Headlight lens refinishing
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Headlight lens refinishing
'Just a note of thanks to all who made my '96's headlights brighter. I used 1000 and 1500 sandpaper (dry) on my orbital sander , then rubbing compound on cloth by hand, made the night a lot brighter. I plan to put relays on the headlights, next, as I have a bunch leftover from a tow package job.
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Headlight Lens refinishing
Originally Posted by Baggins
Cool,
I missed that post, did the sanding effectively take out the "yellowing: that occurrs? or did you have a different problem?
Dan
I missed that post, did the sanding effectively take out the "yellowing: that occurrs? or did you have a different problem?
Dan
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They sell hadlight polishing kits. They work like a charm. You use different grades of very fine wet sandpaper each getting finer. Then you use a polishing compound. Makes them look new.
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Dumb question
Where do you get 1500 grit sandpaper? I don't remember seeing any that fine. Course I'm only looking at the box stores, and then not lately. Seems like the best I could ever find is about 400! I need to clean my headlights and I have a couple of mag lights that are scratched and dulled. Will it polish back to a clear finish? I did the brasso polish and it helped, but the headlights are still yellow.
Where do you get 1500 grit sandpaper? I don't remember seeing any that fine. Course I'm only looking at the box stores, and then not lately. Seems like the best I could ever find is about 400! I need to clean my headlights and I have a couple of mag lights that are scratched and dulled. Will it polish back to a clear finish? I did the brasso polish and it helped, but the headlights are still yellow.
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Depending on how bad the yellowing and or scratches are you may need to use 1000 grit first to rub those out, and then move to finer paper. The kit I bought had 1000 grit, 1500, 2000, and 2500 and then the polishing paste. The sandpaper does most of the work and removes the small scratches that can leave a dull finish after you polish.
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