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[bubblehead]

Does anyone have a good method for removing scratches in clear plastic heads? Looks like someone "keyed" one of my machines by running something sharp all over the face and gouging the plastic. Not really deep, but very noticeable. Would appreciate any suggestions in trying to restore the clear smooth surface. Thanks, Lynn

[minivend]

Try Novus Scratch Remover. novacompanies.com. What kind of machine(s) do you operate? You might want to purchase a few new plastic globes to switch out when you have this type of problem. The key to this business is SERVICE. Clean, Full, and Never Out Of Order machines will help keep you in business.. Good Luck..

[vendingforms.com]

As minivend stated, the Novus can remove some scratches with their 1-2-3 products.

If your vending head is the single type you can also rotate the globe 180 degrees so the scratch area is behind the head. Usually they are held in place with either 4 screws or two screw rods.

[bubblehead]

Thanks for the responses and the suggestions. I have Vendstar 5000's. Unfortunately they are not interchangeable nor rotatable so I need to clean up the face of the plastic. But what's really upsetting is this is one of two machines in two different locations which are owned by the same man and have been my best sellers. The machine in his other establishment has been stolen right out the front door apparently. What's worse is this is the 3rd one in the past six months overall that has gone missing. And I bought my machines through a business opportunity like a true "newbie" before I discovered the much, much lower prices to be had on eBay and such. Becoming increasingly disenchanted. Lynn

[markvend]

Lynn,

Sorry to hear about your bad experiences. Here is a link to a scratch remover I have started using with my Beaver machines with good results so far:

You can buy it at Auto Zone and O' Reillys auto parts stores. It's called Plastixs - look on the AutoZone website from the link below and scroll down several items to the product.

Scratch Remover


Thanks,
Mark

[bubblehead]

Lynn,

Sorry to hear about your bad experiences. Here is a link to a scratch remover I have started using with my Beaver machines with good results so far:

You can buy it at Auto Zone and O' Reillys auto parts stores. It's called Plastixs - look on the AutoZone website from the link below and scroll down several items to the product.

Scratch Remover


Thanks,
Mark

[bubblehead]

Hi Mark,
Actually I picked up something similiar at Walmart, Meguiar's PlastX, based on some of the other comments. I would suspect it's probably pretty close to that product. Seems to work OK, just these scratches are more than "light" unfortunately and it takes a lot of rubbing. Lynn