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Title: Cleaning up scratched plastic
Post by: bobbarley on 25 January 2009, 23:09

I'm getting some R32 dials put into my mk4 in a couple of days.  However there are a few scratches on the plastic front which in certain light are quite noticeable.

Does anyone have any recommendations on how I can get the front of the cluster looking like new again?  Rhyso, you mentioned something to me, but I forgot the name  :embarassed:

Cheers :afro:

Title: Re: Cleaning up scratched plastic
Post by: Bjork on 25 January 2009, 23:14

I'm sure you can get some type of T-Cut stuff but that's made especially for plastic.

Title: Re: Cleaning up scratched plastic
Post by: bobbarley on 25 January 2009, 23:15

I think I read somewhere talk of actually sanding it down???

Title: Re: Cleaning up scratched plastic
Post by: Rhyso on 26 January 2009, 08:29

this i believe Bob

http://www.meguiars.co.uk/cgi-bin/specwd.pl?pc=G12310&tp=0

 :smiley:

not tried it myself so not sure how good it is  :undecided:

Title: Re: Cleaning up scratched plastic
Post by: Frothey on 26 January 2009, 08:36

^^ Plast-x works well - if its so bad you think it needs sanding it'll be easier to buy another! the plastic on speedo's are made of some kind of see through soft cheese.......

Title: Re: Cleaning up scratched plastic
Post by: Dan34 on 26 January 2009, 21:25

have a butch on here somewhere near the bottom, should help u out abit

http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=101211.10 (http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=101211.10)

Dan

Title: Re: Cleaning up scratched plastic
Post by: Josho on 27 January 2009, 17:53

Patch did his with a high grit paper, was stunning! 1500

Before:
(http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z215/Patch27/New%20Car/DSCI0092.jpg)

After:
(http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y127/patb303/DSC_2123.jpg)

Title: Re: Cleaning up scratched plastic
Post by: Roverdose on 04 February 2009, 11:14

http://www.meguiars.co.uk/cgi-bin/specwd.pl?pc=G12310&tp=0

any idea if this will sort the vynal on my corrado doorcards out? they look as if the colours fading out of them completely?

something i used to brighten up my rear lights was a little bit of G3 with some glass cleaner and megs wax, mix it up rub like hell, came up like new!