Scratches in Black Plastic Bumpers
Discussion
I have a Volvo XC70, and it has unpainted, textured black plastic wheel arches and bumper sections.
Somebody (I know who, I'm just waiting for him to admit it) reversed his van along the front of my car, leaving some scratches in the black plastic. He's also scratched the paintwork and damaged a headlamp washer, but I can deal with those.
Is there a good method for repairing or reducing the appearance of the scratches in the black plastic? Probably no more than 3mm deep at most. If i use a fine sandpaper I feel I'm at risk of removing the texturing.
Some Back To Black or whatever it's called will help, because the scratches are slightly lighter in colour than the unaffected bits, but can I remove the gouges somehow?
Somebody (I know who, I'm just waiting for him to admit it) reversed his van along the front of my car, leaving some scratches in the black plastic. He's also scratched the paintwork and damaged a headlamp washer, but I can deal with those.
Is there a good method for repairing or reducing the appearance of the scratches in the black plastic? Probably no more than 3mm deep at most. If i use a fine sandpaper I feel I'm at risk of removing the texturing.
Some Back To Black or whatever it's called will help, because the scratches are slightly lighter in colour than the unaffected bits, but can I remove the gouges somehow?
SeeFive said:
Saw this a little while ago when I was looking at repairing some scratches on plastic inside a boot. Seemed a bit of a faff and preferred the scratches so I haven’t tried it.
The concept was you take this thing you made and heat the surface of the damage with a heat gun to make it soft, then use the stamp you made to re-imprint the texture.
Once again, I can’t suggest anything towards its efficacy...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85FYd9TjLSI
Sounds straightforward The concept was you take this thing you made and heat the surface of the damage with a heat gun to make it soft, then use the stamp you made to re-imprint the texture.
Once again, I can’t suggest anything towards its efficacy...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85FYd9TjLSI
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