<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Thanks, good idea! I can give it a go.<div><br></div><div>Terje</div><div><br></div><div><br><div><div>Den 8. april. 2016 kl. 12.00 skrev Jack Jackson:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><div dir="ltr"><div id="divtagdefaultwrapper" style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; "><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; ">Try <a href="http://www.retr0bright.com/" id="LPlnk160405" title="http://www.retr0bright.com/ Ctrl+Click or tap to follow the link">http://www.retr0bright.com/</a></div><div id="LPBorder_GT_14601095980070.45194890833736223" style="margin-bottom: 20px; overflow-x: auto; overflow-y: auto; width: 1176px; text-indent: 0px; "><table id="LPContainer_14601095980000.5066609600157506" cellspacing="0" style="width: 1058px; position: relative; overflow-x: auto; overflow-y: auto; padding-top: 20px; padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; border-top-width: 1px; border-top-style: dotted; border-top-color: rgb(200, 200, 200); border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-color: rgb(200, 200, 200); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><tbody><tr valign="top" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; "><td id="ImageCell_14601095980020.41225268705935525" colspan="1" style="width: 250px; position: relative; display: table-cell; padding-right: 20px; "><div id="LPImageContainer_14601095980030.607943714696686" style="height: 104px; position: relative; margin-top: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: auto; margin-left: auto; display: table; width: 250px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><a id="LPImageAnchor_14601095980030.5060931814466805" href="http://www.retr0bright.com/" target="_blank" style="display: table-cell; text-align: center; "><img aria-label="Preview image with link selected. 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I’ve had good luck wet sanding scratched dust covers going up to 1500 grit, and then using rubbing and polishing compound. They do make kits for car headlamps that basically have the same stuff and I have used that as well. I would think you could polish the residue out long as the color goes throughout but the legends will be a problem. You don’t want to take those off. You might be able to polish around the legends depending on where the residue is. You also don’t want to put a shine on it if it was initially flat or satin. Just a thought.</span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "><br>Dave</span></div><p style="margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "> </span></p><div style="border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-style: solid; border-left-color: blue; border-left-width: 1.5pt; padding-top: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 4pt; "><div><div style="border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(181, 196, 223); border-top-width: 1pt; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 0in; "><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; ">From:</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; "><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Synth-diy [<a href="mailto:synth-diy-bounces@dropmix.xs4all.nl">mailto:synth-diy-bounces@dropmix.xs4all.nl</a>]<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>On Behalf Of<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Terje Winther<br><b>Sent:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Thursday, April 07, 2016 2:04 PM<br><b>To:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>SDIY DIY<br><b>Subject:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>[sdiy] Cleaning plastic fronts on old synths</span></div></div></div><p style="margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "> </p><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; ">Hi all,</div><div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; ">I have come across a problem I don´t know how to solve:</div></div><div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; ">I have an Akai AX-80 on the bench that is now in perfect technical order, and the metal front panel and the plexiglass part with all the lumicent displays are all good. But the middle section of the front panel (running all the length of the synth) with all the buttons and controls have a plastic-like overlay with colored text, and it is full of some whiteish residue. It looks like someone has tried to wash it with some kind of solution, and it didn´t work and miscolored the plastic. I have tried various solutions, but nothing I do change the apperance.</div></div><div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; ">Any ideas appreciated!</div></div><div><p style="margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "> </p></div><div><p style="margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "> </p><div><div><div><div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; color: black; ">Terje Winther</span></div></div><div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; color: black; "><a href="mailto:terje.winther@wintherstormer.no" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">terje.winther@wintherstormer.no</a></span></div></div><div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; color: black; "><a href="http://wintherstormer.no/" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">http://wintherstormer.no/</a></span></div></div><div><p style="margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; color: black; "> </span></p></div><div><p style="margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; color: black; "> </span></p></div></div><p style="margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; color: black; "> </span></p></div><p style="margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "> </p></div><p style="margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "> </p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></span></blockquote></div><br><div apple-content-edited="true"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>Terje Winther</div><div><a href="mailto:terje.winther@wintherstormer.no">terje.winther@wintherstormer.no</a></div><div><a href="http://wintherstormer.no/">http://wintherstormer.no/</a></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></div></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"> </div><br></div></body></html>