Tip to get manky mirrors white again
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Tip to get manky mirrors white again
My mirrors were really grimy and marked with ingrained road dirt/oil where the old surface was rough and pitted, nothing would shift the grime.
So with nothing to lose I took some fine sand paper to them to get back to a smooth, clean white, surface. I started with 180 grit nice and gently, hardly any real pressure needed, then finished with something finer. It was just as easy to get in round the edges near the mirror and ball joint.
To smooth them out further I rubbed/polished them with Plastic Weld (a very fluid liquid cement used by modellers). This gently melted the remaining marks left by sanding leaving a smooth and scratch free surface. I then polished them some more with a normal paint cutter/polish and they look so much better. They are white and smooth as you like.


So with nothing to lose I took some fine sand paper to them to get back to a smooth, clean white, surface. I started with 180 grit nice and gently, hardly any real pressure needed, then finished with something finer. It was just as easy to get in round the edges near the mirror and ball joint.
To smooth them out further I rubbed/polished them with Plastic Weld (a very fluid liquid cement used by modellers). This gently melted the remaining marks left by sanding leaving a smooth and scratch free surface. I then polished them some more with a normal paint cutter/polish and they look so much better. They are white and smooth as you like.


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Re: Tip to get manky mirrors white again
Thanks.... I'm go to have a go !