Damaged Alloy Bar

Submitted: Tuesday, Feb 03, 2004 at 20:34

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Jason (macca)

Gidday all,

I am after some tips on how to fix a few scratches on my alloy bull bar. My wife dragged the bull bar along the fence whilst backing out of the pre-school car park. She was attempting to swing out of the car park and has just caught the right hand side corner of the bar. The fence was a timber fence but the fence nails have left 4 x 10cm long scratch's in the bar. The scratch's are about 3mm wide and maybe 1 or 2mm deep.

What chances do I have of getting them out. How should I attempt to remove them. Whats the best way to polish the bar once I have removed the scratch's.

Cheers
Jason

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Reply By: Dennis (Brisbane) - Tuesday, Feb 03, 2004 at 21:29

Tuesday, Feb 03, 2004 at 21:29

Autosol will polish bar to a mirror finish ................... except for the scratches that is lol. You can get it from auto shops like Supercheap, Repco etc

The scratches .................. they may have to be permanent reminders.

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Reply By: Eric.- Tuesday, Feb 03, 2004 at 22:28

Tuesday, Feb 03, 2004 at 22:28

alloy can be repaired quite easily , small file then sand with sandpaper gradually going down in grades , then buff with ally pollishVenus Bay

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Reply By: Willem - Tuesday, Feb 03, 2004 at 23:09

Tuesday, Feb 03, 2004 at 23:09

Go back to the pre-school and scratch the other side as well......then it will look if it was part of the manufacturing process :-)))

Cheers,

Willem1958 Patrol Pretty flash eh?

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Reply By: snow - Wednesday, Feb 04, 2004 at 10:08

Wednesday, Feb 04, 2004 at 10:08

If you go the sandpaper method, try a very fine wet n dry paper with kerosene, then finish off with autosol. Might pay to practice in a discreet spot first.

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