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Scratched lens

posted by  james_a_sousa on  Fri Aug 30 21:18 CST 2019
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I do not know about a deep scratch, but I have eliminated fine hairline cracks in old turn signal lenses by painting them with a generous brushing of liquid hobby cement.

Testor's liquid plastic cement is quite similar to acetone and welds plastic (styrene) by melting it - you can wick it into cracks with a paint brush.

when applied to small cracks, it heals and smoothes out the plastic - do not try to brush it several times as the brush marks will show - just give the cracks a single wet coat.

If your scratch is too deep to sand off, perhaps this process can soften the edges of the scratch so that it does not show as much.






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