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4LEX
18th April 2011, 12:38
just lettin good folks know -
cheapest deal (30 bux) I got in Auckland on 13oz PLEXUS-
Aviation & Perforamcne Parts, 48b Parkway Drive
Mairangi Bay 09 476 0984
also
Ingear.co.nz can hook u up with yr local retailer
compare that with 50 bux at motomail!

imdying
18th April 2011, 16:05
Give Mulford Plastics a try.

Hitcher
18th April 2011, 20:18
Significantly more expensive for no more benefit than comes out of a can of Pledge. Indeed after having used both, I prefer Pledge, and not just because it is way cheaper.

slofox
17th June 2011, 12:30
Anyone know if this product is sold in The Tron? Local SCA and Rip(off)co don't seem to have it...

nodrog
17th June 2011, 14:02
What are you guys using it for?

slofox
17th June 2011, 14:12
What are you guys using it for?

I want to compare Plexus and Pledge as cleaning agents for visors - especially visors that have had a bit of wear...

HenryDorsetCase
17th June 2011, 14:33
Significantly more expensive for no more benefit than comes out of a can of Pledge. Indeed after having used both, I prefer Pledge, and not just because it is way cheaper.

only the lemon scented one. ;)

They use Plexus to clean jetfighter canopies, it must be the shizz.

and of course it was the Klingon moon that exploded in the well known documentary Star Trek IV, nearly causing interstellar war.








*OK, it was Praxis, but I am all about the lame jokes

HenryDorsetCase
17th June 2011, 14:34
What are you guys using it for?

sex lube mmmmhmmmmm

ckai
17th June 2011, 14:36
Theres a plastics guy that sells it. He made the screen for Sonic the First and gave me a can. Still going as well and that was 2 plus years ago.

Hang on I'll see if I can find it...


...

Hear you go me ole man:

http://maps.google.co.nz/maps/place?um=1&ie=UTF-8&q=1+Sloper+Ave,+Hamilton,+NZ&fb=1&gl=nz&hnear=0x6d6cfd78629145cd:0x500ef6143a2b9d0,Cambrid ge&cid=1897927632520374540

Visual Plastics is their name

imdying
17th June 2011, 14:46
What are you guys using it for?Polishing my helmet. Bring yours over, I'll do it next :lol:

nodrog
17th June 2011, 15:02
I want to compare Plexus and Pledge as cleaning agents for visors - especially visors that have had a bit of wear...

I work at a Acrylic and plastic fabricators, all we use is pledge.

For light scratches you can buff first with brasso. for deeper scratches you can use a polishing mop and a fine compound wax, but you have to know what you are doing or you will completly fuck it up.

Since most visors are made from some sort of Polcarbonate, you will struggle to get it back to 100% transparent before it was scratched.

slofox
17th June 2011, 15:03
Theres a plastics guy that sells it. He made the screen for Sonic the First and gave me a can. Still going as well and that was 2 plus years ago.

Hang on I'll see if I can find it...


...

Hear you go me ole man:

http://maps.google.co.nz/maps/place?um=1&ie=UTF-8&q=1+Sloper+Ave,+Hamilton,+NZ&fb=1&gl=nz&hnear=0x6d6cfd78629145cd:0x500ef6143a2b9d0,Cambrid ge&cid=1897927632520374540

Visual Plastics is their name


Coo. Ta very much ckai.

nodrog
17th June 2011, 15:04
sex lube mmmmhmmmmm


Polishing my helmet. Bring yours over, I'll do it next :lol:

Lets get this party started :drinkup:

slofox
17th June 2011, 15:06
I work at a Acrylic and plastic fabricators, all we use is pledge.

For light scratches you can buff first with brasso. for deeper scratches you can use a polishing mop and a fine compound wax, but you have to know what you are doing or you will completly fuck it up.

Since most visors are made from some sort of Polcarbonate, you will struggle to get it back to 100% transparent before it was scratched.


