accessories » Screen scratch removal

Hi All, generally I keep my bike in a great condition but I have managed to build up light scratches in the stock standard polycarbonate screen, I tried removing them with an acrylic polish but that was not effective. Has anyone found a good product for this purpose with the Polycarbonate screen?
I wrote a similar post on the old site about 2 years back, but maybe there have been more products tried out since that time?

Thanks Wayne, so far only elbow grease so I better have the courage to try a rotary polisher, just feels so aggressive but I hear you, that’s probably what’s needed!

I have had some degree of success with Meguiar's Plast-RX (see http://www.halfords.com/motoring/car-cle...guiars-plast-rx) and whilst it did a fairly good job on a Honda screen and a visor, haven't tried it on my BMW screen.

I've used toothpaste to good effect on small areas. Don't know if I'd fancy trying a full screen though! Cetem do polishing kits for plastics.

I have cleaned headlights that have become horribly clouded, even yellow, back to totally clear, using a headlight restoration kit. The kit I have is by Autoglym, but McGuire’s do them as well.
I haven’t tried it on the RS screen yet, but might be worth a go.

I've used the Novus scratch removers with pretty good success. https://www.novuspolish.com/. It worked well after I used the foam scrub side of a squeegee. Not a good thing.

Many thanks for all the good input. I have been tentative for fear of making the screen worse but now I feel enboldened to be a bit more aggressive and use a mechanical polisher with my acrylic paste, if that doesn’t work I’ll maybe try the Autoglym product as that’s readily available also. I recall using Brasso (alone) on an RT screen some years back and that worked wonders for removing a cloudy surface.

Use a slow speed, you don't want to build up heat. A battery drill on slow will be enough.

I agree with the Novus, I've used it on many occasions, I work on a yacht and we use it on screens, its very good.....

Phil

Many thanks for all the good input. I have been tentative for fear of making the screen worse but now I feel enboldened to be a bit more aggressive and use a mechanical polisher with my acrylic paste, if that doesn’t work I’ll maybe try the Autoglym product as that’s readily available also. I recall using Brasso (alone) on an RT screen some years back and that worked wonders for removing a cloudy surface.

Just to round-off this thread that I started. After a fabulous ride today I washed and polished the RS, and then tackled the screen, acrylic polish and brasso wadding in combination did a great job of removing scratches and restoring the screens finish. Thanks everyone, I was too tentative on an earlier effort - comments here gave me the confidence to use a stronger approach.