Skip to main content
Gerry | Vanagon
Checking account...
← vanagon.com home · Continue the discussion in the forum
Subject:Re: filling in sanded surface/touch up paint
From:John Rodgers
Date:Sun, 27 Oct 2002 16:33:24 -0600

Yep, ToothPaste is a very fine abrasive for cleanup and polishing many
things including plastics like plexiglas and lexan.

Need a hole through glass? Here's a little trick for you.

Get yourself and electric eraser - the kind used by draftsmen. Install
one of the erasers which have a little fine grit. Apply toothpaste to
the surface of the glass. Turn on the erasure, press the spinning rubber
tip against the glass through the pile of toothpaste. Stop once in a
while and smear the toothe paste back over the spot where you are
running the eraser. Keep this up and eventually you will have a hole
through the glass. Handy if you are trying to run a tube into an
aquarium or something.

John Rodgers
88 GL Driver

Joel Walker wrote:
>>is approached. Some fine marks can be removed, or
>
> even paint rubs where
>
>>another vehicle scrapes your paint, by using a soft
>
> cloth, wet, and
>
>>dipped into dry baking soda. The soda is a super fine
>
> abrasive, but is
>
> and believe it or don't, those super-whitening tooth
> pastes also work well!! :) with some water, of course.
> ;) they are really good for polishing scratches out of
> plastics.
>
> joel
>