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HSATF Tail Gunner
Posts: 64 05/13/08 5:54 PM |
 Well, I do not have a garage to house my two TOURERS so I have them
under a shelter with a top but no sides. The elements or something has really left the windshields with a film. Soap and water will not clean them nor will
Honda spray polish. Does anyone have an idea other than a slow process of inch by inch cleaning???? A fingernail will remove it and not scratch the shield.
Thanks.
Mike 
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HSATF Tail Gunner
Posts: 233 05/13/08 6:19 PM Road Captain |
Novus 2 works great.Shake the bottle good wet a small clean piece of tee shirt and put it on sparingly with a little elbow grease in back and forth directions.
Walk away and let it dry completely to a haze.With a clean cotton tee shirt buff her clean -let it dry a bit more and buff it lightly clean again . Perfect! U
might have to do this twice ....P.S. Novus 1 is just a glaze Novus 2 seems to be a compond and a glaze.
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HSATF 1st Officer
Posts: 3732 05/13/08 9:33 PM |
I believe that is a protective film that is put on the plastic when it is being manufactured. Eyeglasses have the same thing on them as an option. It makes
them more scratch resistant. I believe that the film starts to haze from UV exposure over time and the only cure is to remove it entirely.
I removed the shield and used a random orbital polisher along with a good plastic polish such as Novus mentioned above. Keep the polisher moving at all times and keep the polish moist using more polish or a spritz of water as you go. Remove the polish after it dries with a soft 100% cotton rag. Then place a clean cotton terry cloth towel under the polisher and go over it one more time. Repeat as needed until the film is gone and desired results are achieved. You'll be amazed at how much clearer the shield will be. Stan
"We are different - yet we are the
same"
2004 GL1800 Goldwing (Titanium) 1999 Ace Tourer (Silver over Black) |
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HSATF 1st Officer
Posts: 688 05/13/08 10:01 PM |
Tape (painter's tape, duct tape, masking tape) will also remove the film.
DAMHIK. 
duke
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HSATF Tail Gunner
Posts: 64 05/23/08 1:15 PM |
Thanks guys, all seem like simple tasks. I really dont want to purchase a new shield so I will get to work. Let you know about the results later.
Mike |
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HSATF 1st Officer
Posts: 714 05/30/08 12:48 PM |
Mequire's makes an excellent plastic polish.
Scott "Silence is golden, duct tape is silver" |
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