Help please - petrol discolouration of screen..

[Marty]

Not being too attentive at the forecourt the other day and ended up spraying petrol up over the inside of the screen. Although I wiped it off of the metalwork I noticed that the screen discoloured immeditaely (appearance almost a milky white).

Anyway have tried wax polish, mr. sheen, metal polish ...you name it and I still can't quite get rid of the effect. Presumably the petrol has reacted with the perspex of the screen?

Any ideas on how to rid myself of this milky secretion?!!!!!

 

[toucan]

toothpaste and plenty of rubbing. you have to remove the milky layer with the abrasive properties of tooth paste. brasso/silvo to polish it up when you are done.

 

[Marty]

thanks for that one...any further household remedies gladly accepted

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I thought that something more abrasive might be the key (hence trying the autosolve). The petrol must have reacted with the perspex beyond the depth at which my polishing efforts hav worked thus far.

 

[(RIP) Bin Ridin]

Is it original bmw screen?

 

[Gas'd Off]

On the same subject, anyone know an effective way to remove the discolouration on the silver paint? I had a petrol leak a while back and it has turned the paint on the block behind the cylinder yellowish.

 

[sjwb]

3M's Finessit

 

[Bryn]

Had some good scratches on my MRA screen... used T Cut scratch remover on it.. completely removed the scratches and left the area crystal clear

you could try that... it comes in a tube and has consistency of toothpaste...

 

[Mick_rw]

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Not being too attentive at the forecourt the other day and ended up spraying petrol up over the inside of the screen. Although I wiped it off of the metalwork I noticed that the screen discoloured immeditaely (appearance almost a milky white).

Anyway have tried wax polish, mr. sheen, metal polish ...you name it and I still can't quite get rid of the effect. Presumably the petrol has reacted with the perspex of the screen?

Any ideas on how to rid myself of this milky secretion?!!!!!

Masterdabber, he had that problem some time ago, there is also a thread somewhere on the site about it all.......

 

[Alex B]

If it was a really good spray I think you might have to get a new screen. Why ? Petrol is a very effective solvent containing over 100 (but mainly 20-ish) different organic compounds, all a "solvent" in their own right. And it is a reactant in its own right - it basically "smudges" the crystal structure of the polymers which make up your screen. It will have solvated the outer layer of the polymer from which your screen is made. Although you might be lucky and get off the upper layer by all kinds of rubbing and messing around I think you might find the resulting screen has a slightly opaque look to it.

At around £30 - £50 for a new screen from many aftermarket sellers, this might be a good time to get a new one ?

Good luck whatever you do.

 

[Marty]

thanks all..

....many avenues for exploration...and if all fails I saw a 2nd hand screen on tee-bay the other day.

Is it now safe to say that the screen is on a K1200RS which I downgraded too after selling the 12GS?(through needing to free up some cash I hasten to add)

Fab advice as ever - much appreciated.

Thanks


Martin