plastic dream badge

mike69 · Post by **mike69** » Thu Feb 04, 2010 11:33 am

I recently picked up a set of vintage Dream badges. The left side badge has a milky
haze under the plastic and some crazing.

Anyone have an idea on how to get rid of the milkyness?

mike69 · Post by **mike69** » Fri Feb 05, 2010 8:30 am

No Ideas?

Guess i'll have to go into the lab for some experimentation.

I'll post any results.

e3steve · Post by **e3steve** » Fri Feb 05, 2010 9:11 am

Mike, if it's near the surface, try polishing with cotton wadding (Duraglit* in UK, Aladdin here in Spain; can't say what it might be branded as in US though [Amway-NASA Miracle Polish - *Have A Nice Day?]) or cutting polish (T-Cut?).

If it has permeated into the structure then I suspect little can be done; perhaps a plastics expert could help.

I'm not touting wares but I do have an NOS l/h Honda Dream 300 in perfect as-it-left-the-factory order. It's not cheap, as I want money-back (US$150), but I'd plump for the repros from forumer rrhbyrne@aol.com; I have a pair and they are v-e-e-e-e-r-y close to OEM -- $55 with JIS screws, I think. I also bought a pair from martijne@gmail.com in, The Netherlands, which are also near-perfect but, at €185 plus shipping, are expensive for repros.

*In the UK they say " 'Ave A Crap Dey Aht Der In Da 'Hood; An' Enjoy Gettin' Mugged"!

mike69 · Post by **mike69** » Fri Feb 05, 2010 9:53 am

Steve, unfortunatley it seems to be permeated.

I've tried polishing with polishing compound with no success.

I already have a nice left badge.

Thanks for the offer and the advice,
Mike

e3steve · Post by **e3steve** » Fri Feb 05, 2010 12:01 pm

Mate, the 55-buck repros are better than less-than-perfect originals, IMHO. Worth every cent!