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    Cowl scratches!! Help

    Hey guys, long story short I rubbed my cowl up against a nasty steel cable at LOZ and it makes me sick. Seems like under the paint it’s white plastic but I could be wrong. I’ve read posts on just wet sanding it and huffing it to perfection but those seem to be posts on the 2 strokes. Any ideas? Or anyone experience fixing some scratches on the new 4s cowl! Any help is appreciated

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    Mercury make Cowl Finishing Compound and I seen a vid a year or so ago and the result were very impressive
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    Another vote for the Mercury finishing compound, good stuff!

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    Definitely recommend the cowl finishing compound.

    If your would, please take a few moments to review the Announcements at the top of the forum, and be sure to provide the Required Info (serial number) when posting. Thanks!

    If you can, post a couple of pictures. That might help with making suggestions based on the level of damage.


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    #5
    Any decent body shop could repair/repaint it....won't be cheap, but would guess if you have a good relationship w/ them and some time, if you dropped it off, they could do for a few hundred bucks, unless you need decals and stuff, then it is going to get expensive.
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    Really need a pic for good “usable” advice ...
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    Black sharpie.