How to get scratches out of plastic is there a way??

[honda spewer]

Hey y’all I’m just looking at how to get some scratches out of my plastics is there a way I’m not sure I haven’t seen much on how to do it but is there anything I can do 

and no I’m not buying some new plastics 

[k.g]

Buy some new plastics. 

Otherwise, sand it down with progressively finer paper. There's a guy on IG that has a business doing it. Lots of work. 

[honda spewer]

1 minute ago, k.g said:

Buy some new plastics. 

Otherwise, sand it down with progressively finer paper. There's a guy on IG that has a business doing it. Lots of work. 

Ok thanks 

[TS2019]

2 hours ago, honda spewer said:

Hey y’all I’m just looking at how to get some scratches out of my plastics is there a way I’m not sure I haven’t seen much on how to do it but is there anything I can do 

and no I’m not buying some new plastics 

Clean all the excess material use a heat gun, doesn't fix the scratches but helps hide them. Practice on a area you wont see, its easy to over do it !

[honda spewer]

1 hour ago, TS2019 said:

Clean all the excess material use a heat gun, doesn't fix the scratches but helps hide them. Practice on a area you wont see, its easy to over do it !

Ok thank you would a blow dryer work??

[Jeff B]

There are videos on line.  Scrape or sand the scratches out. Then use a heat gun to make it shinny again.  I don't think a blow dryer will work.  Not hot enough.  I would not use a heat gun on a gas tank.  Pretty cool results on line.

[JDK117]

Don’t use heat, sand it by hand. Step up in grain and use polish on an electric buffer and keep it cool. Eg- 180-240-400-800-3000-fine polish. Did mine and they are brand new again. Experiment with grit. The heat gun kind of works depending on the plastic but never looks the same and it’s easy to ruin it.

[BOAB]

They're plastic.  They scratch.  Its' a dirt bike.

My front fender :

[Bryan II]

How I generally fix boo boos:

[Bryan II]

or

https://shop.thumpertalk.com/pcracing-plastic-renew-restoring-kit-8o-z-27-4842.html

[Kalamazoo]

1 minute ago, Bryan II said:

How I generally fix boo boos:

Whenever a forklift at work gets a new scratch we always make the driver sign and date it just like that. 

[BOAB]

55 minutes ago, Bryan II said:

or

https://shop.thumpertalk.com/pcracing-plastic-renew-restoring-kit-8o-z-27-4842.html

Well I'll be, I didn't know that they made such a thing. 😁

Edited January 13 by BOAB

[G 9.5]

1 hour ago, BOAB said:

Well I'll be, I didn't know that they made such a thing. 😁

Yeah, not so much. Will never look like new. Got a free can and its basically rattle can clear coat. G

[lil_squid]

A heatgun will make the plastic look nice and shiny for a little bit, but then it has all sorts of problems. looks better when you just keep it scratched

[pat22043]

Its a dirt bike. They get dropped. Own it.

[DaveCR]

12 minutes ago, pat22043 said:

Its a dirt bike. They get dropped. Blame it on tree roots.

fify 😀

[firffighter]

On 1/12/2021 at 10:38 AM, honda spewer said:

Hey y’all I’m just looking at how to get some scratches out of my plastics is there a way I’m not sure I haven’t seen much on how to do it but is there anything I can do 

and no I’m not buying some new plastics 

I've used the plastic renew kit in the past. It works just OK and a lot of work for only OK results. 

Scratches themselves are difficult to actually remove, so I settle for getting them clean and polish the plastics and have good results. 

I've tried many techniques and products over the years.  I find these the easiest and decent results.

Clean with the Goo Gone and Brakekleen. Use the magic eraser to get into the crevices.  

Then use the SC1 and buff with lint free cloth. 

 

Results are pretty good.  

My current '09 300xcw refresh with original plastics after the cleaning process. 

 

Doing a refresher on a '05 DRZ for a buddy.  White is difficult,  but got them looking decent. 

Hope this helps