Hi There

 I have just seen your post, I have been for a long while been looking into the best way to restore plastics, Piaf has mentioned Micro-mesh and we have been discussing this in other posts. I have been in negotiations with the company that produce Micro-mesh about the products and they offered me a post of becoming a private seller with them because of the work I was doing. Since I met with the company and the other methods of restoration I use I have thought of offering this as a service to Beoworld for this very problem, damaged plexi glass. I have restored quite a number of turtable lids now. Piaf used the Micro-mesh after we talked about this and he was happy with the results.

I have been offered a discount rate with the company here in Glasgow because of the work I do to restore plastics etc. I am currently repairing a very scratched BEOGRAM 3500 and I have a selection of photographs from start to finnish. I have at the moment removed id say around 90% plus of the scratches that were on the plexi-glass. It is very tricky and I would say that you could be disapointed with the results if you are not careful. the trick is to avoid creating more scratches when you are working back to create a fine polished surface once most scratches are removed, there are certain ways that I do this but it has taken me some time to develop my own way of working.

I also use a range of optical glazes once this work is done to protect the surface.

Do you have any pictures of the Beogram with the damage in view as I am more than willing to help and also supply you with Micro-mash if you wish to proceed. I have my own photos of restoration which you can have a close look at if you like.

Hope this helps and feel free to ask anything you want about restoring the Bg 5500

Kevin

As Kevin says, I am more than pleased with the results of the Micro-Mesh on the Plexiglas dustcovers of my Beogram 4000, 4200, and 8000. All are now in virtually “new” condition.

One thing I neglected to mention was the “final touch,” using a Griot’s orbital polisher to give a high polish look to the end product, which really mirrors the original.

The beauty of this polisher is that it runs at a veritable speed that will not damage your dustcover. The unit was intended for automobile paint, but works perfectly well on Plexiglas and is small enough to get into tight places.

Thanks Guys for al your thoughts,

I'll take a pic of the cover tonight so you can see exactly what I'm talkin about.

The thing is that the plexi-part of the cover is hardly scratched at all, so this is an easy fix.

But the brushed-aluminium is pretty damaged, and I don't see how I can fix that...

As I understand it, Micro-Mesh is perfect for fixing the plexi and giving it a smooth surface,

but the alu doesn't need a smooth surface, but a brushed one...

Found a spare duscover in Germay though, asked the seller for close-up pics, to see in what condition it is...

Might not be the cheapest way, but surtainaly the easiest!

I'll keep you guys posted!

thx again
 

Your original question brought up the subject of Brasso ®, a wonderful, if smelly product. I use it myself on all my brass artifacts….but only AFTER cleaning them with copper cleaner first. Saves a LOT of work.

However Brasso, with all its virtues is not going to help you with your scratched aluminum. Certainly not much, in any case.

You would be much better off with “Bar Keeper’s Friend ®,” a truly amazing product not available everywhere, let alone Belgium. After that I would recommend Bon Ami. ® You can not go wrong with either product.

I hope that you and the good folks at BeoWorld will forgive my ignorance, however, if there is any thickness to this aluminum, wet sanding with several grades of sand paper should relieve the scratches.

Then, in complete reverse to Plexiglas, go back to a more coarse material to give more of the original brushed look that you are hoping to achieve.

Then as a final touch a couple of light clear silicone sprays to give it the factory look.

Jeff