Remove scratches from cabriolet rear window?

[bigchillcar]

Dumbasssss....on my big adventure driving the new 965 c4 cab back from denver, i used a standard ice scraper one time to remove a light snow from the rear window instead of a brush with soft bristles. it isn't horrible, but at night i can see little tracks i left from the scraper. any ideas how to remove them? my brother actually uses armour all to remove scratches from instrument cluster plastic covers. anybody done this...?
ryan

[javadog]

At the very least, use a plastic polish. They are easy to find. There are also products available at the dealers (those that have cabs in their model lineup, anyway) for polishing the plastic. I know Little Rock doesn't have a Porsche dealer but I seem to recall Mercedes is there. They have it.

JR

[azasadny]

Ryan,

3M makes an excellent plastic polish that I've used to remove scratches from plastic lenses. Try it and see if it helps...

[bigchillcar]

thanks, guys. yeah, jr, we have riverside motors here in little rock for mecedes.

art - do you find the 3m product at autozone type stores? napa?

[imcarthur]

Meguiars Plastx works well for me. You must baby the plastic window . . .

Ian

[bigchillcar]

still can't believe i did it. looks like sweeps of corn rows from the ice scraper..hopefully not too deep, though. i was being gentle, just had no idea they were so fragile. plus i was freezing my arse off at the time and wantinf to roll!

[Palum6o]

Use the PlastX as mentioned to remove the scratches by hand. Keeping the window clean using 303 or Plexus or treat with Klasse All in one. Always use a microfiber towel when drying and be careful not to stain your top!

[bigchillcar]

Keeping the window clean using 303 or Plexus or treat with Klasse All in one.

not familiar with these products. looks like i have a little to learn about cab window maintenance..

[Palum6o]

Plexus is supposedly the best cleaner for plastic. http://www.plexusplasticcleaner.com/about.html

Klasse is a German acrylic polish. The All in One forumula has a cleaner in it. There's lots of information at autopia.org about cleaning and protecting plastic. Try not to get a headache when you go there.

[Porsche_monkey]

If the gentle approaches suggested above fail, try toothepaste.

[dfink]

Go to a motorcycle shop and get some polish. Probably cheaper than the car places.

[johndglynn]

Or try an RV shop, plastic windows on trailer tents/campers get scratched a lot (I know the bigger RVs your side of the pond use glass windows - my Lindy is all glass).

Other place you could look is a chandlery/boat shop, lots of marine plastic polishes on the market aimed at boat owners, Dolphinite used to do one.

I use the Farecla one here in the UK on my Cab and our motorhome, brilliant product. I have seen Plexus in action and that is pretty good also. Microfibre all the way.

[bigchillcar]

wow...lot's of great advice. i hardly know where to start, but sounds like i can't go wrong! thanks!

[imcarthur]

The boat shop is a good idea. Years ago in the hifi biz a guy was marketing a turntable dust cover fix called Krystaline. It worked for any plastic or acrylic & really cleaned them up. He bought the stuff in 5 gallon pails from the boating industry . . . probably what Meguiars & everybody else do . . .

Ian

[Dantilla]

Another vote for Plexus. I've used it on the airplane's windows for a while, and tried it a on the Miata's soft rear window. Wow. Now I keep a can at home for the Miata.

Of course, my 911 is a coupe, just the way the good Dr. Porsche intended.