wheels for dif materials, One for Metals(Even dif wheels for dif metals) and others for accrylics with dif polishing compounds

@jockoharpo2622 8 месяцев назад

It's always good to have one pair of polished safety glasses available on hand to wear when using power tools to show how to polish safety glasses.

@DAS-Videos Год назад

It is so satisfying watching something get clear and shiny before your eyes. And the sudden appearance of Ginger at 6:42, I laughed. Ginger looked like the student you were talking to, learning how to polish plastics.

@sixtyfiveford Год назад

She was learning...

@commonconservative7551 Год назад

they are foggy = not a good job to have eyestrain, get a professional eyeglass person for advice

@paulg3336 Год назад

The best way to polish acrylic (Perspex , Plexiglass) is flame polishing. A very low pressure gas flame played over the surface is all it needs. This is how industry polishes acrylic parts

@mjremy2605 День назад

I've heard that too. It melts it to a gloss shine.

@mrdddeeezzzweldor5039 Год назад

Ginger as safety test subject, the talents of this dog are unlimited. I tried polishing out scratches in my motorcycle helmet visor and ended up with areas of distortion, especially where the hard surface coating wore through on the heavier scratches. Otherwise I frequently bus to clear outer lens of my welding helmets just to keep things clearly visible. Good hack!

@sixtyfiveford Год назад

I did a few sets of ski goggles last year and they all had reflective mirror coatings. I found the only way to make them look good was too polish all of the coating off. That is way easier said than done though.

@CONEHEADDK Год назад

I'm going to try "this" again. But the last/only time I've tried before, I never could get the "it's not there-clear" viewe, that new things have. I'm thinking maybe larger wheels to avoid heat, would help..

@VinceT2940 Год назад

Happy to see that Ginger has her own safety glasses!

@jonathansherwood5841 Год назад

That is the same tip I would recommend at @5:15 as well! Don't stay in one spot too long and avoid overheating the plastic. And like you said, it does not have to be perfect for most items. I have saved many transparent plastics by polishing them, especially when the part is not available. I live further away from town, so I do this on my personal PPE at home. This shows how quickly it can be done once you get the hang of it! 🐺🔧

@sixtyfiveford Год назад

Awesome.

@k.b.tidwell Год назад

Man, you always present the most concise cut to the heart of the matter explanations that gets the detail work out of the way so that you can actually get real work done instead of faffing around with little stuff.

@stewartbruce8902 7 месяцев назад

Seeing Ginger with the safety glasses on really made me smile.Just another reason why your teaching in the you tube classroom is so valuable to us all. Thanks and all the best from New Rochelle N.Y. Bruce the swimmer.

@BA-zy2kb Год назад

I never considered polishing old safety glasses but will definitely give this a try. Glad you mentioned that some plastic lenses have coatings (UV, anti-reflective, etc) that would be removed by polishing.

@georgemalkin6546 Год назад

I used to work on UV spectrometers and plastic will block the UV , don't need a special coating to block UV, several times I have been to universities who had a broken UV Vis spec only to find they were using plastic cuvettes and not glass, plastic cuvette blocked the UV but not the visible.

@toddac61 Год назад

I had Oakly sunglasses and polished out a spot and the scratch was gone but they weren't usable after.

@WayneWerner Год назад

polycarbonate is naturally a UV blocker. You might destroy other coatings, esp anti-fog.

@firstmkb Год назад

@@georgemalkin6546 just Googled this, because I didn’t know what a cuvette was. Wikipedia says “glass and most plastics absorb ultraviolet light, creating interference.” It sounded like UV-transparent plastic is specialized, but I don’t know how much UV is absorbed by any of these materials. My total expertise on the subject is from skimming part of an article, but I wouldn’t count on UV not blocking without that coating, or knowing more about the subject.

@r777v Год назад

Ginger is such a sweet dog, so patient, and smart, and a good catch too!

@sixtyfiveford Год назад

Hey thanks

@Jonathan-L Год назад

In another week, this video should get a million views ...because of the dog :)

@slaplapdog Год назад

This is so useful for face shields, I've rubbed them with oil as a temporary "fix", but this is what I've been needing!

