I have started to work on the Demon to get ready for Ds Days. DSa gave me some really good plastic polisher and it shined them up nicely. My problem is though I have some pretty good scratches in them that I would like to get out. Can I sand them and re polish them? If so, what materials should I use. I have heard of people using heat to smooth them back out but I dont dare to do that. Thanks

PS I dont know about anybody else but I am getting pumped to head to Sand Mtn. Nevada. It was alot of fun over Memorial and from what I could see, there are going to be even more there this time. If you could make it and dont, your trully missing out!!!!!!!

 

I am trying to do the same thing as well. Has anyone tried the plastic renew? It comes with a bunch of sand paper and polish of some sort but I have never heard about anyone using it.

DemonDS what kind of plastic polish are you using and does it work good?
Thanks

 

I've used Plastic Renew on my old dirtbike, it works but takes alotta time, it comes with three different grid sand paper and this liquid stuff that makes it shiny again, you have to wet sand it

 

I am using Plexus plastic cleaner, protectant & polish. That is what it is called. It is a spray and I can tell you, I am impressed with the sheen it gives it. I have some super soft car polishing towels I got at Walmart that are so soft I use them to polish my music CD's. By the way the Plexus stuff says it can polish them as well, going to try it one of these days.

I thought about sanding with a final sand being 2000 grit wet sand then polish it. Now if I can find some, that stuff is hard to come by.

 

I had a Prairie 650, and wanted to get some scratches out. I bought the Plastic Renew and followed the instructions. First you are supposed to wet sand it with a coarse sand paper. This putt?s bigger scratches in it than it already had. Also, when you sand the plastic, it looses its shine and turns kind of white! You actually loose the color. I about had a hart attack right there. Then you wet sand it with smoother and smother sand paper getting rid of all the scratches that you can, from the sand paper, but the color is still white and dull. Then after you have sanded it really smooth it is time to put the chemical shine on it, which will return the shine and the color, (thank god!). But the problem is, at least on a quad. Unless you do the entire fender, rather than just the area that needs it, you will have a line between the area that you have sanded and applied the chemical, and the area that you left alone. On a dirt bike fender, where you could easily do the whole thing, it probably isn't a problem, but on a quad where you have a big fender it is a pain.

Anyway, then you apply the chemical to restore the shine with a paper towel, per their instructions, which will leave streaks in the shine! So you started off trying to get rid of some small scratches, and in the process you made bigger scratches that you had to sand out, then you created streaks in the shine with the chemical, because of the paper towel (you should be able to spray it on in order to get a smooth finish) and on top of that, you have a line between the area of the fender that was in good shape that you didn't try to repair because it didn't need it, and the area that you applied the chemical to. Once it was all done, it looked half way decent, or maybe I just was thankful that I was able to salvage it, but I think it would have looked better if I had just left it a lone, and shined it up with Amoral.

Now, on top of all the stress and hard work, I found out that the chemical shine will come off if you get anything like gas on it. Also, soaps like Dawn will remove the chemical shine when you wash your quad, so that you are left with the sanded dull white spot on you fender. You can also scrape it right off with your fingernail. I was so depressed about it, I applied a fresh coat and shined it up and sold my Prairie 650! That?s no bull. I sold it and vowed that when my next quad got scratched up I would just leave it alone and continue to wash it and shine it, but not try anything like that to get the scratches out. Anything you do will just make it worse. Even steal wool will remove the shine and you cannot get it back.

I bought a new Raptor, and it now has the same scratches that Ward660R's does on the rear fender (mainly the right one) from my AlpineStar boots. And so far I have resisted the urge to try to fix it. The best thing I have found to shine up your quad and hide the scratches is Turtle Wax Formula 2001 spray. You spray it on like Amoral, and then wipe it off, and it leaves an awesome shine that water will bead on. It is for plastic and has sun block to protect the color. Aside from that, if the scratches still really bother you after the Turtle Wax Formula 2001 spray, I would advise putting some cool stickers over them. Trust me, I know from experience, anything you do to the plastic to try to get the scratches out and to make it look better, will only make it worse!!! Try the Turtle Wax Formula 2001; you will really like the way it makes your quad look! Sorry I can be of more help, but at least maybe I can keep you from making the same mistakes that I did. Good Luck.

 

I redid a whole quad using plastic renew, man I sanded an resanded, untill it looked nice some parts I started finishing it with the chemical, didn't like how it looked,so resanded.( but I had some really deep scratches) I think I had between 30-40 hrs in it altogether. Yes it does scratch easy, and strong cleaner or gas will eat it off...any way I sold the quad, but it did look nice, but for how long?

 

My plastics had lots of scratches so I tried to sand the with 600 grit and it made it white but it got the little scratches out, then i tried lots of things to bring back the color but it just wouldn't come back so i ended up buying a can of black spray paint and clear coat and I put 2 coats of paint on my fenders and 3 coats of clear coat(haha), it scratches off really easily but i need to get new fenders anyway.