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I can't believe how trashed the headlights were to start with - almost looks like they had a light coat of spray paint on them.
Originally posted by Blueline
I own a silver vehicle and a black vehicle owns me. The black one demands attention, washing, detailing, waxing and an occasional dinner out at a nice restaurant. The silver one demands nothing and it looks just fine. I think the black vehicle is taking advantage of me, and the silver car is more my style. We can go out for a drive without her makeup and she looks fine. If I want to take the black one out, it is three or four hours in the "bathroom" to get ready.
I can't believe how trashed the headlights were to start with - almost looks like they had a light coat of spray paint on them.
Thanks, it took some work, but they turned out great. The drivers side headlight was a used replacement light due to an accident. When I received it, it was pretty badly oxidized. I cleaned it up with PlastX, but 2 years later.... it looked like it did in the before pictures! Extremely oxidized.
With these lights, I began wetsanding with 500 grit, then 800, 1000, 1500, 2000. Wiped headlight down with Mineral Spirits, then applied a Spar Urethane/Mineral Spirits mixture for UV protection.
With these lights, I began wetsanding with 500 grit, then 800, 1000, 1500, 2000. Wiped headlight down with Mineral Spirits, then applied a Spar Urethane/Mineral Spirits mixture for UV protection.
So you went straight from wetsanding to LSP? No compounding?
Originally posted by Blueline
I own a silver vehicle and a black vehicle owns me. The black one demands attention, washing, detailing, waxing and an occasional dinner out at a nice restaurant. The silver one demands nothing and it looks just fine. I think the black vehicle is taking advantage of me, and the silver car is more my style. We can go out for a drive without her makeup and she looks fine. If I want to take the black one out, it is three or four hours in the "bathroom" to get ready.
Oh, I see. Spar Urethane is actually a clear protective coating formulated for timber!
Well, whatever works I guess
Originally posted by Blueline
I own a silver vehicle and a black vehicle owns me. The black one demands attention, washing, detailing, waxing and an occasional dinner out at a nice restaurant. The silver one demands nothing and it looks just fine. I think the black vehicle is taking advantage of me, and the silver car is more my style. We can go out for a drive without her makeup and she looks fine. If I want to take the black one out, it is three or four hours in the "bathroom" to get ready.
nice work, would plastX via DA remove that heavy haze?
btw....how the heck does anyone allow that to happen to their cars?
You'd be hard pressed to get any sort of desirable results for any length of time using a DA + compound or PlastX. The problem is the lack of "bite" in a DA pad to "clean" out all of the oxidation on the headlight lens in the condition that this headlight was in... hence the use of aggressive wet sanding.
Now if you want a temporary fix and are satisfied with ~80% correction and continual "messing" with your headlights to keep them presentable... yes.
Those look great! Worth $50 imo. Are you applying that product with a brush? Does mixing it with the mineral spirits help level it out like that? Is it a couple thin coats. Thank you.
Those look great! Worth $50 imo. Are you applying that product with a brush? Does mixing it with the mineral spirits help level it out like that? Is it a couple thin coats. Thank you.
The product is applied with a Scott's Shop Towel (the blue ones). The mineral spirits allows the mixture to be workable, but the mixture is self-leveling to a certain degree. Only one coat is applied.
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