LeeEnfield Posted February 3, 2007 Share Posted February 3, 2007 Hi Apart from soap and water, (which I'm going to use in a mo,) anyone any other ideas for cleaning the 'plastic type', window sections on canvas door tops,.......(MW Bedford, in my case.) Cheers for any suggestions. Andy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessie The Jeep Posted February 3, 2007 Share Posted February 3, 2007 As far as cleaning dirt, I'd stick with soap and water, anything more could attack the plastic. The yellowing as far as I understand it, is a reaction to ultra-violet light attacking the plastic, and I don't think it can be reversed. That's why all the warplanes stored at Davis Monthan AFB in Arizona have a protective coating on the glazed areas. Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dog107 Posted February 3, 2007 Share Posted February 3, 2007 Hi you may find that brasso will help take of any surface oxidisation. As correctly stated by Mr 303 there is nothing much you can do about it. You can have it replaced at you local vehicle upholsterer. cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeEnfield Posted February 3, 2007 Author Share Posted February 3, 2007 Cheers Guys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul connor Posted February 3, 2007 Share Posted February 3, 2007 As an Ex manager of a Car valeting CO. I would recommend a good quailty "CAR" window polish, such as Autoglym glass polish, or Autosmart glass glow, Do NOT use a household one, Braso , well im not sure what that would do, or a car wax would also work, if its low in Cutting compound. Test on a small area.. If i could see the item I am 100% sure I would be able to solve Paul Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessie The Jeep Posted February 3, 2007 Share Posted February 3, 2007 Flexible vinyl clear plastic doesn't tend to polish out well. A hard plastic like 'cast' acrylic will polish to a good clear finish, but 'extruded' acrylic and other flexible clear plastics tend to cloud over if any type of abrasive polishing compound is used on them. Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeEnfield Posted February 6, 2007 Author Share Posted February 6, 2007 Cheers for that, all. Have gone the soap and water route,......better, but still 'filmy',........makes using the door mirrors a tad difficult. Might look to get the main section replaced. (rest of canvas in in too good a nick to replace all.) Andy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bodge Deep Posted February 8, 2007 Share Posted February 8, 2007 I've still got the original Norwegian army Cab enclosure for the dodge & Used T-Cut on the plastic with reasonably success. Also you can get soft compound perspex from Homebase type places... good for making replacement windows in side doors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeEnfield Posted February 8, 2007 Author Share Posted February 8, 2007 Cheers for that,.............may have to take a trip to b&q :shocking: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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