[herro]

Hey guys.. hoping you can help me out here before I waste even more money

I have these fine scratches on my glossy burl wood trim in my 2007 328i - I purchased Zaino's Plastic Magic hoping it could get some of them out (they're highly visible from certain angles when the sun hits them) but it didn't do squat

Is there a certain plastic glaze I can use or something of that sort to fill in the scratches in my glossy wood trim?

Thanks!

[jopa489]

It's clearcoated just like your paint, so go for a finishing polish by hand. Something like Menzerna PO106FA would be good. I would recommend masking off the dash around the wood beforehand. You could even apply a coat of wax to the wood after polishing if you wanted to.

Swissvax also makes a wood trim polish, but I haven't tried it nor heard much about it.

[crazytaiwanese]

the clearcoat however is very thin compared to the exterior of the car so when your polishing it, be sure to be extra careful and dont use too much pressure. i had some fine scratches on the back seat trim behind the armrest and i used mequiars scratch x 2.0. i was REALLY careful and it took care of the scratches. as stated above its probably better to tape off the edges this way you wont have to worry too much about the outside areas and focus on workin out the scratch.

[raceyBMW]

The wood trim usually pops out very easily too, might be worth it to remove it from the car before working on it..except maybe the shift console.

[onesuperboi]

I also have spider web scratches on my wood trim. I've tried the zaino polish and mequiars tech wax, and both didn't work. However, it is really shiny and looks good, until the sun hits the the trim directly revealing the spider web scratches.

Any other recommendations would be helpful. I'm not really feeling trying to porter the trim. I'm hoping for some sort of better product. If anyone tried that swissvax trim polish, please let us know how it went and if it's any good.

[jopa489]

I wasn't suggesting you PC the trim!

A light polish has the abrasives you need to remove the scratches. Tape off the edges so you don't get polish on the dash, or do as raceyBMW suggested and pop the trim out. Then work the polish gently by hand using a small pad or even a foam applicator.

[MrDummy]

^^ Is there anything I can pick up at a local store that would work, as I have a shytload of scratches when the sun hits the trim as well. (Burl Trim)

[MuttGrunt]

Meguiar's 105 by hand is a god send not only for wood trim, but for areas like the door jambs, the inside of the door handles that get scratched by finger nails over time, etc.

OTC solutions would include Meguiar's SwirlX or ScratchX

[Houman21]

106FA by hand is a waste of time on wood, good exercise though haven't tried Megs 105 by hand - there is another (recent) thread on this you should check it out.

There is no easy solution to this, so the real question how badly does it bother you?

[TOGWT]

Wood Trim

The wood trim in most vehicles (some BMW, Lexus and Mercedes Benz use real wood) which is protected with a urethane clear coat, polyurethane or a thin lacquer, which is very easily scratched.

• Clean with a chemical cleaner (Klasse All-In-One or Zaino Z-AIO) and then buff with a clean micro fibre towel
• Remove scratches with a fine polish (QUIXX Repair System or 3M Plastic Polish and Cleaner)
• Maintenance- use an anti-static plastic cleaner (Iz einszett Cockpit Premium) which includes UV protection, alternate by using a clean damp micro fibre towel

[Cosmop]

How are you guys getting scraches on your wood trim? I can see how it could happen next to the shift knob but it seems hard to get a scrach on the dash.

[JPA69]

+1 on the Klasse AIO for the wood trim - easy to work with and looks great.

[5erman]

A lot of scratches on mine came from a few years of improperly washing-like wiping the wood trim down with a dry cloth every now and again to "dust it" or using the wrong products.

I disagree about not being able to use the PC-I took out all my trim the other month, including the trim around the shift knob and used an orange pad with poorboy 2.5 then white pad with poorboy 1-and it came out perfffectly-all scratches (and there were a TON, esp around shifter) came out.

I then used zaino CS on it and do that each week or so-

[Weaselboy]

I just wife mine down with Zaino Z6 quick detailer evert few washes and it looks good.