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Polishing fiberglass

Started by wolfshadow, June 14, 2021, 10:13:56 PM

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wolfshadow

I've got an old Ben Pearson Cougar. Sweet little recurve, fun to shoot. But the fiberglass is messy. Can I polish it? With what?

EvilDogBeast

Going to need some pictures for sure.  I'm assuming it has clear coat on the glass?  If so, you can polish it same as you would a car.  3M makes some nice polishing compounds that work well on a foam pad.

wolfshadow

Thanks for the reply. I thought of car polish and someone said Bon Ami has fine grit in it. Pics are difficult to see. [attachment=1][attachment=2]

EvilDogBeast

Yeah it looks like the clear coat is failing.  I see some disbonds and chips in there.  How good are you with paint?  I would suggest sanding down and recoating if you feel up to it.  If not, I would wet cut it with some polishing compound and then wax the snot out of it.  I hear good things about the ceramic waxes.

Highly recommend the 3M buffing and polishing compounds.  We use them to polish helmet scratches out of F-15 canopies (the United States Air Force  does not endorse 3M or any blah blah...)

wolfshadow


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