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Steve Klare
Film Guy

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From: Long Island, NY, USA
Registered: Jun 2003

posted September 08, 2014 05:33 PM

It's basically the first attempt cleaner: very mild abrasive, chemically benign enough for human consumption. You give it a shot before you start with the nastier stuff.

Years ago this girl I was dating brought me home to meet her parents. Her mom had a recent parking lot scrape and had a little automotive paint on a taillight lens. They asked me what they should use to clean it off and I recommended toothpaste.

-did it work?

They eventually let me marry their daughter!

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Andrew Woodcock
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posted September 08, 2014 05:35 PM

Nice one Steve, great story! I guessed you made a decent first impression then. [Wink]

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Steve Klare
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posted September 08, 2014 05:39 PM

Yeah,

Her father (who was a machinist) looked at me with one eyebrow raised, and it did take a couple of applications, but every try the lens looked better and better.

-but why not at least try something easy, cheap and simple first?

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Michael De Angelis
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From: USA
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posted September 12, 2014 06:47 PM

I wonder if it removes the black base scratches from film?

Probably not.

Maybe it would make it worse.

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Pasquale DAlessio
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posted September 12, 2014 06:55 PM

Thanks Andrew!

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