Headlight Restoration

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I would try a small spot in the corner where it wouldnt be a deterent. I will check with my supplier on the cost of watch crystal polish and see if it would be cheaper. Mike
 
MM was developed to remove scratches from airplane windows. It will work on you headlights
But try it on a small area first. May be a lot of work.
 
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I had a guy come by my house and polish my head lights... he put fliers about and I thought I'd try him... the pad he used on a power drill looked almost like the green scour pads you use in the house... he had a spray that he used with the scrubber... my lens looked fine for about a year, but need to be polished again.
 
I had a friend buy a kit he was indeed impressed it has been ok for about a year. he did a 80s mustang I believe.
 
I worked with plastics for many years and plain old Colgate Tooth paste works fine. There is also a product called Simi-Chrome that is a very fine metal polish. Works great
 
I used wet MM on my Dodge caravan headlights it worked great then I used some white diamond on a buffer to finish the job. They have looked good for over a year now.
 
Well being in the automotive industry I've found two products that really work. 3M's product works very well and Meguairs has a headlight restoration kit that works really well.
 
I used the Novus f Plastic polish rom Mike and Linda worked great on my old Ford Windstar
It took a while with the heave scratch remover, they were real nasty oxidized, finished them off with the fine scratch remover and nearly a year later they still look good, AND the Novus is great on Acrylic pens, bot Alumilite and Polyester.
 
Ford pickup lights are notorious for this. Mine are in bad need of being buffed out. A while back I tried my pads I use for polishing plastics( the colored ones made for wet sanding) I just did a small spot and it cleaned it up pretty nice but WAS A LOT OF WORK.
Needless to say I've not gone back and done all of it!
 
How about that stuff everyone uses to remove hard water build-up? I believe it is called CLR? Just wondering if the haze is similar to the calcium build-up? :cool:

Somewhere else years ago I read that the cleaner (a crystal mix) used in commercial cleaning of coffee pots would clean this haze off?? I have no idea as to where it could be obtained?
 
Meguire's Plastic Windshild Polish (available at any boat or motorcycle shop for about $6 a pint) and micromesh makes them look like new. If they are badly oxidized, use Novus 2 first. Another words, treat the headlights just like an acrylic pen blank.
 
Usually, it's only the outside that requires attention. It's craizing, from the heat cycles, being hit with the road grime and UV rays (exposure). Only takes me 10 minutes or so to do a set, that doesn't include removal and installation of coarse.
 
I tried the MM pads on my daughters headlights. I was not able to get all the yellow out, but I definitely brightened them up a bunch. It was a ton of hand scrubbing/sanding. I don't doubt that if I had a way to power the MM pads it would have got all the yellow out..but my elbows and hands could not do it!
 
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I tried the MM pads on my daughters headlights. I was not able to get all the yellow out, but I definitely brightened them up a bunch. It was a ton of hand scrubbing/sanding. I don't doubt that if I had a way to power the MM pads it would have got all the yellow out..but my elbows and hands could not do it!
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Bring them by, I'll fix them up for you.

You are only about an hour or so from me.
 
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