Visor scratch removal?

[bungbung]

Celicno6, Try a fine car polish like turtlewax

[vifferman]

Wot - does that mean you can't afford to upgrade your helmet, or you can't afford to spend anything fixing your visor?

*If* your visor is cloudy because the plastic's degraded, you're stuffed.
If it's cloudy because of fine scratches, there's still hope, but only if you can spend *some* shekels. You could try polishing it with some very fine polish like brasso, ceramic cooktop cleaner, etc., then followup with Plexus. Every time you use Plexus, it's supposed to actually polish the plastic (it was developed for perspex canopies on aircraft) without doing this by abrasion. So it's VERY gentle, and it will take a lot of elbow grease, and many applications.

A lot depends on the visor. Most now are 'scratch resistant' polycarbonate, but earlier ones aren't as hard, and 'craze' with time (like me).

[riffer]

Sorry firestormer I kinda hijacked the thread. I was casually enquiring about my bike fairing windscreen.

Obviously, I'd change the visor if it was too bad...

[Lou Girardin]

Try 303 Protectant or Meguiars plastic cleaner and polish, both work well. Use a soft cloth or you'll make it worse.
Lou

[vifferman]

celticno6 wrote:

Sorry firestormer I kinda hijacked the thread. I was casually enquiring about my bike fairing windscreen.

Oops! Didn't read your original post properly. My bad.

If your *windscreen* is cloudy, then the plastic's probably UV'd to death, rather than being scratched. My windscreen was a little like that, and Plexus certainly helped a lot, especially when I took the screen off and did both sides. However, in your case, it's likely to only make it shinier, but it'll still be cloudy. Perhaps your birthday is coming up? And Christmas is only 8 or so months away...

[scumdog]

I've used Autosol with a fair bit of success (and elbow grease) and then give the area a quick wipe with Armourall type stuff then buff it up.
It won't be perfect but it'll do. (also helps if you're long sighted 'cos your eyes can't focus on the close up scratches!!)

[Hitcher]

Pledge. Furniture polish in an aerosol. Get the small size that you can secrete under the seat of your bike, in your tank bag, or a suitable bodily orifice. Fantastic stuff. The US Air Force uses Pledge to clean aircraft windscreens. It takes out the fine scratches and water beads beautifully when it's raining. Pledge. (This is not a paid endorsement by S C Johnson)

[eldog]

Pledge or plexus any newer/better products?
fine scratches. Only annoying at night.

[Maha]

Buy a new visor?

[EJK]

Buy a new visor?

Hope the retailers still have in stock from 12 years ago.

[Big Dog]

If your desperate fine metal polishes work wonders... But will remove coatings etc. Pledge afterward.
I offer no guarantee this will not wreck your visor but I have used successfully autoglym on both shoei and HJC visors.

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[Maha]

Hope the retailers still have in stock from 12 years ago.

They should do because some people are intent on reviving rather than replacing...

[philmc]

tooth paste on a soft cloth and elbow grease.

[WristTwister]

If a helmet is 12 years old it should be replaced. The manufacturers say they need to be replaced after about 5 or 6 years.

[eldog]

If a helmet is 12 years old it should be replaced. The manufacturers say they need to be replaced after about 5 or 6 years.

Helmet coming up for replacement, hence not wanting to replace visor, as helmet maybe different make/model

scratches only very fine can see in wet weather riding at night or fog

the thread dredge is 12 yrs old. at least I used the search function