How to refinish your foggy/hazy plastic vehicle headlights cheap and easy. This is a tutorial on how to fix it, without breaking your budget and buying new headlights or lenses. You will need 1000, 1500, 2000 grit, soapy water, rubbing/polishing compound, & wax. Instead of compound, you can also use tooth paste because it does have a small amount of grit in it.
Material/products:
-1000 grit wet/dry sandpaper
-1500 grit wet/dry sandpaper
-2000 grit wet/dry sandpaper
-bucket of water with car wash soap (or dish soap)
-paste or liquid polishing compound/scratch remover
-paste or liquid automotive wax (I used carnauba wax, but it doesn't have to be)
-2 lint free polishing clothes
How would you compare this to a headlight restoration kit. Is is basically the same concept? I heard when using sandpaper, that not all the fine scratches come out.
the last dealership i worked at had us do this. if done right they come out very nice. we pretty much did it this way. we did the sanding by hand and we had a good buffer for the wax.
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