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Offline jmsheahan

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Dents in textured plastic
« on: 09 February 2011, 17:31 »
Is it possible to remove dents from the textured plastic on bumpers? My mk2 rear bumper has had a slight knock at some point and I was wondering if it could be pushed out? I'll be looking for a second hand bumper somewhen if not. Can see it in the pics below.

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Re: Dents in textured plastic
« Reply #1 on: 09 February 2011, 21:40 »
might be able to heat it up a bit push it out and get something to hold till cooled down ?? worth a punt..
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Re: Dents in textured plastic
« Reply #2 on: 10 February 2011, 11:04 »
might be able to heat it up a bit push it out and get something to hold till cooled down ?? worth a punt..

Yeah, heat is good, not too much though, I nearly killed an arch once with a heat gun..   Borrow a hairdryer, with the bumper removed gradually heat up the dented and surrounding area (which is important as the stress of the dent is at the edge of it).  Then as said, you need to put preassure on it from behind and keep it there until it cools.  See if you can wedge something between the plastic and the metal...

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Re: Dents in textured plastic
« Reply #3 on: 10 February 2011, 13:25 »
Cheers guys. So a heatgun would be too extreme then? Will try the hairdryer trick when the weather is a little better.

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Re: Dents in textured plastic
« Reply #4 on: 11 February 2011, 16:38 »
Yer heat gun to hot hair dryer is more than enough  :smiley:
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