What type of local company do I need to cut a case side panel?

Space Monkey said:
Ha ha, wax on wax off, Mr Miagee :D

I've just been to Halfords and bought the bits I need to rub out the scratches, seen a good tutorial on youtube so i'll follow that and see how I get on, if no good or I still want a different window I'll get that jigsaw and mod my own, thanks for all the help so far, it's appreciated :)
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Life is all about helping when you can and accepting help when needed. :)

I'm about to put replace my 920 with 980. I'm sure others will be helping me with best settings for stable overclock.

If scratch is deep enough for you to feel with fingernail you might want to use some very fine wet & dry sand paper on it. Like 800g, then 1000g, then 1200g, the it goes to micron ratings instead of g. ;)
I'm in Torbay so not like worlds away if you need any help.
 
That's very kind of you :)

A couple of scratches can be felt but the main are too fine to be felt, just look awful when any kind of light hits them.

I've bought a mix of wet and dry, but the ones I think I'll use are the 800, 1200 and 2000 (I've been told to never jump more than 2 levels of grit at a time, so I think I've got it right, according to the ratings on the packets?)

:)
 
Well, I've had a go but all I have now is a window piece that's all frosted looking, and very feint scratches not the see thru polished piece I was hoping for? I've followed all the steps so not sure what's wrong? Is it possible my piece of plastic is made of something different thus causing problems? :(
 
You need rubbing / polishing compound to finish it. Sanding does leave frosty/dull look.

Should be no scratches though.
 
You need rubbing / polishing compound to finish it. Sanding does leave frosty/dull look.

Should be no scratches though.
Scratches mean your sandpaper isn't fine enough or you haven't got all the scratches out from other sandpaper.
 
Yeah, I've done the rubbing compound and metal polish, still frosted, maybe it's not acrylic, I've seen online that coated plastic won't polish up, maybe silverstone cheaper out on the panel! Just wasted all this money, will have to buy the new acrylic now :(
 
doyll said:
You need rubbing / polishing compound to finish it. Sanding does leave frosty/dull look.

Should be no scratches though.
Scratches mean your sandpaper isn't fine enough or you haven't got all the scratches out from other sandpaper.
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Maybe it needs more sanding then, maybe till my arms fall of :eek::D
 
Assume you are keeping a steady dribble of water on it while you are sanding?

And make sure there is nothing abrasive on plastic from previous sanding cus that will make new scratches.
 
doyll said:
Assume you are keeping a steady dribble of water on it while you are sanding?

And make sure there is nothing abrasive on plastic from previous sanding cus that will make new scratches.
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Yeah, water used, though on the video he just went from on sand paper to another without wiping off, so maybe that's it? His came out alright though?
 
Well, it didn't work still so it looks like they used coated plastic, I've since been using it for drilling practice, so if I get a decent piece of acrylic I can drill my own holes, it's going a lot better than the polishing :rolleyes::D
 
LOL
Don't understand what the problem is.... unless you would have been better off just using some rubbing compound, then polishing compound instead of sand paper.
 
doyll said:
LOL
Don't understand what the problem is.... unless you would have been better off just using some rubbing compound, then polishing compound instead of sand paper.
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Maybe? Though it should still work if it's decent acrylic, when drilling it feels like cheap plastic?

It now resembles swiss cheese, at least I've relieved some of my frustrations :p
 
LMAO & ROTF
Should be able to clean out scratches and polish even cheap plastic.

Be careful when you get good plastic that it doesn't crack when your drill bit goes through. That's when the problem usually is.
 
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