Hey guys, I am new here on site (just a couple of posts), it is great. In Dirt Wheels a long time ago (like 12-15 years) there was an artical about buffing up old plastic to shine almost like new. The problem comes from knowing it can be done with a polisher and compound, but I have no clue where to start with what compound. I am puting a sticker kit on my wife's warrior and would like to get rid most of the scratches so everything goes on nice. Any help would be great.

 

Wet sand the scratches out, use like 1000 grit and work your way up to 2000 grit, then a light polishing compound will finish it off real nice.

 

west sand...not too hard though...then follow up with bout 3-4 coats of car wax......itll look reallll nice after that.

 

is that the best way of getting scratches out of plastics what about these kits you see the have 2 3 different bottles of stuff you put on your plastics and they come out like new

 

its kinda off topic but i heard that white plastics turn yellow after a while cause of riding gear, is this true
and will wet sanding get that off too

 

Riding boots will rub up the rear fenders and dirt will stick in there, causing it to brown, i used a MR.Clean magic eraser and it got all the dirt out and it looks white again.

 

Thanks Guys, I will try the wet sanding and polishing. After the weekend riding I will get on it. Text

 

if i were to wet sand my blue plastic would it stay blue or would it become white?

 

it stays the same, just have to be very soft when sanding, if you sand too hard youll screw it up.

its a very tedious procedure.

look at my pics also, my 89 warrior has almost flawless plastic because of the wetsanding and maticulous maintanance over the years.