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Like many here I use autosol as a strop compound and find it excellent.
A few weeks back her majesty’s mini had its “MOT”, an advisory was the headlights were faded.
I was going to buy a kit to remove the haze but then I thought I’d try autosol. I think I spent less than ten minutes giving them a polish, the lights are like new. Whilst I was at it I gave the Honda lights a bit of a polish which improved them quite substantially.
Dotted around Lurker Manor we have a few solar lights that are motion activated just so you can see where you are going in the dark. These are maybe six years old and started to fail, so I bought a pack of four from the big river.
I swapped out the first one this morning and on examining the old one noticed that the solar panel bit was faded like the mini headlights, so I’ve given it a quick polish with the autosol and it appears to be working fine now.
 
I use Autosol with 0000 wire wool to renew the surface of the small solar panels on our garden lights. I also give them a light spray of clear lacquer after I remove the Autosol residue with alcohol and a shop towel.
 
Lurker said:
Whilst I was at it I gave the Honda lights a bit of a polish which improved them quite substantially.
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How did they improve? Obviously they looked better afterwards but did you notice any improvement in visibility when driving at night?
 
Just4fun said:
How did they improve? Obviously they looked better afterwards but did you notice any improvement in visibility when driving at night?
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No they were not that bad but are clearer lenses than they were. Certainly the mini won’t fail for lenses next year as they look far better.
 
That's very interesting Jim. I had a go at doing the same job on my partner's car. I used Pink but I have to say that the reults were less than spectacular.
 
A decorator left some annoying scratches on the glass on our front door. It's old glass so I don't want to replace it. I've wondered about trying to polish those out but I'm too scared to try. Is it possible? Is it likely it could go wrong?
 
NickM said:
A decorator left some annoying scratches on the glass on our front door. It's old glass so I don't want to replace it. I've wondered about trying to polish those out but I'm too scared to try. Is it possible? Is it likely it could go wrong?
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Could you try it out on a bit of glass elsewhere on the property, shed or greenhouse, maybe?
 
When I worked with my father (local joiners & glaziers) we used to polish minor scratches out of glass with grinding paste (the stuff used for seating valves in engines) it used to come in a wee tin with a coarse and fine end, then a polish with something finer and that used to work a treat.
 
NickM said:
A decorator left some annoying scratches on the glass on our front door. It's old glass so I don't want to replace it. I've wondered about trying to polish those out but I'm too scared to try. Is it possible? Is it likely it could go wrong?
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It works on minor scratches. Toothpaste (especially the ones with whitening compounds) will also do the job.
 
Thanks for the responses. If I do have a go, I will definitely first try it somewhere less critical!
 
Lurker said:
Like many here I use autosol as a strop compound and find it excellent.
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I don't use anything now on the leather. Takes longer to strop but all abrasives break down into a disgusting, slimy, ineffective goo which impregnates the leather. When I used to use an abrasive I regularly needed to change the leather or buy a new strop - Rob
 
Maybe I misuse the word strop.
I put autosol on a lump of mdf which after a year or so gets dumped.
I have used leather strops but don’t get on with them , probably because they are gunged up as Rob described, I’d not thought about it until now.
I’ll stick to my mdf though!
 
Lurker said:
Maybe I misuse the word strop.
I put autosol on a lump of mdf which after a year or so gets dumped.
I have used leather strops but don’t get on with them , probably because they are gunged up as Rob described, I’d not thought about it until now.
I’ll stick to my mdf though!
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I do the same with mdf.
 
Mrs P was given some green and red jewellers rouge powder when she was carving. A little gets sprinkled on the leather strop very occasionally. Doesn’t seem to gunge up the strop, well not at the rate I use it anyway.
 
I load my leather strop with autosol and wood silk wax furniture polish.
Not had a problem with it and its a few years old.

Pete
 
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