Console a web of scratches What to do ?

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The center console of my BMW is essentially a web of scratches.
It is some sort of plastic with a fake burl look to it.

How can I get it looking good again?

[1] Will the scratches come out with compounding polish same as with paint on metal ?
[2] If so, will they come out by hand ?
[3] If not, what is the best way to machine polish? Get a dremmel ? Even the 4" pads are really too cumbersome to do a neat job..
 
I had this issue with some plastic on my ladies little Yaris, her daily driver. What I did was hand polished it, very lightly, to try and minimize it's appearance, than I used some megs interior protectant and OPC to clean it up and try to get some of the shine back.
 
I have heard a lot of people talk about using Meg's Scratch-X for this type of thing. Never tried it myself though.
 
ive used plastic x with good success on most plastic parts, even headlights. its worth a try at least since its cheap.
 
There was another thread about a week ago on this, everyone recommended plastic x.
 
+1 for PlasticX

With a white polishing pad, or even by hand, it will remove cog-web scratches on wooded dash trim. Been there, done that.
 
I use this:

Meguiars Plastic Care Kit: Meguiars #17 Plastic Cleaner & Meguiars #10 Plastic Polish work together to clean and clarify auto plastics.

And a 2 inch polishing pad on a drill motor at a very slow speed. Removed all micro marring and made it look like new. Works on all plastic dashes and even on painted parts. Plus it removes marring on the clear plastic lenses over the instrument cluster.
I got the 2" pads and pad holder from Autogeek, but I can't find it in their store any longer.

Maybe Meghan or Mike can find them.
 
Plastic-X would be the way to go...have used it for this on a small section.

The console is a clear coated wood product...
 
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