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Old 04-20-10, 11:40 AM
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Default Removed the Wood Grain Stickers

So I removed the Wood Grain Stickers Today but by doing so I left a couple scratches in the plastic where I was prying the stickers off. I was wondering if there was anyway I could remove these scratches from the plastic.
Old 04-20-10, 12:46 PM
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I dunno about the scratches but I definitely would use Goo Gone
Old 04-20-10, 01:17 PM
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Try Meguiar's PlastX Clear Plastic Cleaner & Polish, for the scratches. It can be found at Wal-Mart and is like $5. The stuff is amazing on my headlights too.
Old 04-20-10, 05:49 PM
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How deep are the scratches? If they aren't to deep, PlastX is the way to go.

I use to know a detailer that would heat the plastic with a lighter (butane type) to help mold the plastic back to shape for deep scratches. Not something I would recommend to a novice.
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Thanks for the advice and yeah some of the scratches are pretty deep
And yeah, I already used a ton of Goo Gone to get rid of all the adhesive residue. I heated up the Stickers with a blow dryer before I tried to pull them off and I still ended up having to pry them off. I used a mini screw driver to pry of a hard to get sticker which is how I scratched the plastic.
Old 04-20-10, 10:28 PM
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here's an easy way to do it.

use women's nail polish "clear coat." it comes with a brush, you can lightly brush or dab the scratches... and if you have a girl who knows how to buff it out clean, you all the way nice!
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Post some pics, I would like to see this w/o the wood grain look... lol (I know I am not the only one here)
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I need Goo stuff too. The aftermarket wood grain was removed and it left the glue crap
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I'll get some pictures tomorrow. It looks pretty clean at this point with just a tiny bit of Adhesive residue and of course the nasty scratches.
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Here are the Pictures as Promised





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im lost where was the wood befor u took it off? it looks like nothings been removed
Old 04-25-10, 06:34 PM
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Originally Posted by GETU1
im lost where was the wood befor u took it off? it looks like nothings been removed
what he means is that he or the previous owner plastered the interior with those crappy fake gaudy wood kits that cover every single piece of the interior.

And he, being a smart man of sound mind decided to rid his vehicle of ugliness.
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Yeah, all those pictures are of surfaces I took the Wood Grain Stickers from. The only surface I scratched was the Audio and AC Control Panels.
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looks like u got rid of it good. Looks like nothing was ever there
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Thanks man.


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