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    Polishing windscreen and plastic headlight covers

    Once-upon-a-time I remember Mike posting something about using #4 to polish up a windshield. I am wondering if the product could also be used to polish out scratches in plastic headlight covers. (It seems I got a little aggressive when the PlastX wasn't working fast enough to suit me..)

    A totally different question: The car I am working on has aluminum wheels that are oxidized. What do I use chemically? Should I get one of the "ball" buffers from another vendor?
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    I would think not. The reason he said you can use #4 on glass is because glass is so hard that #4 wont scratch it. Plastic is really soft, I would expect a lot of marring by doing this. I think you can use plastX with a DA to help speed up the process. you may also want to try some of these products on the plastic. they are suppose to be a little stronger.
    You left out licking the water off. Oh, wait a minute, that's my cat, not my car. Uh, I mean my cat licks himself dry. I don't lick my cat dry. Or my car. -PC.

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      How passionate did you get when applying the PlastX? any mark that PlastX put in should be able to be removed with PlastX.

      For your wheels, Nxt Metal Polysh is great stuff. I dont think you would need on of those Power Ball things to apply it, but that is up to you.
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        as for your wheels I would use the NXT metal Polysh. It will shine them up and leave a protectant behind. Plus make sure your wheels are not clear coted like mine. If they are treat them like you would treat you paint. I clay bar, scratchX and wax my wheels. And they look great and clean up easy.
        You left out licking the water off. Oh, wait a minute, that's my cat, not my car. Uh, I mean my cat licks himself dry. I don't lick my cat dry. Or my car. -PC.

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          MaximusZTS,

          I was under the impression that PlastX was the most aggressive product because it contains diminishing abrasives (cleaner/polish). #17 would be next because it is a chemical cleaner. #10 is a pure polish (I'm not sure if it leaves protection behind like PlastX does, says something about a static-free coating though). I'm not really sure about #18; it seems to be more of a quick detailer product for plastic.

          Someone please correct me if I'm wrong. I'm still trying to sort out the mystery of the plastic products

          - Ben

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          • #6
            Well Iwas told by one of the iterns at Meguiar's that #17 had more claning power. Though when using them I felt that PlastX cleaned better. Maybe the intern misspoke.
            You left out licking the water off. Oh, wait a minute, that's my cat, not my car. Uh, I mean my cat licks himself dry. I don't lick my cat dry. Or my car. -PC.

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