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I test sanded part of my headlight (circled in red in photos) for a long time to see if I could restore transparency to the polycarbonate. Used 600, 1000, 1500, 2000 grits, then polished with rubbing compound. No matter how long I sand, I just can't get rid of the milky appearance. especially...

my car is almost 14 years old. The clear on the roof has failed and is peeling. The flakes coming off are less than a fraction of paper thickness. Is new clear coat as thick as several sheets of paper?

if a car sitting outside and waxed every week still gets clear coat failure, why even bother waxing at all? If clear coat gets hazy, but can be buffed back to a shine, is it pretty much too late to save it? point of no return? I have a 2007 dark gray car, and the roof paint has gotten hazy or...

Just wondering if anyone has been able to get 845 to last more than a month on the hood, roof, and trunk panels...when parked outside in the sun all day. When I wash the car 30 days later with meguiars car wash, the horizontal surfaces don't bead water anymore. You guys who can make it last...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDvYReMjaeY See this video and skip to 6:00 mark. Is that too much collinite, or just right for the front door this guy is waxing? This guy pours wax twice just for the front door. I use much much less than that on a foam pad, and I'm wondering if I'm using too...

and where can I get some? Anyone an expert with car leather restoration?

how do you guys polish clear plastic, such as instrument gauges? It seems the more you polish, the more swirled it gets

assuming paint is clean, if a compounding or stiffer foam pad has no polish on it, can it scratch paint when used with a DA polisher? of course I'm not going to use a pad bone dry, just wondering about the technical characteristics of foam pads.

Using collinite 845, two dabs from the bottle. I get lousy coverage using straight line wipe method. So it's back to circular wax on, straight line wax off.

I got a pair of 6" waffle foam cutting pads for just $3 ! :xyxthumbs: Half the pad isn't touching the paint because of the waffle structure. In effect, it's working half as fast as a flat foam pad. So tell me what's so good about waffle foam?

What happens when you mix and match polishes with pads.... for instance, using a medium cut orange pad with a finer polish like Ultimate Polish ? Will that result in hazing? I know you can use softer pads with more aggressive compounds to fine tune the cut. But what about the reverse...

Does anyone have a dark colored car kept outside, regularly waxed, with micropitting on the roof and trunk paint (horizontal surfaces)? Just wondering if I'm the only one, or if I didn't wax enough. The micropitting gives the paint a hazy look.

If you had to measure wax by the teaspoon, how much 845 wax should be used on the roof of the average family sedan? I washed the roof of my sedan with palmolive. applied 845 on 3/13. Hasn't been washed since 3/13. Now it doesn't bead up. Car is parked outside 24/7. Paint is charcoal color...

anyone ever try a cheap one like this compared to a more expensive one? how'd it work?

I was thinking about those wood furniture that is coated in a thick hard resin coating, and I thought it sounded perfect for headlight yellowing problems. polyurethane (not polyester) casting resin is optically clear UV stable, and a lot cheaper than opti-lens. There's something called...

if you use light or lighter pressure with extra coarse buffing pads on a DA, will you get similar results as a medium orange buffing pad with regular pressure, or would the extra coarse pads result in paint marring regardless of pressure ? This is the "extra coarse" pad I'm looking at....

Have you seen your headlights at night when the lights are on? When you sand your lights and polish, you may not be getting all the scratches out. It might look good enough during the day, but take a look at your headlights with the light beam shining through them. holy scratches and swirls.

is it possible to achieve very good clarity with an orange light-medium cut foam pad with Megs Ultimate Polish using jeweling technique? There are some narrow contoured areas I have 3" pads for, and I don't want to buy any more different pads because they are a ripoff.

That hidden stitching that holds pieces of the leather seat fabric together. Do you think it's beneficial to get a bit of Lexol into those stitching holes, or will it just grease and dirty things up too much?

Anyone order this stuff before? Blue 3m clay? Is it ok for soft lexus paint?