plastic lens polish
 

i am looking for recommendations for a polish good for buffing out light scratches in the clear plastic lens cover on an instrument gauge panel? i can't take the lens out of the dash without dismantling half the dashboard so it has to be polished out by hand...

have you priced out a new one from the dealer?? depending on the car, it may be a very inexpensive piece...

about $120. labor to re/re because of the dash removal is about $400 est.

You're going to have a hell of a time buffing it out in it's enclosure, I just use Auto Glym polishing and/or buffing compound. It's meant for paint, but it works just as well on plastics of any kind, I use it to restore any faded or scratched plastics.

These are the tail light lenses for a 1965 Thunderbird that I semi-restored as an example.

http://i.imgur.com/3Tt420O.jpg

i don't think i can make it any worse. is this the autoglym i see at crappy tire?

Yes, and on a side note, the polishing compound smells like a mix of flowers and perfume.

I used meguires plastx. Works amazingly well

Second plastx as well. Can find it at Canadian tires
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thanks everyone! i'll head down to crappy tire and see what there is available of the choices given.