Buffing a dull shell?
 

Hi guys

My shell is black & after almost 9 months of us its starting it look a little dull, especially on the sides.

I've tried a few things. I tried a some wet sand paper, but only upto 1200 as I didnt have any higher but didnt make much difference, and a form of T-Cut but didnt seem to make any real difference, also tried a metal polish but no effect. Lastly I tried a dremal with a small buffing wheel, this worked the best but was a thin line between buffing and marking the surface

Any suggestions on how to get some form of gloss/shine back?

If it a lexan shell, trying to polish it with any cutting compound or wet n dry will dull the surface. If you got tyres marks etc, lynx deodorant works well or a decent furniture polish.

Hi

Yeah its a lexan shell. I did try a T-Cut style cutting compound, Autoglym Super Resin Polish to be exact, it didnt make it any worse or any better!

You're on the right lines, T-cut is the best I have used followed by a good car body polish. I know you said it hadn't made much difference, but it does take some real elbow grease. use a circular motion to cut and clean thoroughly before moving to the polish. Its important to have a really good polishing off cloth so you don't scratch and dull the surface up again, a brand new duster is good for this.

Tcut scuffs the shell, it is a cutting compound after all. The most I would go to is a kitchen cleaner but it really depends on what you are trying to rectify, a good PIC may help.

Use IPA
 

Use IPA - gives shell glossy look but does not damage

IPA?

http://frothnhops.com/images/IPA/lagunitas_IPA.jpg

Am I missing something :thumbsup:

Novus Plastic Polish, it's designed specifically for polishing out scratches in plastic and giving it a deep shine. An example of it used on vacformed ABS here.

Not at all. I have a large whiteboard in my office which periodically I would give a good clean down with IPA. One time I switched to the version you have above and though my whiteboard is now not clean, I don't seem to care:thumbsup:
Horses for courses!

Intrigued why the glass is in Dolby Digital... Is that just to improve things for when sufficient IPA has been consumed and you are seeing in stereo?