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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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