---------------------------------------------------------- RV9-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Fri 11/21/08: 2 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 09:13 AM - Re: Plexiglass Scratch Repair... (Robin Marks) 2. 09:46 AM - Re: Digital Panel (was: Plexiglass Scratch Repair...) (Matt Dralle) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 09:13:43 AM PST US Subject: RE: RV9-List: Plexiglass Scratch Repair... From: "Robin Marks" 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 Do Not Archive -----Original Message----- From: owner-rv9-list-server@matronics.com [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 ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 09:46:02 AM PST US From: Matt Dralle Subject: RV9-List: RE: Digital Panel (was: Plexiglass Scratch Repair...) At 09:12 AM 11/21/2008 Friday, you wrote: > > > 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Other Matronics Email List Services ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post A New Message rv9-list@matronics.com UN/SUBSCRIBE http://www.matronics.com/subscription List FAQ http://www.matronics.com/FAQ/RV9-List.htm Web Forum Interface To Lists http://forums.matronics.com Matronics List Wiki http://wiki.matronics.com Full Archive Search Engine http://www.matronics.com/search 7-Day List Browse http://www.matronics.com/browse/rv9-list Browse Digests http://www.matronics.com/digest/rv9-list Browse Other Lists http://www.matronics.com/browse Live Online Chat! http://www.matronics.com/chat Archive Downloading http://www.matronics.com/archives Photo Share http://www.matronics.com/photoshare Other Email Lists http://www.matronics.com/emaillists Contributions http://www.matronics.com/contribution ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- These Email List Services are sponsored solely by Matronics and through the generous Contributions of its members.