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I threw my handheld gps unit in a tackle bag, and the plastic screen got scuffed. The scuff marks are bad enough to obscure small areas of the interface. Does anyone know of any way to polish plastic and possibly repair this?

nope

But you might want to get some of those Self adhesive screen protectors they make for PDA's. they work good for LCD screens on cameras too.

the ones for a treo fit the screen for the hand held Garmins without much trimming. Think I got 10 of them for like 10-12 bucks

Barhopr wrote:nope

But you might want to get some of those Self adhesive screen protectors they make for PDA's. they work good for LCD screens on cameras too.

You might get lucky. SOMETIMES, when you put those screen protectors on, they will make the scratches seem invisible. Just depends on the depth of the scratch. With the coating those screens have, any kind of polish would just make matters worse.

You may also try that stuff that repairs scratched eyeglasses if all else fails. If nothing works, The manufacturer will replace it for ya (for a small fee )

Dubble

The eyeglass repair stuff does not work on GPS or eyeglasses, except on TV.
Just ask me.

while yall r talking about this, i have noticed the inside of my screen will have water on it. i only see it when it is cold out side.

Talltails wrote:I threw my handheld gps unit in a tackle bag, and the plastic screen got scuffed. The scuff marks are bad enough to obscure small areas of the interface. Does anyone know of any way to polish plastic and possibly repair this?

I'm the electronics & atuo acces buyer for a large aftermarket RV acces company . I get samples all the time. I got a sample of a headlight refinishing kit?... I think.. heck it's in the sample bin... If you want to try it I think it's supposed to bring back the "new" look to your cloudy plastic headlight covers. It might work if you want to try it, but not 100% sure on that. Just PM me with your address and I'll send it to you. If it's a Garmin I may be able to ask a favor for you..... or at least I can try.

I got a favor! Me and a few buddies need use of an RV for about a week. Needs hitch and 2" ball. Oh yeah, and A/C. It gets hot in the Islamorada in June.

KyTrkyHntr wrote:

Talltails wrote:I threw my handheld gps unit in a tackle bag, and the plastic screen got scuffed. The scuff marks are bad enough to obscure small areas of the interface. Does anyone know of any way to polish plastic and possibly repair this?

I'm the electronics & atuo acces buyer for a large aftermarket RV acces company . I get samples all the time. I got a sample of a headlight refinishing kit?... I think.. heck it's in the sample bin... If you want to try it I think it's supposed to bring back the "new" look to your cloudy plastic headlight covers. It might work if you want to try it, but not 100% sure on that. Just PM me with your address and I'll send it to you. If it's a Garmin I may be able to ask a favor for you..... or at least I can try.

Ive got a Garmin GPS, PM sent.

Barhopr wrote:I got a favor! Me and a few buddies need use of an RV for about a week. Needs hitch and 2" ball. Oh yeah, and A/C. It gets hot in the Islamorada in June.

Unfortunately i'm not on the rolling stock side of the business .... But! If I can pull it off I will need to use a Beavertail for about a week next time I'm down in Panama City Beach and be one of the above mentioned "buddies" ......... Funny you should mention the A/C. I buy those as well!

can do on the trip.

Hi
Had the same problem with a portable Garmin GPS, I finally found a solution, Believe it or not BRASSO will take the scratches out of a plastic GPS screen, If you use a buffing wheel, MAKE SURE that it doesn't get hot,, IT WILL MELT!

Brasso on a cotton rag, Try it you will like it.
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YBNORMAL

Talltails - I used to work in a factory cutting and engraving acrylics like Lucite, Acrylite etc. Occasionally our routers would scratch them. If the scratch wasn't too deep, we would take a dremel with a really soft head on it (don't remember what it was called but similar to a car buffer), spin it in one or two drops of brasso and VERRRRY lightly spin it on the surface. It will wear down the plastic around the scratch so that it's uniform enough. VERY important not to apply any pressure to the plastic with the dremel. It will melt it like Ybnormal said. Also, I agree with his post - sometimes we could do it with a lint-free cloth. It's just important to use a very small amount of polish and hold the dremel so light it's like you're trying to keep them from touching. I would try with a cloth first and use that as a last resort as you will damage it much worse if you don't get the contact ecatly right, but we found it to be very effective on our acrylics when done properly.

I tried the headlight polish and Dremel on mine then sent it to Garmin after I melted the screen in a couple places backup yer #s and send it along with $100 to Garmin, they will fix it or give ya a new one

wevans wrote:I tried the headlight polish and Dremel on mine then sent it to Garmin after I melted the screen in a couple places backup yer #s and send it along with $100 to Garmin, they will fix it or give ya a new one

Right on. Mr Fixer is a poor bastid from replacing stuff!!