@messenger8279 Год назад

You can get better results using just a brand new white fibre polishing mop with no polishing compound. With the compound it does make the lens slightly blurred as it is more abrasive. Found this out about 30 years ago on my motorbike helmet visors.

@LeverPhile Год назад

I've used Flitz to polish out scratches on safety glasses & the dial cover on old Mitutoyo calipers. A small area can be done by hand, but this drill setup is quicker and would polish more evenly for something larger like a face shield.

@karney44m Год назад

Australian cattle dogs are the best! I have four of them, you can train them to do anything! My goal is to get them to watch this video and have them polish my glasses for me...Thanks for the great tip on restoring poly plastics!

@garymucher4082 Год назад

Nice ideas. They also make plastic polish for such things. I used plastic polish liquids when cutting custom pen/pencil sets with fancy resins. It makes them look like a mirror finish... Thumbs Up!

@_RocketRooster Год назад

I love this channel! So much useful information. Using metal screen to strengthen broken plastic repair worked like a dream and I will be polishing my scratched reading glasses next! Thank you for these great ideas!

@sixtyfiveford Год назад

Hey thanks

@_RocketRooster Год назад

@@sixtyfiveford Yeah, I appreciate what you do! The plastic repair i did was on a Dewalt dcd790 drill that had broke at the base just above the battery. I did a couple spot welds to hold it together then melted screen in so it was covered then used peanut butter jar plastic as filler and I believe its stronger then it was originally. Cant even tell it was ever broken! Keep these videos coming please!

@sixtyfiveford Год назад

@@_RocketRooster Impressive repair!

@Eyes0penNoFear Год назад

@@_RocketRooster I used the metal mesh to fix a cracked plastic bumper. It worked fantastic!

@_RocketRooster Год назад

@@Eyes0penNoFear It's amazing isn't it!

@Shho13 Год назад

I actually learned to do this years ago with my scratched up and unplayable CDs, Playstation, and Dreamcast games back in high school in metal shop LOL. It works! Just gotta be careful not to get the plastic so hot that the plastic melts!

@firstmkb Год назад

Which compound are you using on DVDs? Unplayable one’s REALLY p*ss me off! Thanks

@mjremy2605 День назад

This was so useful, thank you!!! I have a ton of old glasses that need polishing up, car headlights, and metal objects for sale. I cannot get my bench grinder wheels to balance out, so back to angle grinder in a vise. Clever method. I'll try lowest speed on grinder but have to get a polisher fast. Thank you for no music, what joy!! Your dog is too sweet, such expressive eyes. Now please make a pair for him to wear, he looks so cool!

@ice4278 Год назад

Man I tell you I absolutely love your dogs there's two things I know one is you spent the time with him to make him so smart and if something happened to him your life won't be the same. Keep up the good info.

@sixtyfiveford Год назад

Hey thanks

@andrescarlox Год назад

Great video, concise and well done but most importantly, you are helping save the earth!

@waitercheckplease Год назад

Ginger sure is patient with you. Thanks for posting! I continue to learn from your videos.

@sixtyfiveford Год назад

She's the cheapest model I could find.

@thenetwerx Год назад

Great video. Can’t tell you how many pairs of safety glasses I’ve either thrown away or suffered through wearing with scratches unnecessarily.

@KRT045 Год назад

Wow Allis -Chalmers my dad worked for them in the 70’s when we lived in Wisconsin. Love the signs you have around the workshop.

@sixtyfiveford Год назад

Awesome! Thank you!

@markhoward3851 25 дней назад

Great info, and thumbs up for the Heeler assistant, wearing PPE. My red and blue supervise all my projects.

@michaelharris1895 Год назад

I have been thinking of getting polishing wheels for my bench grinder, but your video reminded me of my polisher/sander that I already have. thanks.

@utubeape Год назад

Great video. I recently bought a face mask with built in breathing filters £18, after 1 day it was ruined because I was using paint stripper and a wire brush on overhead stonework. Now I know I can bring it back to life, thanks!

@evans_workshop Год назад

Great tip, but Ginger steals the show. She is such a good dog! Thanks for the video, great tip as always!

@dionwolfinbarger680 Месяц назад

I love ALL your videos. Thanks for sharing

@sixtyfiveford Месяц назад

Glad you like them!

