Door Panel Plastic Repair

Now that I am broke as can be, I need to salvage what I can from my interior. I am wondering how people fix deep scratches in plastic? Can these be filled and textures with a heat gun?

I restored several heavy scratches on some E-body door panels by using a heat gun on low and some plastic trim tools to push the excess plastic that was rolled up on each side of the scratch back into place. Used some grey and red Scotch-Brite pads to even it all out and then repainted them. Not 100% perfect but much better than when I started. Just be careful with that heat gun...

What Grady said, be careful with the heat. Might be better to let them sit in the hot sun and work them that way. A scuff with a scotch brite and a shot of dye will do wonders, esp. black. Good Luck

I have really good luck with products from "Doc's Total Package" for interior vinyl and plastics. I have also used the "Plastex" repair kit in conjunction with Doc's products. Google and YouTube them both for complete How To's. Basically, after using the Plastex to repair cracks and deep scratches, I use the "Clone It" product from Doc to take a "Mold" of the surrounding vinyl or plastic texture and use that mold to imprint the original texture back onto the repaired area. Repaired my cracked up center console this way and it came out good for my first attempt. Subsequent repairs came out excellent and aren't noticeable unless I point them out. The Plastex repairs are surprisingly strong and have not re-cracked. Good Luck!

Contact your local car dealer and ask them If they have a company that comes in and repairs small interior damage.
I had a friend that used to work for a company that went around to car lots detailing cars, both new and used.
He would repair cracked dashes, leather and even cloth seats. He had a chemical that he would apply then lay a texture over it until it cured...the textured mats were made by basically spreading a type of silicone on an undamged section until it dried and left the reverse image of the texture...