Quick headlight restoration?
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garden hose,
a can of Off! with 25% Deet
a gallon of white cider vinegar.
spray Off! on a towel and clean up the headlights, then wash off with vinegar, and water, the only time you touch the headlamp is with the towel with DEET on it.
a can of Off! with 25% Deet
a gallon of white cider vinegar.
spray Off! on a towel and clean up the headlights, then wash off with vinegar, and water, the only time you touch the headlamp is with the towel with DEET on it.
Do NOT use DEET on your headlights!!!!
So a female friend of mine saw on a facebook 5 minuets crafts to use DEET on headlights to "restore" them to like new condition. Car in question is a Toyota with halogen headlights. They sprayed deet bug spray right onto the headlights, they turned 50 times worse to a extremely cloudy white...
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The first one is to coat the headlight after sanding off the faded layer.
The second one is for blending newly painted parts into unpainted ones so they won't stand out as much. Nothing to do with headlights.
I know it's too late for that but somebody once told me and I believe it with some confidence that if people would clay bar their headlights and then perform a polishing compound with a buffing machine and then apply a quality wax to the headlights occasionally it can help them from oxidizing as much. The one time I tried to do the headlights myself I use some real high-end Crest toothpaste which is essentially a polishing compound and an old toothbrush with a little bit of water. It worked okay but I've seen better results. My honest suggestion would be to all those who are not having those issues yet is to occasionally cut your headlights like you would with any other part of your car with a protective wax or polish. This would be a case where using a spray shine on top would give additional protection as well as after every car wash is a maintenance procedure
Here's the U-POL you want. Picture is from Trav's headlight refinishing thread.
In about the same time it takes to do halfass job using internet hacks with toothpaste, vinegar or deet, you can do a good job that will look good as new and last a long time if you use one of the low cost headlight restoration kits available most anywhere.
I used a 3M restoration kit on mine once, only because they were so bad. Since then I hand polish them with a rubbing compound and they look great again. This needs to be done about every 4-6 months to keep them looking good. Takes me about 10-15 minutes each time...
I just used Magic Eraser last weekend and it worked as well as any $35.00 kit that I've used before. It's quick, easy and cheap. Put some quick wax on them when done and I'll see how long it lasts. If I have to do them every few months, so be it. I highly recommend it.
Why does this work ? ... The DEET or the Vinegar doing the oxidation from head lights ?
I used the 3m quick wipes on 2 vehicles it was about a 1.00 a wipe i used 2 wipes in total.and probably put of put one coat on another.put a coat let it dry and did it another time. For 2.00 its amazing.It smelled like floor wax or sealer.
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Where did you buy those from?
Ebay
