After several years of searching I've finally found an original screen for my Honda RVF400 NC35. It's nearly 30 years old so is hazy with lots of very fine scratches. I've googled about how to revive it and found a hundred suggestions, some of which are ridiculous. One American bloke covers his with various types of sticky tape, rips them off and thinks that it's an improvement..I can't see any difference. So I want to know if anyone has successfully restored a knackered and hazy screen, what you used and was it 'as good as new'? Cheers
.......the all depends on the material it’s made of. Polycarbonate yellows and will not polish like acrylic. You might find replacement less problematic https://www.skidmarx.co.uk/screen-headlight#/products-screens_double_bubble
Generally a flat with 1500 wet n dry and a damp foam polish head at around 1500rpm which is slow with 3m fast-cut a will improve anything but won’t take out ‘yellowing’ as that usually is bleached through if you can live with that.
It hasn't gone yellow, just hazy. I think it'll polish up and there are a couple of useful suggestions here, so thanks. By the way, I have an aftermarket replacement screen fitted atm but I wanted an original. It even has the Japanese 'warning' label fitted (not sure what it's warning about). My NC35 is wearing an aftermarket TYGA fairing (from Thailand..very good quality) after I badly damaged the original up on the Cat'n'Fiddle several years ago, when I threw the bike down the road and into a drystone wall. It has taken over 5 years to gather replacement genuine panels. The only parts missing were the screen and an uncut undertray (people chopped the tail off to make it easier to fit our large British numberplate). Only the undertray to go now. If anyone has one....
Beerkat I have in the past gone over mirrors with 3m finishing polish to reasonable finish lots of buffing though. The other option is paint it to match the bike. Regards Joe.
Not sure about painting the screen Joe, it would be a bit tricky to see through it! I'm trying to get the bike back to original condition so painting a very rare screen would defeat the object, but thanks for the suggestion.
Whatever method you use it would be nice to see some before and after pictures mate Could be very useful for others
If it doesn't slip my mind, as things often do nowadays, I shall take a few snaps when I get started.
Beerkat Yes I suppose you might need to see where you are going. Drat. Try some Glass companies they sometimes do quite a good polishing job. The one thing I will say is don't use a mop as if it heats the screen up it will distort and go a stupid colour. I know this as I did it a few years ago. Regards Joe.