@larrywong6331 Год назад

Its good to polish the face mask because its hard to find an replacement, if the headband is outdated or no longer made. Nice info and video.

@konstantinusstoyanov9749 Год назад

Your dog is awesome , trained so well

@michaelosmon Год назад

Sweet thanks. To the naysayers who think it's only a dollar for new safety glasses, it's actually practice for when you do your headlights or the windshield on your bagger.

@firstmkb Год назад

Agreed! Every stupid repair project I do is learning or practice for something else!

@t.e.1189 Год назад

Thank you so much for sharing this. I wear magnified/reader safety glasses and they are not cheap. The price has gone up to $13.00 a pair. I go thru them like crazy. This will definitely help me.

@donvoll2580 Год назад

Good day So what about regular glasses , I think the a re poly carbonet ? Thanks

@davidshettlesworth1442 Год назад

Thank you for an awesome video. I am digging my plastic safety glasses out of the draws! Carry On Sir!

@jimwinchester339 Год назад

Loved the shots of the dog wearing the glasses.

@northerndrifter1 Год назад

An alternative that I have used since forever; clearcoat finishing compound with a sheepskin buffing pad. Less chance of melting whatever you're clearing. Give it a try.. :)

@fraydnot Год назад

Ginger looked ready for a ride, lol. I use polishing compound to get the crap off the inside of my windshield. Thanks for the information.

@Iskelderon 3 месяца назад

Thanks, this is exactly the use case I was looking for, only on a smaller scale, where a Dremel buffing wheel comes into play.

@ll-rb7or Год назад

Only 1 problem....I would love to see more videos . Always great content, thanks 👍🏼

@steves7896 Год назад

6:42 "Nuthin doin...., just supervising." 😆😆😆😆 Excellent timing!!

@OldSneelock Год назад

Tripoli works well. I also use Meguiar's swirl remover. Mostly because that is what I had handy at the time.

@BruceLyeg Год назад

I bought a little tube of something called "Polywatch" polish. It wouldn't be good for large areas, but things like gauge covers and lenses it works awesome. A jeweler friend of mine told me about it. They use it on glass and plastic watch faces. I'll have to give your method a try on my many, many... many pairs of scratched up safety glasses. Thanks for the video

@lucasellyson6872 Год назад

That breed of dog is loyal as hell. Would die for its favorite person

@dporrasxtremeLS3 11 месяцев назад

Great video! I just noticed your variable speed polisher! Clamped in your vise! Great idea! I never thought of doing this!!! So many times I want to use a grinder to polish, but the speed is Way too fast! The polisher will adjust speed way down and be Very effective in polishing at a lower speed where you have control of your material and not burn it! Thanks!

@Rowels_Darling 11 месяцев назад

For the last 5%, switch to a soft FOAM buffer. They make bonnets for car buffers and full foam sponges on drill attachments. Switch to McGuires Mirror Shine - takes out 1200 Grit scratches.

@webjoe98 Год назад

Good video. Just a note for clarification... Larger diameter wheels don't spin at a "higher rpm". RPM is unchanged at different disk diameters. What changes is *"velocity". The larger the diameter, the longer the distance traveled (at the outer diameter surface) to keep that RPM rate.

@zebragoboom Год назад

he never said anything to the contrary, you just mixed up his words. true though

@jimdean5284 Год назад

The excellent video has really opened my eyes to other applications. Just love that dog of yours.

@hoodafukisalice Месяц назад

Well demonstrated. Thanks for the tips and sharing.

@philhines 8 месяцев назад

THANK YOU!!! I’ve been looking for exactly this for so long!

@philipgrobler7253 Год назад

I love your assistant, and your best friend!

@johndoe43 Год назад

Good info as always. I think that dog needs a raise.

@sixtyfiveford Год назад

No doubt

@gregmaggielipscomb9246 Год назад

I must say the hound looked KOOL!

@SomethingEls Год назад

We use this to polish silver items. This is a great idea!

@thefix2573 11 месяцев назад

Hey Pup. My buddy is a 15 year old Queensland Heeler. Thanks for the video, I got a deal on a scratched motorcycle windshield. $25.

@yodasbff3395 Год назад

Ginger was sure being a good sport modeling your glasses, she so loveable. I'm going to have to start polishing by safety glasses rather than throwing them out, thanks for the tip. 👍

@sixtyfiveford Год назад

It's taken quit a few years to get her to wear them. She'll keep them on for a few minutes without too much fuss now.

