Ultimate Compound / Swirl-X on painted plastic?

[Marc Hufnagel]

A car I'm going to be working on (2008 Hyundai) has some pretty large front and rear bumper covers that are plastic, but are painted body color.

The back especially has a few smaller scratches (not deep) and am curious about the application of one of these two products on this type of material?

[Michael Stoops]

Re: Ultimate Compound / Swirl-X on painted plastic?

You'll be perfectly fine. Remember, you're working on the paint, not the substrate beneath it. And as long as you can not feel the scratches with your fingernail you should be able to remove them with these products.


NOTE: the substrate can make a difference when working with a rotary buffer since steel, aluminum, carbon fiber and polyurethane all react differently to heat. But essentially, since you're working on the paint, all the same products and techniques will work equally well regardless what's under the paint.

[Marc Hufnagel]

Re: Ultimate Compound / Swirl-X on painted plastic?

You'll be perfectly fine. Remember, you're working on the paint, not the substrate beneath it. And as long as you can not feel the scratches with your fingernail you should be able to remove them with these products.


NOTE: the substrate can make a difference when working with a rotary buffer since steel, aluminum, carbon fiber and polyurethane all react differently to heat. But essentially, since you're working on the paint, all the same products and techniques will work equally well regardless what's under the paint.

Ok thank you . That's really what my question was based more towards, whether the part being plastic would be a concern to be observed or caution used. As with the DA I don't think I see heat being a problem as the car sitting in the sun could get much hotter.