Recent content by rob42

^ yep, exactly. It's as if these lenses are super soft and easy to scratch. Lightly wiping a microfiber towel over them is enough to leave marks that show with a flashlight.

Thought I'd give an update! I was skeptical at first, but the DP headlight polish is amazing. I used it at high speed (1800rpm) with a white Chemical Guys Hex-Logic pad, and within about 20 seconds I had completely swirl free lights! Not "finer swirls" but no swirls! The biggest challenge was...

The headlights had a very thin clear finish on the inside that was failing ("holes" were appearing). Not sure what caused it to fail, but I had no choice but removing it. As far as pads go, I had been using a generic set of 4" pads, where the orange was firmest. I've just ordered a set of 4"...

Some updates. I ordered the DP polish, but it's not going to arrive for a week :( I decided to repeat the process from start to finish - to see if maybe I'd missed or screwed up a step before. 1. M105 on orange foam pad. Drill at half pressure (est. 1000~1500rpm). Did about 8 slow overlapping...

I've been using new Chemical Guys MF applicators this whole time. I just ordered some Meguiar's soft foam applicators and will try those by hand with PlastX and the Mothers polish. If that doesn't work, I'll order the DP headlight polish. I'm avoiding buying it because of how long it will take...

Thanks for the advice everyone! The DP polish looks interesting - but I want to be sure it will solve my swirl problem before ordering and waiting a week for it to arrive! I did some more experimenting to work out where the swirls are coming from. I wet sanded with 3000 grit paper in a single...

I have since tried using 205 cut with water and light pressure on a fresh white pad - no effect. I then tried PlastX - applied with medium-light pressure by hand with a microfiber pad for about 2 minutes in a small spot. No change. I even masked off an area to be sure, and after removing the...

Hey all I sanded and polished some hazed headlight lenses, but I can't get these fine swirls out. My process was wet sanding with 800, 1200, then 2000 grit (in straight lines). I then used Meguiars M105 on an orange foam pad to remove the 2000 grit sanding marks - which are now all gone. In...