Cleaning "hazy" fixed porthole windows

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rfrye1

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Hunter H376 San Diego
On my Hunter H376 I have a few fixed "plastic" smoked porthole windows that have become hazy the tough to see thru. I am wonderiing if those headlight polishing kits would work removing the haze. I'm not sure what the portholes are made of. Anybody tried this??

Thanks. Bob.
 
woodster

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rfrye1 said:
On my Hunter H376 I have a few fixed "plastic" smoked porthole windows that have become hazy the tough to see thru. I am wonderiing if those headlight polishing kits would work removing the haze. I'm not sure what the portholes are made of. Anybody tried this??

Thanks. Bob.
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Bob....if you were in the military you prolly spit shined your shoes at one time or another......get some flitz metal polish and test it on a spot on your window......i have used it on the plastic windows on some dodgers and it does a fair job .......

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woody
 
dscribner

dscribner

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Nov 9, 2008
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Pearson-O'Day 290 Portland Maine
The most likely reason for smoked plastic is cleaning it with glass cleaner. Anything with ammonia is guaranteed to cause clouding and crazing. Could have been a PO, but regardless, always clean acrylic and polycarbonate glazing with dish soap, nothing more. There are plastic polishes on the market. I'll swing by the production floor tomorrow to see if I can get a brand name that works well.
 
catsailor

catsailor

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Jan 10, 2009
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If you need something more aggressive, 3M rubbing compound, followed by wax, has worked for many. Not perfect, but much better.
 
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DAVA390

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Jul 13, 2010
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Precision 23 Perry Hall,Baltimore County
None of these answers refer back to headlight kit. I used one on a Volvo 240 and it did a fabulous job. I too would like to know if it can be used on a boat window. My problem is that I don`t know material mine are made of. David
 
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FourPoints

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Frers 33 41426 Westport, CT
bought a $5 polish kit out of a sale bin last year at Defender, but haven't tried it yet. This year when polishing with Finesse the pad caught the edge of the fixed portlight a little and I noticed it took off a lot of the haze, so I hit the corner of the portlight on purpose and it did in fact clean it up some, so I lightly rane over the whole portlight with finesse on the buffer. Noticable improvment, but still not perfect. Didn't want to overdo it and damage anything, but it probably could have taken much more than I gave it...
 
Stephen Trapani

Stephen Trapani

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Jun 3, 2004
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'79 Hunter 33' HUN33190M79L Olympia
Yeah, I used a headlight polishing kit on my plastic portlight lenses. Worked great!
 
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DJN51

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Oct 26, 2009
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Hunter 23.5 East Chicago In
Used 3 M machine CLEAR coat rubbing compound on all lexan windows on my Hunter 23.5 works great.Wax after compounding.
 
caguy

caguy

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Sep 22, 2006
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Catalina, Luger C-27, Adventure 30 Marina del Rey
I second the use of Finesse with a power polisher. Here are the plastic headlight covers on my Mustang before and after Finesse.
 

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Chuck Creel

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Nov 26, 2006
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Hunter 31 1987 Fly Creek Marina Fairhope,AL.
try mixing a paste from baking soda and water, i used this on watches and cell phones to remove light scratches and haze.
 
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