XPost: alt.home.repair   
   From: "@frank.net   
      
   On 5/22/2021 9:40 AM, micky wrote:   
   > How do you get little white/grey spots off of clear plastic.   
   >   
   > Especially when there is no reason they are there!   
   >   
   >   
   > I have my speedometer cluster out so now is the time to clean it.   
   >   
   > It has a clear plastic window in front that at the top is just about   
   > vertical. Further down it curves around to 30^ from vertical, and the   
   > more it approaches horizontal the more spots it has.   As if they are   
   > caused by something that falls.    Otherwise, the plastic is like new,   
   > totally clear, without a scratch, and even wheree the dots are, I can't   
   > feel anything.   2005 Toyota.   
   >   
   > Rubbing with a watery rag does nothing, rubbing with my finger does   
   > nothign also.   
   >   
   > Greyish spots one millimeter or a little bigger.   
   >   
   > What are they?   
   >   
   > What are they from?   
   >   
   > I spit as much as the next guy, but I don't remember ever spitting in   
   > the car at all, and certainly nowhere near hard enough to reach the   
   > speedometer.   So where did this stuff come from?  Even in the rain with   
   > the convertible top down, it's not going to get rained on.**  what made   
   > these spots?   
   >   
   > And, most important, how should I get rid of them?   
   >   
   >   
   >   
   > **Sometimes I drive in the rain with the top down, but even I don't get   
   > wet, so how could the speedometer get wet.   And I've done that only for   
   > 5 minutes in this car.   (In an earlier car I drove for an hour until   
   > the rain stopped. Get a few drops on the top of the rear seat, but   
   > everything else stays dry.  The harder it rains the faster you have to   
   > go to keep dry.   
   >   
      
   Try toothpaste.  Contains mild abrasive but will not harm plastic.  Also   
   about 15& isopropanol is used to clean acrylic but do not use any pure   
   solvents as acrylic is soluble in many.   
      
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