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1. 09:13 AM - Re: Plexiglass Scratch Repair... (Robin Marks)
2. 09:46 AM - Re: Digital Panel (was: Plexiglass Scratch Repair...) (Matt Dralle)
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| Subject: | Plexiglass Scratch Repair... |
Matt,
That is great to know. I just received my Scratch Off from vans
but have not broken it open. My 6A canopy has some slight scratches from
the rubbing of the sliding sun screen. The scratches are not deep but
they are long. I was thinking of starting with the #4 as I don't think
mine are deep enough to go through the whole routine.
In one of the photos I see a sneak peek at your proposed panel.
Looks action packed!
Robin
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[mailto:owner-rv9-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of Matt Dralle
Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2008 9:23 PM
Subject: RV9-List: Plexiglass Scratch Repair...
Dear Listers,
During the fitting of the Plexiglass canopy on my RV-8, I managed to put
some pretty disheartening scratches in the windscreen section. You can
see from the pictures that they looked pretty bad. A call to Van's
revealed that a replacement canopy would be $640 + $250 shipping to
California! Ack.
So what to do... A bit of surfing and I found this "Scratch Off"
windshield repair kit for $35 on the Aircraft Spruce web site:
http://www.aircraftspruce.com/catalog/cspages/scratchoff.php
Frankly, it just seemed too good to be true. Nothing for $35 could be
that "magic" I thought, but what did I have to lose at this point....
Well, the kit arrived yesterday and I decided to give it a try tonight.
In a word: WOW! In about 2 hours the windscreen looked as good as new -
no kidding - AS GOOD AS NEW! The pictures really don't do the repair
justice. It looks better in person.
There are basically two sponges in the kit with four decreasingly porous
pastes. You just put some of the first paste on the sponge and buff it
in with a drill at 1200 RPM or less. Then you wash everything down good
including the sponge and windshield with warm water. Then you use the
next finer paste and repeat the process. Etc, etc, until you've used
the 4th paste that is kind of like car wax.
Frankly, the scratches were gone after the first application of paste -
I started at #2 based on the instructions and the "observed severity" of
the scratch depth.
So, the bottom line is, if you've got scuffs or mild scratches in your
Plexiglass buy this repair kit. It works!
Matt Dralle
RV-8 #82880
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| Subject: | RE: Digital Panel (was: Plexiglass Scratch Repair...) |
At 09:12 AM 11/21/2008 Friday, you wrote:
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> In one of the photos I see a sneak peek at your proposed panel.
>Looks action packed!
>Robin
Lots of digital goodies in the new panel. Here's a pic of the proposed panel.
The new HX displays from GRT are awesome, by the way. Also, the Vertical Power
VP-200 is a pretty amazing device. I would recommend taking a look. Greatly
simplifies the electrical system.
Matt
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