This method takes guts, but at the end of the day the results are amazing and I have all the ingredients, thanks for the windshield repair vids, they help us see things much clearer.

Excellent tips and advice. Am going to use this technique on my face as the years go along :)

If the scratches aren't deep and you don't want to take the car apart I use a q-tip with McGuire's polishing compound and just go back and forth . I avoid the paint and check the q-tip frequently to make sure no paint is coming off. I've only had paint come off on a pink redline but I caught it before it took off anything substantial

thank you for all the helpful tips. much appreciated.

Awesome helpful video for restoring plastic windshields on die-cast cars. Just what the doctor ordered LOL!

I've just found your channel and have been watching several of these great videos so far. I love restoration work and always look out for new techniques and enjoy the solutions other people have already found. In this job I would have done exactly what you did except I would have used Brasso as a finishing polish. Btw, do you know of any solution for yellowed clear plastic, or is it curtains for clear plastic once it goes yellow from age or sun exposure ? Love your videos and I'm going to keep watching, great work.

Thanks for the helpful information

Very helpful! Thanks!

It would be soooo great if you could do an update on this great tip! Greetings from Nicaragua, mate!

Thanks! I’ll give it a try.

Very helpful 👍👍👍

Looks nice, I like the result. My problem is that I needed to drill out a stud and the drill slipped and scratched the plastic, but the plastic has painting on it. I guess I have to repaint the plastic part as well (I'm doing a re-paint of the whole car but I didn't want to paint the windscreens :S )

Since i don't know a lot, when you pour your wax, is it possible to polish with some dishcloth, toothbrush or something else? I don't have a mini-drill for it and not planning to buy. What should i use?

Can this method sort out my Mac?

Nice. It's seems like a lot of expense and work .... but for our vintage toys it's worth the effort.

Why not use the Novus plastic polish system for the clear plastic?

Do you have any tips on how to remove discoloration from the windscreens? I recently got a car that I thought had green windows only to open it up and find out the original color was a blue.

Thank I got it it be smooth however it's now foggy I'm gonna see if a polish compound works

Please you can which product did you use

Can I use this method on acrylic plastic windshields?

Hi! I applied your method to remove deep scratches from a canopy and I was able to remove them! But now the canopy is very foggy after I used the polish. I used 400, 600 and 2000 grip. On your video you say that if it is still foggy I should go back a grid or two so I have to use 600 and 2000 again? Thank you!

Could this same process be used on say a vintage Tonia truck windshield? Regardless if it does or not I'm going to try it once I find time

Try watch crystal polishing compound and a small buff wheel.

Is the plastic styrene?

Woot I got the first comment! also This method can be used for quite a few things like bringing back the shine to almost anything painted too be honest as long as you're careful not to sand through

I want to restore a Hot Wheels '57 Thunderbird (#2013) from 1982. I found it in the back yard in rough condition. The windshield is missing, and rear window is broke. Because of that I don't have the part to make a casting. Do you have a process you use in such cases to create a windshield just using the body?

I wonder which technique could be used to restore the engine of the famous Matchbox Piston Popper.

I use similar method, but polishing it with acrylic watch crystal polisher, sadly doesn't always work, depending on the quality of the plastic I guess.

I don't do custom hotwheels but this method will be perfect for nub removal on a glossy Gundam I'm building

Can I use an abrasive sponge

nice now I know

I was looking for ways to remove scratches form older models, and that seems to do the trick. But, what about light scratches on newer models? Do the same methods still apply?

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how do you open hotwheel cars

Materials ? Sand numbers ?Sorry my bad inglés

Lol that windscreen was from the Datsun 126x two tone car.

If you've got some light fogging left still after turtle wax you can use toothpaste; as it's a very light abrasive it won't cause any scratching and it might bring out that shine. Should probably apply with some paper towels if you want better results.

Micro-mesh kits are best. I have up to 12 thousand.

He sound like jerryrigeverything lol

Hi

Lol I used the wrong sand paper and I don't think I can bring it back 🥲