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buffing a scratch out?

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    MovieSTAR i hurd u liek?

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    buffing a scratch out?

    i bought a pair of taillights from someone and they had a few scratches in them...not that i care because they were too cheap for me to passup...and i was just wondering if i could buff a few surface scratches on them off

    http://img179.imageshack.us/img179/4548/dscn3873vd4.jpg

    took a big picture of it can it be done? what would i need to do?
    MovieSTAR, Jul 19, 2007
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    TurismoDreamin ΓΡΗΓΟΡΟΣ ΟΔΗΓΟΣ

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    TurismoDreamin, Jul 19, 2007
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    dward3 Well-Known Member

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    At home depot, you can buy a 8oz bottle of polish for Lexan. Product # GE-71 and buy some cotton rounds. :)
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    fishexpo101 Get Some

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    Helps if you get a machine to help polish thos scratches out - otherwise, you spend a ton of time using elbow grease to buff them out.

    I've used Meguiar's Plastic-X and in the past, their professional Plastic Care #10 and #17 - works like magic. Add a Mother's Powerball buffer - and it cuts the workload down by an order of magnitude. 3M also makes a plasitc cleaner and polish - also works really well.
    fishexpo101, Jul 19, 2007
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    GSE21tuner Formerly rollatuner110. Representing AZLexus.club

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    I 2nd the Meguiar's PlastX. It works wonders for scratched plastic.
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    MovieSTAR i hurd u liek?

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    can i pick the meguiars up at homedepot? or like a hobby shop?
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    sounds automotive to me :)
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    MovieSTAR i hurd u liek?

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    sure does =] i actually went to autozone after i posted that....
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    GSE21tuner Formerly rollatuner110. Representing AZLexus.club

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    I would say use Meguiar's everything. Start with scratch remover then onto PlastX and a sealer wax.
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    did they have it at autozone?
    JspeXAE102, Jul 20, 2007
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    MovieSTAR i hurd u liek?

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    yeah...i guess so i asked the guy if they had any and he showed me right too it...but i returned it bcuz those headlights dont work...long story
    MovieSTAR, Jul 20, 2007
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