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insiorc

Member Since: 17 Jul 2016
Location: Scotland
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2013 Range Rover Sport SDV6 Autobiography Firenze Red

Internal plastic and metal look trim scratch removal

While cleaning the dash I noticed some minor scratching on the silver metal look trim around the gear nob, and also the plano black trim.

Should I be polishing these scratches out as I would a normal painted surface, or what would you folks use?

Thanks

Dennis 13MY Range Rover Sport Autobiography SDV6 - mine
14MY Range Rover Evoque Dynamic SD4 Black Pack - wife's
99MY Defender 90 TD5, Soft Top Conversion - my toy, and bairns favourite

Fri Mar 31 2017 5:22pm

Puslinch

Member Since: 08 Jan 2017
Location: Surrey
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2012 Range Rover Sport 3.0 TDV6 HSE Firenze Red

Mine looks the same and I don't mind the look, maybe the finest steel wool available? 2018 Telsa MS
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Fri Mar 31 2017 5:34pm

Danv8

Member Since: 20 Apr 2015
Location: Norfolk
Posts: 378

2009 Range Rover Sport TDV6 HSE Lux Alaska White

Re: Internal plastic and metal look trim scratch removal

insiorc wrote:
While cleaning the dash I noticed some minor scratching on the silver metal look trim around the gear nob, and also the plano black trim.

Should I be polishing these scratches out as I would a normal painted surface, or what would you folks use?

Thanks

Dennis

If it's not metal and just painted plastics then you can use the same polish you would on paint. For such an intricate area I would use a dremmel with buffing wheels, and if you have a selection of polishes to use, go with least aggressive first then work you way to most aggressive or until you achieve the correction your after.

Fri Mar 31 2017 5:59pm

insiorc

Member Since: 17 Jul 2016
Location: Scotland
Posts: 533

Thanks folks,

That got me thinking about whether it was actual metal, or painted plastic. I tried a Defelsko DFT paint thickness gauge on it as it would let me know if it's metal or not, and it is metal. But whatever coating is on is only a couple of microns thick, so I'm a bit wary of going right through it. Maybe it's best to leave it in it's natural scratched look after all...

Dennis 13MY Range Rover Sport Autobiography SDV6 - mine
14MY Range Rover Evoque Dynamic SD4 Black Pack - wife's
99MY Defender 90 TD5, Soft Top Conversion - my toy, and bairns favourite

Mon Apr 03 2017 11:14pm

mrfixit

Member Since: 23 Dec 2010
Location: Bolton
Posts: 705

2011 Range Rover Sport 3.0 TDV6 HSE Stornoway Grey

Use a silicon spray or if you have some wd40 handy spray a bit of that on.

Wed Apr 05 2017 5:59am

insiorc

Member Since: 17 Jul 2016
Location: Scotland
Posts: 533

mrfixit wrote:
Use a silicon spray or if you have some wd40 handy spray a bit of that on.

I have both of those, but I can't think how they'd hide scratches as I'd imagine they'd maybe emphasise them? I can give them a try though.
It's just little scratches which if on bodywork paint would just disappear with a compounding, but initially I wasn't sure on the metal due to the satin type finish. I was thinking if I used a metal polish then it may polish it to a shine, but I also was wondering if it was plastic or metal coated with a lacquer of some sort so it would polish out - this is now what I think it is after having checked it with the paint thickness gauge, but it is very thin, maybe too thin to compound. But, as the scratches are very light then I maybe should look for a filling polish which might fill the scratches rather than remove a layer of lacquer with the possibility of going through and shining the satin look.

My wife says she can't even see any scratches, but I'm sure her optician uses jam jar bottoms in her glasses.... 13MY Range Rover Sport Autobiography SDV6 - mine
14MY Range Rover Evoque Dynamic SD4 Black Pack - wife's
99MY Defender 90 TD5, Soft Top Conversion - my toy, and bairns favourite

Fri Apr 07 2017 5:32am

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