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Old 06-21-2004, 08:39 AM
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My fenders on my 300 EX have some pretty deep scratches in them and I was wondering how I can remove them! They tend to collect dirt and makes it hard to clean.
 
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Old 06-21-2004, 10:08 AM
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Default How do you remove scratches in plastic ?

I used some stuff once, I think it was called plastic renew??? You sand out the scratches, then spray it on. Works OK. Not sure how it would work on really deep stuff. Eventually you might want to just go with new plastic.
 
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Old 06-21-2004, 10:33 AM
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I have some stuff called Blue coral it is a liquid acrilic I was wondering if that would fill in the scratches after I cleaned them well or if I would bebetter of sanding them down?
 
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Old 06-21-2004, 11:08 AM
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Default How do you remove scratches in plastic ?

i've tried a lot of stuff and none really seems to work great
 
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Old 06-21-2004, 03:19 PM
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Default How do you remove scratches in plastic ?

Dose wet sanding work good or is it not recomended?
 
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Old 06-21-2004, 10:59 PM
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there is a product called MEK , i never thought to try but it works very good on some forms of plastic.
I will try it and let everybody know.
 
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Default How do you remove scratches in plastic ?

go to the local foodlion and get two cans of armor all black tire spray (the stuff looks like snow) after washing your atv spray it on everything (plastic, bars, everything) then let it dry and it will cover up alot of the scratches, after it dries, it looks like grease but wipe it off and the plastic shines.

 
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Old 06-22-2004, 12:07 AM
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Default How do you remove scratches in plastic ?

wet sanding works great on metal and i am sure it would do good on plastic
 
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Old 06-22-2004, 01:31 AM
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Default How do you remove scratches in plastic ?

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Dose wet sanding work good or is it not recomended?
My wife brought her 300ex plastic in the house and spend hours with a vibrating palm sander(dry). After that she used plastic renew, It looked awsome. I don't think they come that shiy new.
 
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Old 06-22-2004, 10:57 AM
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What grit sand paper did you use? Where did you get that plastic renew and what dose it look like?
 


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