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Do people use these nail polishes for removing scratches from acrylic glass.

I start with the rough grit which really isn't that rough down to the polishing one

then finish of with some old autosol polish I have but I suppose braso would do.

 

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Infact I even said I would try matabogs system when I serviced my Helvetia ive definatly lost it maybe staring at small things has got to me at last. :wacko:

I know what you mean.

Top this one....

Went to bed with my brightest lumed watch.

This morning it was placed neatly on my bedside table propped up towards me. NO RECOLLECTION of taking it off [emoji53] let alone positioning it.

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Done nearly same thing went to bed wearing a ricoh woke up couldn't find it.

said to wife ive lost my watch overnight she said no you haven't you woke me

up and told me to put it in her bedside drawer.

How strange

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How about going to bed with a cheap Seiko and waking up with a nice expensive Rolex instead! Must have dreamed that I guess. :D

If my trusty Seiko went missing I'd be upset whatever had replaced it. 

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I've polished a acrylic crystal with white toothpaste mixed with bicarb and a bit of Brasso to make a paste.  Run that over the crystal with a Dremel for a few seconds (no longer as the crystal will melt).  Then polish it by hand using a paste of bicarb only.  The plastic comes up beautifully.

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