Scratches on the simulated wood dash
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RevitalizeAutoSpa
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I would try a jeweling polish like SF4500 on a finishing or fine polishing pad (LC White or Black).
Mike Phillips
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To all our regular members... anytime you see a thread pop up with a member asking how to remove scratches out of interior trim, try to remember there is a how-to article on this in the "How To Articles" forum group and it's a "Sticky".
To the member that started this thread, please take a moment to read through this thread, don't just scan it. There is good and accurate information spread throughout it as that's how threads unfold. There are also before and after pictures showing exactly what you want to do.
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More reading material!
allenk4
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I have a 2009 Denali and have polished my interior faux wood
The piece pictured is removable. Put your thumbs in the cup holders and fingers in the section above and pull up firmly. The center of the section will pop up enough to get you fingers under there and pull up again.
I polished mine with a Porter Cable, 3" Meguiar's Cutting Microfiber Pad and D300. I followed with Wolfgang Finishing Glaze (polish) on a 4" White CCS Pad. There was not much change from D300 to WGFG
Came out nice, but the finish is so soft, it will not stay perfect for long
Remainder of the interior plastics were polished by hand w FG400 and the 4" White CCS Pad. As Mike says, you have to put some passion behind the pad to make much progress
The piece pictured is removable. Put your thumbs in the cup holders and fingers in the section above and pull up firmly. The center of the section will pop up enough to get you fingers under there and pull up again.
I polished mine with a Porter Cable, 3" Meguiar's Cutting Microfiber Pad and D300. I followed with Wolfgang Finishing Glaze (polish) on a 4" White CCS Pad. There was not much change from D300 to WGFG
Came out nice, but the finish is so soft, it will not stay perfect for long
Remainder of the interior plastics were polished by hand w FG400 and the 4" White CCS Pad. As Mike says, you have to put some passion behind the pad to make much progress
Bates Detailing
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Most of the wood panels in autos have a "clearcoat" that can be treated like paint. Easily removed by hand and proper compounds and polishes at times Im the MAN
allenk4
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I found the GMC finish on these parts to be fairly hard
This made correction by hand very tedious
It is a perfect job for a 2" "Hernandez Polisher"
Bates Detailing
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Yeah man - as with any "clear" ..... there is hard and soft. You can always tape down and machine polish if need be. The last "wood" I polished only needed hand work. Sometimes it does require machine polishing. As always, use the least aggressive method first then move up from there
allenk4
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Forgot to mention that the control panels on the front doors also pop off and disconnect a plug, then there are 4 torx screws. Remove the screws and then you can polish the piece much more easily
I was too chicken to mess with removing any of the pieces in the dash
Looking forward to the "After" pictures
I was too chicken to mess with removing any of the pieces in the dash
Looking forward to the "After" pictures
Mike Phillips
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Starting a new thread is the right thing to do, but instead of someone like me for example, re-typing all the information on how to move your hand to polishing interior components over again, I just share the link to where it's already all typed out.
All my articles and any thread that has great information, I make the "title" of the thread a blue clickable link to itself. The reason why is to make it easy for anyone that is already aware of the thread to share the link with other members.
For some reason this just doesn't catch on here on AGO but it always worked pretty good on MOL?
Also, popping or removing these components and then polishing them by machine is a much better option than trying to work by hand.
Over the weekend at Cars & Coffee I demonstrated how to remove swirls and scratches by hand on the hood of a Mercedes-Benz AMG while Nick used a Porter Cable and it was a very powerful demonstration because all the people watching were able to see just how much work it is to rub out clearcoat paint by hand while on the other hand, working by machine is so EASY and you get better results.