How to repair scuffed black plastic grill

This sticks like glue. Looks expensive but it works and should cover those scuff pad looking marks pretty well. You could always refine the scratches. Screenshot_20250306-210446.png
 
question JC, was it always black? i have so many 80s dodge grills here, i cant tell if they all had at one time a coating, or if its sluffed off over the years. some were indeed black. i have seen some painted, but i have yet to have luck painting plastic. perhaps ill bug you guys when the time comes.
 
'68 Coronet R/T said:
How about some pictures?
I have a place on a grille that needs repair as well.
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The car that had the grill problem was picked up Friday, I tried to get some pictures but they just would not show up for me. This is the car, I repaired and blended the front bumper coverand passenger door. I wish the scuffs would show up, sorry.
 

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Likely the easiest way to repair it permanently is to remove it, prep and respray with a matte or flat (ish?) black depending on the gloss level. There are tricks to get something out the door but they don't last. Black shoe polish was one that used to be used on accidentally scuffed or sanded spots on black trim. There used to be a black type wax product (maybe still) that worked on certain things so you could get something out the door. Obviously not permanent and you don't want to be deceptive like that I would imagine.

IMO the only real way to do it is pull it and reshoot it. Maybe you can do it assembled IDK. You'll probably need to do some sprayouts of products to find something with the correct or close to, gloss level. Even non-SPI matte and flat blacks that are activated, you can play around a bit with the activator ratio to increase or decrease gloss.

If they are really light scuff marks you could try a little polishing compound and hand rubbing the area. Have no idea if that would work though.
 
Chris_Hamilton said:
Likely the easiest way to repair it permanently is to remove it, prep and respray with a matte or flat (ish?) black depending on the gloss level. There are tricks to get something out the door but they don't last. Black shoe polish was one that used to be used on accidentally scuffed or sanded spots on black trim. There used to be a black type wax product (maybe still) that worked on certain things so you could get something out the door. Obviously not permanent and you don't want to be deceptive like that I would imagine.

IMO the only real way to do it is pull it and reshoot it. Maybe you can do it assembled IDK. You'll probably need to do some sprayouts of products to find something with the correct or close to, gloss level. Even non-SPI matte and flat blacks that are activated, you can play around a bit with the activator ratio to increase or decrease gloss.

If they are really light scuff marks you could try a little polishing compound and hand rubbing the area. Have no idea if that would work though.
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I appreciate your help with this, this is the bumper cover you guided me on how to repair and paint.
 
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