Any idea to remove scratch mark from arcrylic? beside buying new 1

LOL, can it be remove?

I heard nail pain (clear) can make it better, just want to seek for any better advice

It will leave a mark of its own. I think scratches can be polished off using a combination of ultra fine sandpaper and metal polish, but I haven't tried it so I'm not sure how well it would work.

Does not work, if you want to change from acrylic to white fog go sand paper the whole pc

But people have sanded and polished their heat sinks until mirror shine? There was this forummer who cleaned his scratched CDs until like shining new using the similar method. Acrylic not the same?

if its can be removed, how about just change to a new acrylic?

Not conflicting here?


This post has been edited by inoitu: May 20 2007, 09:01 PM

like lohwenli and inoitu mentioned, i think can be done at that way, cause the CD also can done that way. of course the result can't be like brand new.

but not deep scratch.

well, i was just suggesting..becoz honestly i dunno the method to remove the scratch..
if anyone feel like my suggestion was not relevant and offensive, im sorry for that

got idea, i think i will try to use cd polisher.

but, i think you better get 1 piece of arcrylic try first. (i mean small n useless sample to try first)

What on earth is "nail pain"?

i think he meant nail polish

sorry, not nail pain, is nail paint (clear one)

i think some other thread from overseas i think from bit tech...
there hav some one open a worklog...
n he mention the process to sand the acrylic n giv a good result..
clear n no scrath at all....tyr search...
i forgot which wan worklog...

heat sink is metal maa.. for sure can.. for cd i not sure.. clean it with alcohol like cd head cleaner?

imho if u sanded acrylic like lapping heatsink it will turn to white wor.. but if got more advance-chemical-reacted process i dont know la..

im quite positive we can remove scratches on acrylic by polishing it. Try use pumice or french chalk... thats what i use to polish acrylic denture during practical classes

I suggest rubbing compound. But hard to find this stuff. Normally used to remove scratches on clear coat paints and polyurethane finishes. Works on plastic as well.

EDIT: doesn't work on deep scratches though. fine scratches only.

This post has been edited by MetalZone: May 21 2007, 02:33 AM

Use a coarse sand paper then finer ones and then still finer. Cant remember what grid number use finally. Only finishing using alcohol and I didnt mean CD head cleane, I meant the disk itself was higly scratched.