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I just got my gen top hat crystal form Justasgood in today.

It was used and i knew that i had soem signs of wearing.

I has a few scratches on the top of the crystal. I want to use Polywatch

to remove the scratches.

I some tutorials i see that i have to use a very fien waterproof grinding paper first

and afterwards you apply the polywatch in order to get the mirror shining surface again.

Can anyone give me an advice how to get the scratches out.

Thanks in advance.

Cats

p.s I'll shoot some pictures tomorrow to show the scratches

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You may not need to fine Sand Paper - depends on the scratches - Polywatch can get rid of some pretty decent scratches all by itself. What I do is as follows:

Put about a Pea sized dot of polywatch on the top of the crystal and then rub it in a circular motion until the polywatch disappears and the crystal is clear - repeat as necessary. Depending on the depth of the scratch it may take several attempts...

I've gone the wet sand paper route - but they were really deep scratches...

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I just used some yesterday on a vintage plexi. Have been using it for years, never tried it with sandpaper, never had to. Depends how deep the scratches are i suppose.

As db2 said "Put about a Pea sized dot of polywatch on the top of the crystal and then rub it in a circular motion until the polywatch disappears and the crystal is clear ..."

Rub with some pressure for about 3 minutes.

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Here's my results, before and after using polywatch on a Swatch `windfall plastic crystal..
 
Before: The light scratches on the plastic crystal result is a fog look, and stops the dial from showing its full detail.
 
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Couple of small blobs of Polywatch onto the plastic crystal, working it over the entire surface, then using cotton wool, work alloying pressure in a circular motion, then up down, left and right for a few minutes.
 
Here's the result...
 
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The dial POPS now :)
 
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