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Don't the dealers use something to cover up scratches well, if even temporarily? If so, would it also work on the bumper?

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~One man’s opinion / observations ~

A ‘Glaze’ contains oil/fillers that will cover paint scratches (until its washed once or maybe twice)

If the surface is rubber or vinyl you would have to level the surface with an abrasive or a grit paper and block to ‘hide’ the blemish (be careful how far you go with ‘levelling’)

~Hope this helps~

Experience unshared; is knowledge wasted…/ Jon

justadumbarchitect * so I question everything *

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I don't think we can speak to ALL dealers, except to say that before they deliver a

vehicle to a buyer, they need it to look pretty darned good. Most dealers have a

detailer on site who checks over the car and does the final prep work. That prep

work could involve dealing with some scratches that occurred during transport,

or even on their lots for that matter. Remember, scratches can be dealt with in

one of two ways: cut them down or fill them. This is going to vary from dealer to

dealer. I've actually seen even Honda and Mazda dealerships with on-site

detailers who are contractors and I've seen beautiful work. I've seen Mercedes

detailers slap something on or over a scratch to get the car out the door. Who

can say?

On your problem with the bumper, it's impossible for us to say what products a

dealer may use. My advice would be to focus on your own situation and deal with

it in a way that will satisfy you. Determine how severe the scratch is and decide

how much time and effort you want to put into it, or if it's one of those you may

just decide to live with.

Most of today's bumpers are a high-impact plastic and are generally more

difficult to buff out scratches than those on painted sheet metal, particularly if

they fall on the corners. As a professional detailer, I've had considerable success,

in particular with Lexus bumpers--this surprised me greatly--one would think

Mercedes would respond better, so you've got a forgiving su rface there, which

should encourage you. I got rid of some bad scratches and pulled an

unbelievable shine from a 7-year-old ES300 bumper that had been abused.

Here's what I used that worked extremely well on scratches on the Lexus bumper:

Menzerna Intensive Polish

Menzerna Intensive Polish

followed by Klasse All-In-One

http://www.lexuscarcare.com/kus-kla-10.html

Are you using a buffer? If not--get one--you're going to need it eventually

anyway--- and get the Porter Cable 7424--a critical tool if you really want to take

care of that Lexus--http://store.yahoo.com/lexuscarcare/pc-7424-kit.html This kit comes with an orange cutting pad that you will need.

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