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Old 05-04-2006 | 04:33 PM
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we have 2 f16 (original) canopies on a boat that are very scratched from someone trying to polish them.they also have alot of bronzing.can anyone tell me what to do step by step,we can't see!!!a phone or email contact for someone who knows will help.thanks.
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Old 05-04-2006 | 08:02 PM
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I have remove scratches from a set of F16 type canopies - it will take some guts and for sure wait for other post before you start - Thes canopies are made out of multiple layers and the problem can be in any one of the layers - Mine were pretty bad - I started with # 80 grit paper on a D/A sander and worked evenly removing materials - Yes # 80 grit - it is very course and cuts plastic pretty fast - then i did the normal steps - 120 - 220 -320 - 400 and by the time I got to # 600 it was getting very clear I think Istopped at # 800 - all this was done in a couple hrs - it goes pretty fast - YOU MUST work the entire vision surface or you will create a prisim and this will blurr your vision - it will take some balls to put that # 80 grit on but if the scatches are deep then it will take that - if not start with a finer paper -
Can not help with the bronze - I have seen this before and I think that coating is on the interior surface -
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Old 05-04-2006 | 08:49 PM
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I used to polish aircraft windows.....tedious job

Micro mesh is what we used...very successfully...

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