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Moving out the country soon and would like to sell my headlight resto biz to somebody locally, but not having too much luck on craigslist. It comes with supplies and a websites and all that jazz so I'm hoping there may be somewhere better to sell than CL? Any of you guys ever done this before?

Looks decent. No idea on longevity though. I used their sealant on one headlight and optiseal on the other and both had a nice little shine.

Tried the product out today just to see what's up. Actually worked well. Should have taken photos but too late now that I don't have befores.

Even if it is just a sealant like the optimum opti-seal I used before the spar method then that'll keep the headlights looking decent for 6 months, maybe more depending on how much annual sunlight and heat you get. I'm starting to think some good old fashioned signs put up at car washes would...

I didn't think any of those kits came with UV sealant? Maybe I wasn't looking hard enough...

Well...yeah the sanding bit is definitely true. I guess I've always been more of a "screw it go for it" type when it comes to working on things. Gotta remember that my target market isn't.

3m kit is how i got into this mess in the first place haha.

Sylvania came out with a restoration kit that actually has UV sealant AND sandpaper Amazon.com: Sylvania 38771 Headlight Restoration Kit: Automotive ...two of the things that I always knew I'd have over the other kits on the market. With that fast-brite crap out on TV now I'm sure a lot more...

Yeah I'm using high speed on my 18V drill. Maybe I should go back and do one by hand with the same type of method and see what type of difference there is. Grrr.

Hey all, Starting up a little headlight resto business. Using a 3" drill adapter with a soft foam meguiars unigrit thing inbetween the pad and the sanding discs, I'm getting scratching while wet sanding. Process went from wet sanding 800-1000-1500-trizact 3000 disc, then using an yellow pad...

Using a drill adapter and going from 800-1000-1500-3000-meg 105-plastx I'm still getting TONS of sanding swirls. Is this because I'm going from the 1500 straight to a 3000 trizact disc? Should I be using a 2000 or 2500 in between? Or could it be the drill adapter? I wetsand with all and...

hi, was curious if you're applying the 50/50 mix with a shop towel or sponge or something? i see NO STREAKS in your jobs and am absolutely jealous. hand sanding i'm assuming too? thanks!

Also, I use a 2 gallon garden pump sprayer from homedepot to keep water in for spraying down the headlights before and after sanding steps. This helps a lot too as opposed to trying to mess with a hose.

I don't like keeping urethane and mineral spirits cans in my car. Does anybody know if you can keep these chemicals in a plastic pump spray bottle or smaller plastic bottles? Anybody tried applying the mixture with one of those foam painting brushes you can get at walmart? I think it might...

Same here to be honest. I ran into the same issue you had. Was using the 3000 trizact discs, meguiars 105 for cutting compound, and then plastx as the final step and topping with opti-seal for UV protection. The 105 got EVERYWHERE during the process. Slinging all over the place. Huge mess...

Hahaha live and learn. It wasn't a spray clear, I don't want to have to worry about overspray so I'm using the clear solution this thread is all about.

Good thing it was just my wife's car. Haha.

Bummer. Sprayed the headlights with the new clearcoat an hour after the clear was applied. The water spots made their way into the clear and won't come out. Anybody know how long the car has to sit before applying water or washing the headlights? Obviously this process makes a mess so...

This works AMAZINGLY! Thanks so much for being the nice type of guy who shares his information with others. Huge kudos to you. One question though, I'm getting some marks if I apply a little too thick with a shop towel. Would it be better to try and use one of those foam paint brushes like...