Polished Plastic : Sunroof Wind Deflector

[swanicyouth]

I took this thing off in the process of OptiCoating my roof, so I thought I'd "restore" it. Its the plastic wind deflector in from of the sunroof.



I polished with Optimum polishes (Polish II & Finish) using a GG6 (LC 3" plate) and LC HT 3" pads (tangerine & red). For being a 13 year old piece of plastic, it came out pretty good.

Swirls in plastic:



50/50 after Polish:



Then applied DLux to the gasket:



All done

[Evan.J]

Nice job Steve.

[swanicyouth]

Thanks. Last picture didn't turn out so great. Also, I forgot to take a pic of it back installed. I OptiCoated it as well. I'll post a beading pic when it rains or I wash it.

[Chris@AutoCleanse]

Excellent job. I would have to agree it turned out great for being 13 years old. Thanks for posting and sharing.

[Vegas Transplant]

[Mike@DedicatedPerfection]

Looks brand new!

[Klink10]

I was thinking of this yesterday and today it's been done. Thanks for the post. Looks good.

[AKT]

So it is ok to use a paint polish for plastics?

I am asking because my window deflector is scratched up. I want to try and restore it.

Currently, i only have poli-seal and blackfire one step. I do not have a dedicated polish. I tried the poli-seal and made it worse...

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[rlmccarty2000]

A finishing polish like Menzerma FG 3500 or 3800 will do fine for polishing plastics. Use a soft finishing pad too.