@AndyPhelps Месяц назад

Great stuff, thank you for creating this!

@aleblanc3547 Год назад

That first cut to Ginger!! I almost spit my coffee. 😂

@chuckbaldwin9105 Год назад

Thanks Ginger for modeling the eyewear..plus you do a good high five..cb

@alfredocuomo1546 Год назад

The best is the Dog with the glasses on, most dogs won't sit still when you put glasses on them. He's the Wonder Dog.

@jpascua3824 Год назад

Great idea! Thanks for posting this video!

@peterbundy7916 4 месяца назад

I worked at a game room in the 70s we cleaned the plexiglass on the games and pinball machines with a plastic polish just squirted it on buffed it off with a rag looked brand new.Only took a couple minutes no hard rubbing.This was a special plastic polish came in a unmarked bottle.I've never come across anything that came close to it.

@2LateIWon Год назад

I have several pieces of plastic I need to polish up. Great video as always my friend

@sixtyfiveford Год назад

Hey thanks

@Odenix75 Год назад

Thank you buddy always very helpful advices Keep up with the good work 👍👍

@lewiemcneely9143 Год назад

Ginger starts her modeling career and thats a good one. I've been trying to put a polisher together but not yet. I have the wheels and the polish but the arbor setup is the holdup. Got the parts but not the assembly yet. Job security I suppose. BLESSINGS!

@sixtyfiveford Год назад

For years I just used a drill, but it is slow.

@lewiemcneely9143 Год назад

@@sixtyfiveford That'll probably be me. I have all the other stuff. I need to get done with it but all I lack is finishing!

@imark7777777 Год назад

This is excellent as my safety glasses keep getting scuffed up in my bag, no matter how much I try. I don't have this problem with safety squints for some reason.

@ProfRCR Год назад

If I could, I would hit the like button twice! One for the tip, and another for the dog! Congratulations!

@sixtyfiveford Год назад

Thanks for that!

@marklk8787 Год назад

Thanks, appreciate the ideas and instruction videos. Thanks for sharing!

@perrycalabrese3475 Год назад

Thanks for sharing this info. I've been polishing plastics for many years using white compound as well as Meguiar's plastic polish. The important point is go slow and be gentle or you'll end up with a waviness in the plastic that's just irritating.

@firstmkb Год назад

Do you know what the white polish you mentioned actually is? I kind of have an abrasive/polish collection, and don’t want to buy a duplicate.

@jeffcole1914 9 месяцев назад

Great Video thanks for including the star ⭐️ he looks awesome in work wear !

@HobbyMotorDK Год назад

This may just save the lense for my lawn tractor - thanks buddy 👍👍

@sixtyfiveford Год назад

I've polished a few headlight plastics on riding mowers with good results.

@AdventureswithGeneral Год назад

That is an amazing dog. You've trained it well

@sixtyfiveford Год назад

Thanks. The cheapest eyeglass model I could find on short notice.

@howder1951 Год назад

Good subject matter, like everyone else, I have lots of pieces that could use a touch up, cheers!

@TheShelton1111 Год назад

Awesome thanks have tried before works great! Merry Christmas 🎄

@sixtyfiveford Год назад

Thanks

@Ball_cock Год назад

You mentioned the UV coating.. I think almost every pair of lenses you can buy for eyewear are uv protected. Polycarb itself naturally blocks 99.9% of UV. Even dollar store eyewear is all UV protected, it's just so easily done.

@Opuscus Год назад

Very helpful presentation. Thank you for not using music! Cute doggie helper.

@Wayne_Robinson 6 месяцев назад

Glad to see the dogs wearing their safety squints.

@waterfuntimes Год назад

Wow, this is so different from the way most people would do boats or surfboards, which is to wet sand up to about 3000, then switch over to a liquid polishing compound like smoove to shine it up. These new polishing compounds have grit which will cut at low rpm, then break down and polish at high rpm, so it's like having two products in one.

