Polishing plastic.

[GTAHVIT]

as you can see in this picture, My airaid CAI has some scratches on it from when I had to modify it to work with the Maggie.

 

It was 3 am when I did it and I was in a bit of a hurry. Well in my rush while I was hacking it up I put some scratches in it. None of them are too deep or gouges but you can see them. I can hide them with liberal amounts of VRT.

 

But I'd like to try and get em out...

 

you think my hand Revive Hand polish or SHR would do the trick or is there a better way to smooth out plastic?

 

Thanks!

 

[Kingsford]

From the looks of that plastic, I would say masking it with VRT or I&O would be the best.

 

I think if you were to put Polish on it, it would turn white like Plastic and Wax.

 

Plus if its scratched that means some of the plastic was "skinned" off or cut into. You can't take clear coat off of something to remove a scratch if it doesn't have any clear coat, so SHR wouldn't work.

 

Is the plastic textured or completely smooth?

[GTAHVIT]

You mught be right... just keep the vrt on it..

 

 

It's got some texture to it... I was also thinking about some emery cloth?

[Chris@Adams]

What part is scratched?

[GTAHVIT]

What part is scratched?

 

that line that runs across the top is actually the scratch.. I'm guessing it looks like a reflection but it is the area that's scratched up.

 

I'll try to get a better pic...

[Kingsford]

You mught be right... just keep the vrt on it..

 

 

It's got some texture to it... I was also thinking about some emery cloth?

 

If it has texture, the SHR & Polish will get trapped in the cracks for sure and turn white.

[w0lfy]

Idk but plastic is kinda like wood if you take a sliver out only thing you can do is sand whole thing(extremely fine paper) to get even....NOT RECOMMENDED..... if you don't want to replace the part yer best bet may be the SVRT ...... I agree wit Jason, if polish gets trapped it may discolor ate and be more noticeable.

[GTAHVIT]

Cool!

 

That's basically what I needed to know... if there was a safe way to fix it or if "hiding" it made more sense.

 

For now I'll keep the VRT on it

 

[Robert]

Confucius see a color matched paint job in future.

[Kingsford]

Confucius see a color matched paint job in future.

 

 

Get it painted to match your paint.

[GTAHVIT]

Hmmmmmmmmmmm....

 

That will probably be the end decision.... I'm thinking the engine bay will have some dark red accents... I've got the Katech coil relocators and some aftermarket valve covers in mind... Might be the best time to have it all done....

 

Good call.