Cladding Touchup

[Rmack311]

Has anyone found touchup paint for the cladding, or what do you do if you stratch the cladding?

 

[ygmn]

Do a search for scratch and cladding...not really much you can do from the threads that mention it....

Paint is an idea I never thought of though.

 

[jstrickl]

Here's the thread you are looking for: Plastic Cladding.

It covers a lot of information on cladding care.

Jamie

 

[KurtZ66]

I'm interested in this too. Switching from an S-10 to the Av was interesting. About two weeks after getting the Avalanche, a cut it a little close coming out of the garage and scratched the cladding on the driver's side front bumber. It's not bad, but it drives me crazy. I don't need to replace the front end cladding but would like to treat the scratch.

 

[Jake]

I haven't looked up any other threads on this, but here is my idea: Heat up the area of the cladding that is scratched and press a peice of sandpaper against the warmed-up plastic. My theory is that the sandpaper (choose a grit that closely resembles the texture of the plastic) will mold the heated plastic. Any comments?

 

[darconf]

I was at a fair about 6 years ago and perused a booth demo, of a plastic motorcycle tank repaired with some plastic rod and a heat gun ...was flexible yet strong . anyone else ever see this? just a thought

update:


http://www.plastifix.com/
http://www.urethanesupply.com/

 

[gstreak]

I have welded plastic before. It is not easy and the finish is not pretty. I did successfully weld a cracked dirt bike tank. As for the heat and sand paper idea, it sounds good but I would definitely try it on a spot that wasn't vissible or a piece of cladding that was cheap to replace, first!

 

[DoogieDobe]

Add me to the list of boo boos on cladding. My left front bumper. A crap load to fix.

If I can paint it to cover up until I buy a new bumper cover and brush guard. My fear is if I don't get a the bumper cladding soon it wont match the existing shade of cladding.

Doogie