Scratches on a black plastic car bumper

Anybody know a good way to get 'em out? Or cover them up?

 

i have more dings and scratches on my car than you can poke a stick at...i did try to buff the scratches out one but it didnt work. just leave it as is and hopefully it wont happen again

 

are they white now? my truck is black with that plastic trim crap... scratches are all white on the deep ones.. paint. nail polish is cheap.... I use that on my mirrors plastic on the door since its eye level... and if it dont match use remover to take it out... and try something else..

 

yes, just let them be... It's a bumper, hence, at least the scratches are not on your car...

Or you could just use paint...

 

You can buy little bottles of touch-up paint...go to the dealership and ask about it.

 

bumpers are supposed to have scratches, that's why the're called bumpers, that's what there there for. i'd suggest getting over it.

or cover the scratches with bumber stickers that say the kind of crap you'd like have said on the back of your t-shirt.

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Normally I would have no problem with the scratches, my old car had dents, holes, scratches galore. This car, however, is my in-laws that I was using while they are on vacation and they come home tomorrow. Nail polish is a good one I never thought of using. I also thought of using black shoe polish. I'll go check with an auto parts store today and see if they have something.

 

try a Sharpie marker...

 

Sharpie would probably work. They're indelible. The auto parts stores sell paint in little pen-like containers.

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Sharpies won't work, they're too light and they fade quickly. Try nail polish.

 

you used sharpies before havent you? trying to keep it out of the light.... park your car in the shade and sharpies woulnt fade.. lol..

 

I've used Sharpies for other purposes which brings me to the conclusion it won't work for cars. Black Sharpies are more of a brownish color when used to try to blend in with other shades of black, not to mention they are far from permanent on anything that isn't incredibly porous (such as wood, skin, cloth...forget plastic, it doesn't stay).

My main knowledge of Sharpies comes from my prized stuffed 101 Dalmatian puppy whose eyes are plastic and the paint wears off regularly, so I use Sharpies to color them back in and it doesn't last very long at all.

 

how cute.. puppies.. I used the sharpie to put eyebrows on my living dog.... its funny..I use em to color the grey in my eyebrows as well...

 

indellable laundry markers, or 400 grit wet or dry, used wet, to remove the scratches and discolorations entirely.

if it's MADE out of BLACK PLASTIC rather then some other color and painted black, there's no reason scratches can't be simply sanded out. it's just that once down to their having been removed, then you have to use polishing level abrasives, maybe down to 1200 grit rouge or something, in successive stages of progressively finer grit, to rematch the smoothness of the origeonal surface.

which is probably more work and time consumption then you're interested in, but if you wanted to perminently and completely remove them, that is what would be involved.

and it might not be THAT much work. the only thing to remember though, when sanding plastics, is that you need to use a low speed to avoid surface melting that will clog the abrasive midium and cause further surface marring.

if you're dealing with only a few small areas, as it sounds like, that ought to be possible.

(if you've got more money then time, there's always macco, until somebody leans against it!)

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Sharpies turn to a purplish color with age.

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http://www.paintscratch.com/paintpen.htm

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cool, If you drive a purple car thats very old.

 

Sharpies work well on inflatable boats. The flexible material retains the ink well. You can put the registration numbers on the boat with a sharpie.

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I'd say after 3 1/2 years he's got a dent or broken windshield to help take his mind off those unsightly bumper scratches.