mealexme Posted September 9, 2012 Share Posted September 9, 2012 No, not the people from Poland, the stuff you put on the bike.I was under the impression that polish got out light scratches. I polished my end can for the first time using a non-microfibre cloth with autosol and it left very very light scratches, so then I tried polishing with a micrifibre and it didnt get the scratches out as expected.I also tried some MucOff plastic polish on some plastic that had small scratches that you can only see up close from washing with a sponge. However, again it made no difference. Infact it hardly made any difference at all as its a;ready a shiny bit of plastic, so am I under the wrong impression that polishes should get out light scratches, or am I using the wrong stuff?And if I am using thewrong stuff, what can you recoomend? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Meat Posted September 9, 2012 Share Posted September 9, 2012 T Cut...? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
symonh2000 Posted September 9, 2012 Share Posted September 9, 2012 A lot of polishes contain fillers to hide scratches, and don't nessesarily remove them.T cut should get them out, but I would stick to the metallic version as it is far less aggressive than the regular version.After that I just use the same polish as on my car. Normally Turtlewax platinum precision wax. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gravelrashedaprilia Posted September 9, 2012 Share Posted September 9, 2012 Autosol is abrasive and puts scratches in..There are non abrasive polishes on the market. Sure someone know's which. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu Posted September 9, 2012 Share Posted September 9, 2012 Autosol should have brought your end can up gleaming did you use plenty of elbow grease? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gravelrashedaprilia Posted September 9, 2012 Share Posted September 9, 2012 Autosol should have brought your end can up gleaming did you use plenty of elbow grease? Depends what the end can is made of. Autosol can make a real mess of some finishes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
megawatt Posted September 9, 2012 Share Posted September 9, 2012 What are you pollishing? Carbon fibre , stainless, alloy , Titanium or plastic? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mealexme Posted September 9, 2012 Author Share Posted September 9, 2012 stainless steel end can. the front of the bandit looks like highly polished, glossy plastic.got quite a few scratches on the windscreen too and the fairings. So basically all of it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Throttled Posted September 9, 2012 Share Posted September 9, 2012 Try rubbing it with a Polish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu Posted September 9, 2012 Share Posted September 9, 2012 Autosol should have brought your end can up gleaming did you use plenty of elbow grease? Depends what the end can is made of. Autosol can make a real mess of some finishes. Like? I've used it on alloy stainless and titanium with no messy outcome Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
megawatt Posted September 9, 2012 Share Posted September 9, 2012 I can get deep scratches out of stainless with a high speed abrasive pollishing pad called a Roloc. Look at Remy,s thread for her exhaust cover. I finish with Autosol on a polishing mop and buffing to a mirror finish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin the Bear Posted September 9, 2012 Share Posted September 9, 2012 MrSheen for plastic and paintwork Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mealexme Posted September 11, 2012 Author Share Posted September 11, 2012 autosol being slightly abrassive gave me an idea. It works well getting out scratches from plastic! Better than T-cut which doesnt seem to do anything to the visible scratches. It does work to get the hazing out caused by the autosol thoughHowever, im not brave enough to try it on the screen yet! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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