Continue to Site

Eng-Tips is the largest engineering community on the Internet

Intelligent Work Forums for Engineering Professionals

  • Congratulations waross on being selected by the Eng-Tips community for having the most helpful posts in the forums last week. Way to Go!

Recent content by hydrive

  1. hydrive

    refurbishing plastic (polycarbonate) and preventing scratches

    Well still no luck after lots more trial and error (mostly error). I think the main problem is the original finish is matte, and after using the sand blaster (with baking soda as the media) it leaves the finish to more of a shine. So I tried another sample with no sandblasting, I only used the...
  2. hydrive

    refurbishing plastic (polycarbonate) and preventing scratches

    Thanks everyone for the info. PratsA- thats what I initially was thinking, (that there was no protective finish on the plastic) but when thinking about why it leaves so many scratch marks after I clean the plastic, I figured it had to have a protective coating. But now it makes perfect sense...
  3. hydrive

    refurbishing plastic (polycarbonate) and preventing scratches

    Hi I have been trying to find a good method to refurbish plastic (specifically the plastic housing on a cell phones). I have many plastic pieces to refurbish (several hundred). I am resorting to refurbishing them myself because every time I order them from a supplier the parts end up being...

Part and Inventory Search