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What do I use to clean and polish brown backelite?
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05-19-2016, 08:28 PM
I am a big fan of Meguiars PlastX headlight polish. It also works great for cleaning and polishing clear plastic dial covers. Ive used it for a few years with great results! I get mine at Walmart but it can be picked up at any auto parts store.
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