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microwave oven door scratches Magnum 01-16-2007
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Posted by Magnum on January 16, 2007, 1:48 am


Does anyone know of a buffing or rubbing compound that can be used to remove
scratches from the clear plastic part of a microwave oven door. We just got
our new combination MW/ electric oven installed and noticed sometime between
storing the unit in our garage and installing in the kitchen remodel about
three slight scratches got added to the otherwise beautiful unit.

Hope someone has had success in removing similar problems without having to
just replace the whole thing.

thanks,

Magnum



Posted by professorpaul on January 16, 2007, 10:23 am


How about polish compounds used in automotive work? I've used "rubbing
compound" to take out small scratches in plastics. Go gently...


Posted by Bob S. on January 16, 2007, 10:31 am



Magnum wrote:

> Hope someone has had success in removing similar problems without having to
> just replace the whole thing.
>
MW doors are replaceable without having to replace the whole thing.

Bob


Posted by kellyj00@gmail.com on January 16, 2007, 12:34 pm


woah woah woah... be careful about that rubbing compound... it tends to
make a tremendous amount of scratches on plastic the one time I tried
it... on polycarbonate. Which, if memory serves me right, is the same
stuff they make CD's out of, and probably Microwave doors.

Try using some basic toothpaste (not the gel type, you want the cheapo
type that has pumice in it) and 'polish' only the scratched area. If
it's too deep, that won't work too well. I know this method works on
scratched CD's quite well.

It may be worth a shot, because it'll only cost you a quarter. You
*could* try some clear-coat safe car wax. Try the paste if you've got
it.

Let us know if anything you try works! It's good info to have for all
kinds of clear plastic.


Posted by EXT on January 16, 2007, 1:15 pm


I can remember from my "car" days that auto polishing compound came in two
flavours, brown was coarse and would still leave fine scratches, white was
the one you could use to remove scratches from cheap sunglasses, I assume it
would work on a microwave door. You try at your own risk.

> woah woah woah... be careful about that rubbing compound... it tends to
> make a tremendous amount of scratches on plastic the one time I tried
> it... on polycarbonate. Which, if memory serves me right, is the same
> stuff they make CD's out of, and probably Microwave doors.
>
> Try using some basic toothpaste (not the gel type, you want the cheapo
> type that has pumice in it) and 'polish' only the scratched area. If
> it's too deep, that won't work too well. I know this method works on
> scratched CD's quite well.
>
> It may be worth a shot, because it'll only cost you a quarter. You
> *could* try some clear-coat safe car wax. Try the paste if you've got
> it.
>
> Let us know if anything you try works! It's good info to have for all
> kinds of clear plastic.
>



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