Advice on 'fixing' scratches on a GLA interior (with photos)

[kkudi]

I am wondering whether anyone has any advice on how to fix or conceal these scratches I have in a few places in my GLA.

I read various reports online to use a heatgun for these, but I don't want to make things worse than what they actually are.

Anyone has any experience or recommendations on how to go about 'fixing' these? If they can be less visible/hidden that's also better than what they currently are!


Here's some photos attached for context:

Link for photos: Imgur

 

[Dec]

Below is something you would need to practice, practice, practice with on an old piece of plastic or vinyl before attempting on your car interior, not sure what you have in those pictures, is it plastic or vinyl?


See also the videos in this link here… heat restore plastic - Google Search

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[kkudi]

Below is something you would need to practice, practice, practice with on an old piece of plastic or vinyl before attempting on your car interior, not sure what you have in those pictures, is it plastic or vinyl?


See also the videos in this link here… heat restore plastic - Google Search

Dec

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I'm not sure if these panels on the photos are vinyl or plastic. How can I tell?

 

[Dec]

I don’t know how you would tell, I’m just being cautious, my dash is a different colour from my doors so am thinking it’s a different material, we know how plastic reacts to the heat gun from the videos, just wondering if vinyl would be the same, that is if you have some vinyl in your pictures.

Might be worth joining and asking for advise on heat guns and scratches with regard to dashboard and door panels, see… Detailing World - A world for detailers by detailers.


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[markjay]

A small amount of WD40 will effortlessly hide them well for a few months.

 

[kkudi]

A small amount of WD40 will effortlessly hide them well for a few months.

This is the most risk free suggestion so far. I will give this a go and report back!

 

[markjay]

This is the most risk free suggestion so far. I will give this a go and report back!

Make sure you wipe the surface dry after applying the WD40. The effect won't last very long... but it does work.

 

[kkudi]

Anyone else has any other suggestions by the way?

How does the wd40 conceal the areas by the way? I'm curious now.

 

[Peter103]

I'm not sure if these panels on the photos are vinyl or plastic. How can I tell?

Scratch it!

 

[Dec]

A risk free option would be to have the scratches repaired by a professional car detailer, the probably do that type of work all the time. Worth getting a quote, might not be all that expensive.


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[kkudi]

Scratch it!

still dont know the difference

 

[kkudi]

A risk free option would be to have the scratches repaired by a professional car detailer, the probably do that type of work all the time. Worth getting a quote, might not be all that expensive.


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anyone who can recommend a detailer in North London?

 

[kkudi]

so i tried to apply WD40 today to some of scratches, but really couldn't see any difference at all. Am I doing something completely wrong?