| Author | Message | ||
     Zxmarc |
does anybody know if i can get scratches out of plastic bodywork? i just purchased bodywork from a crashed 9r to put on my 12r and wanted to know if paint is my only option thanks | ||
| Reepicheep  |
I had good luck with Novus #3, then novus #2, then Harley Cleaner Glaze. That works for surface scratches, and will look perfect when you are done (though you may need to do a lot of it). Deeper then that, and Buell claims "it can't be repaired". The real answer is probably "it may not be worth the trouble of reparing it". I can't imagine that with a lot of patience and appropriately spaced grits of sandpaper you could not remove just about anything until you are out of plastic. Would probably take forever though. | ||
| Bomber  |
along with the time required to remove the material around the damage, you will also be challenged (at least I am!) in matching the contour of the original piece -- it's relatively easy (if somewhat laborious) to create a flat spot where the damage was -- that will stick out like a sore thumb when you get done polishing it CAN be done, but it ain't short work, nor mindless | ||
| Buellman39 |
You bought it off a wrecked 9r so the scratches are most likely going to be deep. You can fill them in then paint the plastic. | ||
| Thepup |
I used 400 grit wet dry sandpaper,then rubbing coumpound,worked really well,it was a pretty deep gouge. | ||
| Slaughter  |
You can get away with more in the white bodywork. block sand smooth to get the deep scratches out. 400 then 600 then take a couple pieces of 600 sandpaper and wet-sand them face-to-face against each other to "dull" the 600 grit and sand the piece again (all wet sanding by the way) - this almost shines. Then get a good rubbing compound. If you want to spend the bucks, get a fuzzy bonnet type thingie you can put in your drill motor and get a machine polishing compound (all this is available from a good auto paint jobber) - you don't want to use a hand compound with a machine - it'll just dry out and kinda burn into the plastic. Just my $0.02 devalued for inflation. I did a sorta-repair on a friends bike (white) and it sorta came out OK but would have been more visible in the darker colors. | ||
| Schnitzel |
you can always remove scratches, when i paint i go up to 2000 grit sand paper , wet sanding only, use 3m hand glaze to fill the last sanding scratches, should shine like new, good luck | ||
| Zxmarc |
thanks everybody .. i will try and post results thanks again Marc |
