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Title: Help removing/improving these scratches
Post by: mowlamb on 07 April 2010, 20:10
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Took my engine cover off today to spray it and when cleaning it up and looking closely I noticed the shiny bit in the middle is all scratched. Any products you can recommend to help remove them? Maybe some wet and dry fine grade? If wet and dry would work what would the process be?
Title: Re: Help removing/improving these scratches
Post by: bobreece on 07 April 2010, 21:23
braso. it works brill on pl;astic i used it on my bora clocks i got from scrappy they where badly scratched just kept using braso and it took scratch away and looked crystal clear and tip top
Title: Re: Help removing/improving these scratches
Post by: mowlamb on 07 April 2010, 21:28
Do you just apply it like polish, apply it, leave to dry for 5 mins then buff off?
Title: Re: Help removing/improving these scratches
Post by: bobreece on 07 April 2010, 22:22
i just put so on a clean cloth and rubbed it inot the scratched area and kept rubbing till it all went to powder and i felt it needed for braso adding i got the liquid stuff not the braso that comes in cotton waddind as its was alot more exspensive
Title: Re: Help removing/improving these scratches
Post by: Dan J on 07 April 2010, 23:09
braso?????????? random suggestion :huh:

how about some normal car polish.
Title: Re: Help removing/improving these scratches
Post by: bobreece on 07 April 2010, 23:23
tried srp and meguirs plastic polish all pale in comparison to brasso trust me some one else on ukmivs or here did it as well i works 110%
Title: Re: Help removing/improving these scratches
Post by: mowlamb on 08 April 2010, 07:24
I googled  " removing scratches from plastic" and quite a few results came back suggesting brasso. I'll be getting some today so will let ya know how it goes.
Title: Re: Help removing/improving these scratches
Post by: aaran on 08 April 2010, 20:52
if thats plastic then try some toothpaste (make sure it has bicarbonate soada in it) and if that wont work meguaries to a plastic polish normally used for crappy plastic headlights that should work. you could well find that brasso/autosol metal polish has to hard a cut t it and jsut adds more swirls