Headlight restoration ?

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I have 2 cars that have plastic headlights. I usually take the cars every year or so to have the headlights cleaned and restored.

It costs me around $20.00 per headlight for the restoration.

I want to do it myself and save some money.

I have the Griots 6" polisher which I know is too big for this job.

Yesterday I ordered the Griots 3" polisher kit from Autogeek.

What product and pad should I use to restore my headlights ?


Thanks
 
http://www.autogeekonline.net/forum/showthread.php?t=72398

Check this out! Art posted where you can get all of the supplies! It will cost you 20 dollars a car and you can do others people and make some $

I did this and worked out good you can also do it by machine



Step 1: Sand with 500 Grit until the lens is opaque white. This is the most important step because the more even your sanding, the better your overall results will be. Wipe lens



Step 2: Sand with 800 Grit and sand as your did the first time. This step is to begin refining larger sanding marks



Step 3: Wet-Sand with 1200 Grit. Fill a spray bottle and generously apply over the area to be sanded. Sand as you did the first two steps. You will notice that the lens is beginning to look clearer. Continue wet-sanding until all previous sanding marks have dissapeared.



Step 4: Wet-Sand with 3000 Grit. Sand as you did with all previous steps. At this point, all of your previous sanding marks have been refined and its time to bring out the polisher. <font color="red">*If you don't have a polisher, I recommend buying a white Euro CCS Hand Polishing Pad from AG.



Step 5: Compound the headlights.



<font color="red">*Wolfgang Compound, Menzerna Compound, and Meguiars Compound are most commonly used amongst people on the forum with great results.



Step 6: Polish with a fine polish.



Step 7: Seal Them Up. Opti-Lens is a great choice as its designed to be permanent. DP Headlight Coating is a fairly new product made by the good folks at Autogeek so it's also a solid option.



<font color="red">IF YOU DONT WANT TO SAND, DP MAKES A HEADLIGHT RESTORATION KIT BUT THIS REQUIRES A DRILL. THIS IS A MUCH FASTER OPTION AND HAS YIELDED VERY SIMILIAR RESULTS TO SANDING.



Hope this helps,

Brian
 
BrianMcLeod said:
Headlights - Auto Geek Online Auto Detailing Forum

Check this out! Art posted where you can get all of the supplies! It will cost you 20 dollars a car and you can do others people and make some $

I did this and worked out good you can also do it by machine



Step 1: Sand with 500 Grit until the lens is opaque white. This is the most important step because the more even your sanding, the better your overall results will be. Wipe lens



Step 2: Sand with 800 Grit and sand as your did the first time. This step is to begin refining larger sanding marks



Step 3: Wet-Sand with 1200 Grit. Fill a spray bottle and generously apply over the area to be sanded. Sand as you did the first two steps. You will notice that the lens is beginning to look clearer. Continue wet-sanding until all previous sanding marks have dissapeared.



Step 4: Wet-Sand with 3000 Grit. Sand as you did with all previous steps. At this point, all of your previous sanding marks have been refined and its time to bring out the polisher. <font color="red">*If you don't have a polisher, I recommend buying a white Euro CCS Hand Polishing Pad from AG.



Step 5: Compound the headlights.



<font color="red">*Wolfgang Compound, Menzerna Compound, and Meguiars Compound are most commonly used amongst people on the forum with great results.



Step 6: Polish with a fine polish.



Step 7: Seal Them Up. Opti-Lens is a great choice as its designed to be permanent. DP Headlight Coating is a fairly new product made by the good folks at Autogeek so it's also a solid option.



<font color="red">IF YOU DONT WANT TO SAND, DP MAKES A HEADLIGHT RESTORATION KIT BUT THIS REQUIRES A DRILL. THIS IS A MUCH FASTER OPTION AND HAS YIELDED VERY SIMILIAR RESULTS TO SANDING.



Hope this helps,

Brian
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What type of compound? I like the chart on here that shows how aggressive each one is and such, but out of the hundreds to choose from, which compound after the 3000 grit?

Thanks,
 
Any really I used m105 and finished with m205 and if you go to that thread they have the products let me know if you need any other help
 
 
I will be buying this also. It is really cheap and it will give me the option of sanding by hand or machine with the Meguiar's Unigrit sanding discs

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Thanks guys for the quick replies. My Griots 3" polisher will arrive today and I will tackle the headlights next week.

I don't want to sand the headlights. I will order the DP restoration kit as suggested.

I tried Klasse AIO on one of the headlights and it turned out pretty good but I'm sure the DP kit would work better.

I love ordering supplies from Autogeek because the supplies always arrive so quickly.

I told my neighbor about Autogeek and will be ordering from them as well.

Thanks again.
 
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