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Cruiser
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Columbus, Ga | Anyone have good advise on how to possibly fix light scratches on the plastic panel? I accidently dropped the panel while removing it. ouch! Its not real bad but is now all I see on my bike. |
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Iron Butt
Posts: 935
Rockford, IL | Could try some light polish and see if you can get it out yourself. Or you could stop by almost any collision facility and they can probably easily take the scratches out in less than a few minutes. Probably wouldn't even charge you....I wouldn't. |
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Cruiser
Posts: 92
Eau Claire WIS. 09 vision | i use meguiars scratch x 2.0 buffs out small marks very well |
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Tourer
Posts: 482
Beer Collins, Colorado (there is no fort) | I had real good results using Flitz polish on my black plastic piece that's directly in front of the seat that had some minor hazing on it. |
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Cruiser
Posts: 266
Stockton, Ca. | Novus Plastic scratch removal and polish. There are 3 stages available depending on the depth of the scratch. Probably #2 then the Polish to finish it off. It works great on the windshield also. I get it at Tap Plastics but here is a link with the #2 featured. http://www.rplastics.com/novuspolish.html
Edited by okthenbye 2010-04-23 7:05 PM
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Visionary
Posts: 3204
Memphis | My wife scratched the crap out of the clearcoat on her car while scraping off ice this winter. It had at least 50, 1/4" wide scratches all over the roofline above the doors and windshield. I went to AutoZone to see what they had and bought these two items: Mothers PowerCone http://www.mothers.com/02_products/05146.html and Meguiar's Ultimate Compound http://www.meguiarsdirect.com/detail/MEG+G17216 Unbefrickinlievable! I put the PowerCone in my cordless drill and dabbed a line of the compound along the roofline. I smeared the compound around a bit before starting the drill to keep it from slinging around. Once I started the drill, I just kept the cone moving with a real light touch. You can see the scratches disappear as the compound begins to thin out. Put a coat of wax on it and it is perfect. I wish I had taken before and after pix because it is the easiest fix I have ever had to fix really abused clearcoat. The Cone costs about $25 is totally dedicated to fixing scratches in my vehicles. It is marketed for cleaning wheels and tight spots but it does a great job on flat and curved surfaces. |
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Iron Butt
Posts: 935
Rockford, IL | About the only thing you need to be careful of when using some type of buffer is to not "burn" the clearcoat. If you use a light touch and keep the buffer moving around you shouldn't have a problem. Let the buffer and compound do the work, don't try to "lean on it" or "force" the scratch out. Don't stay too long in one area, keep it moving. Gonna take you a little bit longer but taking the time is better than burning the clear. |
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Cruiser
Posts: 261
Sugar Land, TX (Outside of Houston) | Mother's sells a 1-2-3 solution with a paint cleaner which gets out small scratches, the Polisher shines it up and then the Wax Seals it. I love the job it did. |
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