Somehow I have managed to place a scratch in the grey, metallic like, plastic seat backing of one of my adaptive sport seats. The scratch is not very deep but appears as a thin, near vertically running, straight, white line about three inches long just below the coat hanger.

Does anyone have any helpful suggestions as to how I might camouflage this?

 

I think trying to match it with some touch up paint will be your only bet. Did you try to polish it out? Sometimes cleaning it real well and them polishing it will practically make it invisable. Otherwise try to match it. It might sound nuts but for soem other metallic surfaces I have used a silver permanent marker. Not the greatest solution but a solution. Test a very small area if the color is a close match, then you decide. Sorry to hear that and good luck.

 

I have been able to polish out small scratches in my boats gelcoat using fiberglass polish with an orbital polisher.
You may be able to do the same, if the seatback is solid plastic and the scratch is not deep.
If it's painted, it should be even easier to repair , but you may want to have it done by a professional unless you have good spray equipment .

I would check with the dealer (or bodyshop) before proceeding.

Good luck .

 

Thanks for the advice. I spoke to my local body shop but they said best leave it be, they advised against polishing because this results in a localised high gloss finish that looks wrong against the original surrounding matt sheen.

I think something like shoe polish, a pen marker approach or even a pencil may offer the best solution. Fortunately it doesn't need to be perfect, it's rare to have anyone in the rear seats, I just want to avoid it glaring at me through the rear window every time I get the car out of the garage.

 

Black shoe polish worked best. The result, while not perfect, met my objective of making the scratch barely visible.