Has anyone ever tried Greygate Plastic Polish ?

[steve-z]

One of my pet hates is, no matter how careful I am I always manage to get marks on turntable dust covers with even the gentlest dusting. Been doing some internet searching and came across this stuff, item info on their website says the RAF use the stuff for cleaning aircraft cockpit canopies, I was wondering if anyone can comment on its effectiveness on turntable lids.


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[Gazjam]

Brasso’s good for it too.

[julesd68]

I've tried Greygate for my TT lid - did a pretty good job without being spectacular, just don't set your expectations too high ...

I tried K2 Lamp Doctor more recently, about the same result.

[Stryder5]

It’s general use is water displacement, hence on cockpits (no wipers).

Perhaps you need something anti static, I’ve never found anything that works though!

Gary

[Made in 1968]

One of my pet hates is, no matter how careful I am I always manage to get marks on turntable dust covers with even the gentlest dusting. Been doing some internet searching and came across this stuff, item info on their website says the RAF use the stuff for cleaning aircraft cockpit canopies, I was wondering if anyone can comment on its effectiveness on turntable lids.


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Is that the White stuff with the Red Castle on the label? If so its very thin & needs a lot of elbow grease but its not aggressive

[steve-z]

Is that the White stuff with the Red Castle on the label? If so its very thin & needs a lot of elbow grease but its not aggressive

Red label with a castle on it, yes, that’s the one.


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[WullieD20]

Horses for courses, as they say......Greygate Plastic Polish is recognised and patternised for military use other than canopies. It is used for polishing screens and radar tables and does a good job.
So if you have very light marks, it should do the job, but if your damage is more serious you may wish to start with Brasso as it is courser; bit like T-Cut, you can start with course and work down to fine for a good finish. Something like AutoGlym window polish, or even Duraglit will probably provide you with an acceptable finish.
(I read somewhere that Delrin cannot be "polished"! However, by working through the different grades of very fine wet & dry and the polishes mentioned above, I managed to get a beautiful black finish on an arm board I made).
You shouldn't do any damage by using any of the above, but you may be surprised just how much elbow grease is require, as Andre mentioned, to finish with something perfect.
Good luck.

[Lurch]

Sod the elbow grease, dremel and polishing mops.

[AJSki2fly]

Buy some car headlamp car polish, that works well, you shouldn't need to use the abrasive pads unless it is badly scratched already. just polish with lint free clothes, one to put on and one to polish off.

[Mr Neds]

Can't believe that no one has suggested T Cut! There's the standard version and the one for Metallic finishes, which is gentler

[steve-z]

The GPP arrived yesterday and I set to work on my P3 lid. If you follow the instructions which say after application to let it dry completely before buffing it takes ages and is pretty hard work, I found it best to just leave it for 10-20 seconds and then buff to a shine, result is good and far less effort. Judging the feel as it goes on I think the amount of abrasion it produces is minimal which I think is probably a good thing, my P3 lid certainly looks a lot better for the treatment, I’d guess it’s removed about 90% of the surface marks and it’s added a shine, although I can’t confirm it but it may have some antistatic property. As to whether there maybe something cheaper that works as well I don’t know, including postage it cost £12.37 for a 100ml bottle, anyhow I’m pretty pleased with the results.


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[Made in 1968]

I gave up with old Turntable dust covers, just use a new Unicover kinda thing like the Michell covers, They are pretty much useless if you want to completely keep every spec of dust out but they do stop dust sitting on the most important bits, The Platter & Tonearm. I never thought standard lids look right on a deck, Decks look totally better without one attached. I find unicovers dont get in the way of the Aesthetics either.

[steve-z]

Having had the polished dust cover in place for a week now I can confirm it does appear to have anti static properties, dust deposition on the lid has been greatly reduced, in fact a quick squirt with a dust off aerosol easily removes what dust is there, definitely been worth the effort.


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[Mr Neds]

You dust the lid.... with compressed air??? Christ, save the planet

[Made in 1968]

As long as you are doing your bit that is all that matters really.

[AJSki2fly]

Can't believe that no one has suggested T Cut! There's the standard version and the one for Metallic finishes, which is gentler

T-Cut may be a bit too abrasive, but might be OK to remove a bad scratch and then use finer Metal polish, I have done so on a sports car side window to get rid of marks.