Scratch in dashboard lacquer.

[Keith Scarfe]

I have bit of a scratch in the lacquer on my dash board. It is a relatively new dash bought from Paul Matty about 8 years ago so is in fantastic condition apart from this. I remember made the scratch myself while fitting it back then and just ignored it. I now want to try to do something about it to cover it up or blend it in. It is really very white in colour against the brown background so shows up really badly. What?s the best way to go about hiding this any one know? Do I treat it like body work lacquer and rub it down with fine wet and dry then polish or do I try to fill it in with something or paint it with a brown pen or such.
Thanks for any pointers.
Keith.

[garyeanderson]

Will this work?

Maybe get mum to kiss it and make it better

Gary

[jono]

Keith,

The old cabinet makers trick was to rub a cut walnut along the crack (no sniggering at the back) - it will disguise but not remove it.

Alternatively try some very fine cutting compound or plastic polish.

Jon

[nebogipfel]

Will this work?

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Maybe get mum to kiss it and make it better

Gary

If I or others posted this we would likely get a scathing response from you Gary along the lines of .........


If that's the best answer you can come up with blah blah blah

Just thought I'd point it out

[worzel]

Hi Keith

The lacquer is going to be either cellulose or 2k. If it's cellulose a bit of patience should fix it- you'd need to degrease the area then possibly (carefully) soften slightly the lacquer by applying a spot of cellulose thinners (preferably dab it on) then use a fine artist brush to apply thinned cellulose lacquer and build up the coats till slightly proud of surface, leave to harden for a few days then flat the area with 1000 grade wet and dry then polish with something like farecla g3. If the finish is 2k it'll probably be quite a thick coat so you should be able to get away with simply flatting the scratch (1000) until the area is matt then polish with g3. The only thing you have to watch out for is that you might overpolish the area so the rest looks less glossy- if so fade in using a slightly coarser rubbing compound.

John