honda spewer My Ride Posted January 12 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 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
k.g My Rides (11) Posted January 12 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. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
honda spewer My Ride Posted January 12 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 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TS2019 Posted January 12 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 ! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
honda spewer My Ride Posted January 12 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?? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jeff B Posted January 12 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. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JDK117 Posted January 13 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. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BOAB Posted January 13 They're plastic. They scratch. Its' a dirt bike. My front fender : 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bryan II My Rides (4) Posted January 13 How I generally fix boo boos: 2 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bryan II My Rides (4) Posted January 13 or https://shop.thumpertalk.com/pcracing-plastic-renew-restoring-kit-8o-z-27-4842.html 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kalamazoo Posted January 13 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. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BOAB Posted January 13 (edited) 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 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
G 9.5 My Ride Posted January 13 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 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lil_squid My Rides (2) Posted January 14 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 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pat22043 My Ride Posted January 14 Its a dirt bike. They get dropped. Own it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DaveCR Posted January 14 12 minutes ago, pat22043 said: Its a dirt bike. They get dropped. Blame it on tree roots. fify 😀 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
firffighter Posted January 14 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 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites