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Polishes plastic for a living, sort of.

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How do I polish scratches out of the plastic eyes on an old soft toy?

The technique from car headlight restoration transfers directly and the key is that it is a sequence, not a product: work through progressively finer abrasives and only then polish. Skipping straight to polish on a scratched surface just makes a shiny scratched surface.

On something this small, the finest grades of wet abrasive paper followed by a plastic polish on a cotton bud is the whole toolkit.

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