Plastic hubcap center refurbishment

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abarth4
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Plastic hubcap center refurbishment

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What's the best refurbishment/polishing process you've come up with to correct clouding/fogging of the hubcap plastic centers?
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89TC
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Re: Plastic hubcap center refurbishment

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To buy new repros :lol:
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Ribolla_67
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Re: Plastic hubcap center refurbishment

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... or you try convertible window cleaner - best choice to restore old plastic!
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89TC
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Re: Plastic hubcap center refurbishment

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Maybe a plastic headlight restoration method might work for these. Just go on YouTube and search "plastic headlight restoration". They make cloudy plastic headlights look like new...
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Scalino
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Re: Plastic hubcap center refurbishment

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A combination of wet-sanding and polishing, indeed just like you do with modern day headlights. Some - not great - pictures here: viewtopic.php?t=878&start=40. They turned out very nice.
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