striping tails. also, plastic polish

[treed2@u.washington.edu (T. Reed)]

This makes me wonder, has anyone successfully polished their tail lights
completely smooth? I think I saw a photo of a scirocco with this done
circulating around on the internet once. Or maybe it was at Roadstar..

Either way, it looked really cool and I'm curious how it was done.

Anyone? .. Anyone? .. :)

-Toby

On Wed, 17 Jul 2002, Ron Pieper wrote:

> FWIW, I removed my black stripes with chrome polish.  Worked fine and
> polished the plastic too.
>
> For removal only, I'd go with 400 first, if that's too fine go to 320.
> I wouldn't think that much finer is required.  BE SURE to use a paint
> stick or sanding block.
>
> G/L,
>
> Ron
>
> --- rhys <sik@efuct.com> wrote:
> > im gonna be striping my tails black soon (now that i finally got them
> > out) and was wondering what grit(s) i should use before i paint. dont
> > wanna leave it too rough, but want the paint to stick.
> >
> > also wondering if there is a plastic polishing compound or something
> > i could try, to get all the little scuffs and scrapes
> >
> > thanks,
> > rhys
> >