How to repair scratches in plastic.
 

G'day

My 2007 Tucson has a few scratches in the plastic lining on the sides of
the luggage compartment. I tried Armourall spray on but that didn't help.

Any suggestions as I want to clean it up for trade-in on a new Tucson.


Neville
Casino NSW
Australia

Re: How to repair scratches in plastic.
 

On Tue, 30 Dec 2008 03:36:20 +0000 (UTC), Neville MADDEN cast forth these
pearls of wisdom...:

> G'day
>
> My 2007 Tucson has a few scratches in the plastic lining on the sides of
> the luggage compartment. I tried Armourall spray on but that didn't help.
>
> Any suggestions as I want to clean it up for trade-in on a new Tucson.
>
>
> Neville
> Casino NSW
> Australia

If you have scratches in the plastic there is little you can really do
other than simply clean them up. The plastic trim pieces are usually
textured and you really don't have any simple method available to you to
restore the texturing. Even if you did blend the scraches down with
abrasives, you couldn't easily match the texture of the panel and it would
end up looking worse. If they are bad scratches you can always get a panel
from the salvage yard and replace the panel. If it's the wrong color, you
can easily paint it with the proper color paint.
--

-Mike-
mmarlowREMOVE@alltel.net

Re: How to repair scratches in plastic.
 

The truth is that those scratches won't make a darn bit of difference on
what they decide to give you for your car. Don't worry about them.


"Neville MADDEN" <nrmadden@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:Xns9B8494929C5EFnrmaddenyahoocom@85.214.105.2 09...
> G'day
>
> My 2007 Tucson has a few scratches in the plastic lining on the sides of
> the luggage compartment. I tried Armourall spray on but that didn't help.
>
> Any suggestions as I want to clean it up for trade-in on a new Tucson.
>
>
> Neville
> Casino NSW
> Australia

Re: How to repair scratches in plastic.
 

Mike Marlow <mmarlowREMOVE@alltel.net> wrote in
news:t7jct054dk72.s513zfru7p01.dlg@40tude.net:

> On Tue, 30 Dec 2008 03:36:20 +0000 (UTC), Neville MADDEN cast forth
> these pearls of wisdom...:
>
>> G'day
>>
>> My 2007 Tucson has a few scratches in the plastic lining on the sides
>> of the luggage compartment. I tried Armourall spray on but that
>> didn't help.
>>
>> Any suggestions as I want to clean it up for trade-in on a new
>> Tucson.
>>
>>
>> Neville
>> Casino NSW
>> Australia
>
> If you have scratches in the plastic there is little you can really do
> other than simply clean them up.

G'day and thanks for the reply.

That is what I thought. Might try a bit of grey shoe polish before I
trade it in. None of the scratches are serious.

Thanks

Neville

Re: How to repair scratches in plastic.
 

You are right there. Last new cars I have bought the company didnt even look
at my trade in. The tyres could have been bald, engine blowing smoke.
Lookeed at it from across the road, that was it.

Re: How to repair scratches in plastic.
 

Yep, same thing happened to me the last two times. I guess they just figure
the car's going to the wholesale auction and that's the price they work
from. Then it's all 'salesmanship' after that.


"John" <susan48@aapt.net.au> wrote in message
news:gk1hmq$q49$1@news-01.bur.connect.com.au...
> You are right there. Last new cars I have bought the company didnt even
> look at my trade in. The tyres could have been bald, engine blowing smoke.
> Lookeed at it from across the road, that was it.
>