'K. I have four visors. Two are OK, one is a bit manky and the fourth is fucked. I thought to experiment on the fucked one and see what, if any, improvement could be made with the two products...

cc rider
17th June 2011, 17:20
slo, why have you kept 2 visors that are shyte? It's the letting go isn't it?
It's OK hun, we're here for you :hug:



Now Throw The Bloody Things Out!!!!! :spanking:

slofox
17th June 2011, 17:29
slo, why have you kept 2 visors that are shyte? It's the letting go isn't it?
It's OK hun, we're here for you :hug:



Now Throw The Bloody Things Out!!!!! :spanking:

Only one of them is shite - one is a little crappy and two are good. The shite one is to experiment on. The marginal is in case I wreck one of the good ones.

Besides, two are dark and two are clear, so it's really only two, not four...or something...:wacko:

cc rider
17th June 2011, 17:42
It all made sense in your head, didn't it? :confused:

slofox
17th June 2011, 17:46
It all made sense in your head, didn't it? :confused:

Yeah yeah yeah..it makes poerfick snese jstu leik me typng...:drool:

slofox
20th June 2011, 13:09
Haven't got the Plexus yet but the Pledge did make a bit of a difference...

Owl
20th June 2011, 17:13
Haven't got the Plexus yet but the Pledge did make a bit of a difference...

One day I'll get around to repairing a visor, but I'm waiting for mine to get really knackered.

slofox
24th June 2011, 12:14
So I have completed the experiment.

Have to agree with the likes of Mr Hitcher - there is eff all difference between the Pledge and the Plexus.

BUT. The difference after treatment is well worth the effort - these products do work and work well. Even the "knackered" visor is useable after treatment.

Hitcher
24th June 2011, 20:50
there is eff all difference between the Pledge and the Plexus.

Perhaps. But once ease of availability and the price difference is factored in to the assessment, Pledge is vastly superior.

AllanB
24th June 2011, 21:18
I love the smell of it. :drool:

nodrog
25th June 2011, 08:52
no shit

___________

Maha
25th June 2011, 09:06
I work at a Acrylic and plastic fabricators, all we use is pledge.

For light scratches you can buff first with brasso. for deeper scratches you can use a polishing mop and a fine compound wax, but you have to know what you are doing or you will completly fuck it up.


You really are just a kitchen bitch.:girlfight:

nodrog
25th June 2011, 09:19
You really are just a kitchen bitch.:girlfight:

want a spit roast?

slofox
25th June 2011, 11:38
Perhaps. But once ease of availability and the price difference is factored in to the assessment, Pledge is vastly superior.

In terms of what each product did to the visor in question, I stand by my "fuck all difference" assessment. Price and availability were not considered in that assessment - merely what they did to the visor under scrutiny.

vifferman
25th June 2011, 17:59
I use both. Both excellent. But the smell of Plexus is more betterer.
And. Plus. Since I've been using either/both, I've always had visors in excellent condition and never needed to replace any.

ckai
27th June 2011, 15:12
I use both. Both excellent. But the smell of Plexus is more betterer.
And. Plus. Since I've been using either/both, I've always had visors in excellent condition and never needed to replace any.

OK so pledge/plexus works on sorting bugger clear and tinted visors but what about pretty mirror/iridium visors? and what about water beading? Is using these make getting rid of the water better.

AND based on volume of product used wouldn't the cost difference be a lot more marginally? Fine spray as opposed...oh hang on, are you guys talking about pledge spray? I was thinking of the "cream".

slofox
27th June 2011, 15:17
OK so pledge/plexus works on sorting bugger clear and tinted visors but what about pretty mirror/iridium visors? and what about water beading? Is using these make getting rid of the water better.

AND based on volume of product used wouldn't the cost difference be a lot more marginally? Fine spray as opposed...oh hang on, are you guys talking about pledge spray? I was thinking of the "cream".

Dunno about water yet.

And I have the pledge spray.

slofox
10th August 2011, 14:07
Six weeks down the track I have to report that I prefer Plexus. But only because the pledge I bought smells like a tart's window box...

I'd be worried that if Mr Ploddy stopped me and smelt that stuff, he might well assume that I would be a willing party to "blowing the breathalyser"...IYKWIM...:eek5: