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Thread: Dash: Polish/Buffing or Clear Coat?

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10-10-2009, 01:13 PM

miniola

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Dash: Polish/Buffing or Clear Coat?

Hi. I just bought a second hand OEM 3 piece wood dash kit. I noticed that it has some minor scuffing on parts. What would be the best way to deal with this? Should I use some kind of polish/buffing or should I just spray with a layer of clear coat? I have no idea how thick the "wood" finish is so I am a little concerned with accidentally removing some of the pattern if I use the polish/buffing technique. And if I use clear coat and it looks like crap I'm pretty sure I can't remove it without wrecking the whole thing. Anyone done this before?

I've been looking through post after post about how to remove and install. A bit confusing... some think it's really easy... others not so much. This is for R52 (1st Gen Cabrio) 2008.