Light scuffs on (unpainted) plastic. Best approach?

[SayNoToPistons]

Street parked my Mazda CX-5 at what was seemingly a safe spot. I was wrong. Came home to find some scuffing on the unpainted portion of my rear bumper. It must be the typical NYC a-hole bumper kissing technique someone used.

The scuffs are not deep enough to make any significant gouges. Though through close examination, there are some spots where the material was dug in and frayed (very very fine). I say 75% of it is not gouged. After cleaning the surface, I went at it with a Mr.Clean Magic Eraser (wet). That didn't help much. Out of experiment's sake, I used 303 to see if it improves blending of light marks. It didn't make a significant different. Then finally Armor All thinking its heavy greasy finish will hide it. Wasn't much of a difference either.

Any suggestions on how to approach this? (Apologies for the upload on Flickr instead of attachment here. It gave me an error for each file).


20150321_104638 by SayNoToPistons, on Flickr
20150321_113306 by SayNoToPistons, on Flickr
20150321_113325 by SayNoToPistons, on Flickr



The feeling of disappointment of successfully avoiding any eyesore on the car for 2 years (and 3 months) in NYC has possibly come to an end. Having the bumper replaced won't be a feasible option as I would have to get the top and side portion painted in Black Mica and possibly blend the quarter to match.

[SayNoToPistons]

Anyone?

[jhn]

I'd try using a Mr. Clean Magic Eraser (original). Wet the area down and lightly rub over the area.

[KB in MD]

scratches are hard to get out of textured plastic. In for the answers

[SayNoToPistons]

I'd try using a Mr. Clean Magic Eraser (original). Wet the area down and lightly rub over the area.

Perhaps you didn't read the post. I tried Magic Eraser. Didn't make much of a difference at all.

[Evan.J]

Well I did some research and they only things I can find are in the lines of body work style repair

[aim4squirrels]

The only thing I've ever seen for this is the application of heat that might bring the edges down to minimize the appearance, but it's not for the faint of heart to try. Search for some threads on this and maybe try to google up some videos.

Good luck to you OP

[geekdout]

Although its not really a fix, I had a friend with a similar issue on his bumper on a black car. After not being able to find a way to repair this issue he ending up having the bumper plasti dipped. On his black car it actually looked pretty good.

[SayNoToPistons]

I was actually thinking of using a heat gun lightly to make the texture uniformed. I am afraid that there might be potential for certain spots to deform .

My last resort would be PlastiDip. I experimented with PlastiDip on my rear wiper stalk cover (same complexion and texture as lower bumper plastic). It is an EXACT match. My only concern is adhesion and longevity. PD tends to dry with long term expose to UV and become spotty and pale.