@firstmkb Год назад

Here is the problem - I’m looking for an easy answer, which is the One Right Way. You have introduced uncertainty about this easy answer, and now I want to know about wet sanding boats - and study up. My time-saving response is to assume wet sanding is ONLY for aesthetics, therefore I can use a bench grinder to make my face shield usable again. I am an absolute sucker for going down deep research rabbit holes.

@christopherdickinson4291 Год назад

So it's more than just aesthetic, wet sanding boats anyways. You want the surface of the boat to be as smooth as possible to offer the least amount of water resistance. Wet sanding (if your blocking) will not only be faster than just straight polishing but also would leave you with a flatter surface to which you would polish out as your final step as far as the material work before getting into finishes and protectant compounds.

@304crash241 2 месяца назад

Love your channel!

@dporrasxtremeLS3 4 месяца назад

Man! Your Beautiful dog Looks super cool with his sunglasses on! Great Channal and Outstanding topic! With great results! Thanks!

@sixtyfiveford 4 месяца назад

Hey Thanks.

@citizen127at 4 месяца назад

Nice demonstration, nice doggy 😄

@tonyinfinity Год назад

Folks...this guy is the definition of priceless.

@sixtyfiveford Год назад

Thanks

@TheMdwfg Год назад

Damn, that dog demo of safety glasses was pretty stunning

@freq4323 Год назад

Where I live it's a 40 minute investment to buy a $2 pair of safety glasses. Great video. I have done this with cheap sunglasses with good results

@Flowing23 Год назад

Great video, thank you. We all have to get away from the “ just run to the store and buy a new one model”

@sixtyfiveford Год назад

That's a hard one, especially for our young ones who've grown up in the world of everything at your fingertips.

@didge110 9 месяцев назад

Yeah, but its also about "waste not, want not" - its cheaper, but also better for the environment to repair and reuse and the young ones are really the generation who now need to be looking after the environment as best they can, not only for themselves but also their children and grandchildren @@sixtyfiveford

@NeverMetTheGuy Год назад

That's a very happy puppydog, bro.

@bannablitz247 Год назад

I think this not only saves you money but if you are doing safety glasses and shields it may just save your face and eyeballs too! Personally, if I cannot see out of safety glasses I will tend to take them off frequently instead of continually wearing them as one should.

@albertkinney8021 7 месяцев назад

Never dull works great and you don't even need a buffer.

@unclemarksdiyauto Год назад

I actually bought a brick of that stuff a hear or 2 ago. I should dig it out and polish!

@wayneo7307 Год назад

Thanks Moe . I had A Buffing Machine It Made A Hell of A Mess . Got Rid of It. Now I Use My Dremel Polishing Wheels Or By Hand with Plastix for Screwdriver Handles or Other Plastics. Less Mess. Whatever Works For you .

@sixtyfiveford Год назад

It is messy, especially polishing aluminum. I'm black from head to toe afterwards.

@wayneo7307 Год назад

@@sixtyfiveford Ha Ha 🤣 !

@silverbackag9790 4 месяца назад

That looks like the initial grit my dad used to use when he was one of the top gun refinishers in the US. Then a black fine grit rouge on both soft and hard wheels.

@joiion913 Год назад

Thank you for this. Going to save me hundreds now

@mr1pearl Год назад

I'm definitely giving it a go 👍

@louf7178 Год назад

Awesome! I have never seen a dog keep glasses on.

@williamdouglas8040 Год назад

Great video. Direct, to the point, and well explained. You might want to try polishing with the "jeweller's rouge" (or red) polish after using the tripoli polish. The red polish does not cut like the tripoli polish - it is finer and should generate a great finish. So for those important applications (ie, not safety glasses) it might be worth the extra effort. But do note that it requires a dedicated buffing wheel.

@jockoharpo2622 8 месяцев назад

I always thought red Rouge was for blushing cheeks.

@michaelbirchall2247 Год назад

Also to mention that if you remove the UV coating, your eyes will be exposed to more UV light than normal because the tint will dilate your retinas to absorb more light, therefore absorbing more UV light.

@firstmkb Год назад

There is a potential bright side though, pun intended. I’m too nearsighted to be a good candidate for LASIK correction, and replacing the eye lease by surgery is expensive. However, I will probably develop cataracts if I live long enough, and replacement lens surgery is covered by Medicare. Exposing my eyes to UV may get my vision corrected sooner! I’m not in that much of a hurry though.