3 years ago, I used Meguiar's Two Step Restoration Kit to clean the plastic headlights on my Volvo. One headlight was now beginning to yellow. So, yesterday I used your method to clean it up again. And it worked! I used it on both headlights, and they look great again. I will coat them, and they'll be good for another 3 years. Thanks for the help. 😀
A better method is to use paper towels with rubbing alcohol to instantly disolve and remove the haze (which is primarily dirt). It is non-abrasive which means it won't re-haze as quickly since you aren't putting micro-scratches in the lens.
Get some 3m rubbing compound and a buffing wheel. Thats all you need. Buff until clear, takes about 5 minutes. Coat with a wax or paint sealer. I do it on all the cars that the lens has clouded on.
It's really nice to see how appreciative everyone posting is but how about some people who've actually had it done and does it work? That's what we need to know.
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I always use baking soda & white vinegar for cleaning around the house. The vinegar is also a disinfectant. Use for dishes that might have stains. Also mix them in a cup and place in microwave for 2 min. Let it sit for 10 or 15 min. wipe clean. No scrubbing.
To be honest....this is the best way t.clean a lense......thanks for the tip....I spent lot of money ... buying online product...don't do any good..just wasted of money
It will work ONLY if it's a very light haze. My car had medium haze and I used a mixture of baking soda+toothpaste and used a drill to clean, it did only half the job and lot of mess, I was looking for a reasonable priced commercial cleaner and after spending much time reading and watching many videos, I will be buying 3M headlight restoration kit, it's about $9-10 for hand sanding or $15 kit fy sand pads for drill both comes with 2 packets of clear coat and if u just want to buy only clear coat u get 2 packs for about $7.
A few days ago, I tried the toothpaste method on my 09 Corolla. I had it done professionally 4 years ago and it looked great but I didn't want to spend the $40 . I used a spray bottle and sprayed the headlight. I added toothpaste to a nailbrush and used circular motions for a couple of minutes. Let it dry and then rinsed it off and repeated the process. I did the same thing to the other headlight. I did this twice. I then used Turtle Wax paste polish. 2 coats on each headlight. Both look great! So, it was a $2 tube of Crest and a $5 can of Turtle Wax. Done. I'll probably do it again in about 6 months and try the baking soda method, but I'll pick up some clear coat polish and do that after the Turtle Wax application.
@@stevesmith9163 Depends on how bad the clear coating on the headlight lens cover is. These fixes are only temporary, even running professional compound and polishes once the clear coating is damaged, it is damaged. There are kits that have you wet sand the cover and then you respray the lens covers with clear coating, and it works pretty but the kit does cost 20 bucks I believe. I think 3m makes it.
@@md1028 ... I bought the early version of that kit years ago and still have most of it. The problem I see (and I was in the auto repair business) is most people come in with a car and the headlights are already feeling like 80 grit sandpaper, so even 20 minutes of wet sanding first doesn't do much. My wife's 6 year old Subaru has headlights like the Volvo in this video and 5 minutes with a buffing wheel only gave marginal results. I suspect that Volvo will also be marginal when the water dries. IOW, the headlights are really shit these days. There needs to be a better product from the factory that we don't have to fool with to make it last more than 5 years.
A bottle of headlight cleaner cost $10 or more at an auto store. Funny how simple ingredients such as baking soda (which is very inexpensive) can do an even better job.
The abrasive scrubby side with the baking soda does wonders on the faded ABS plastic headlight cover! Great video on cleaning faded headlights! When the headlights get really faded and bad, clean the headlight covers the best that you can and then mask off the headlights with masking tape and newspaper. Next, wipe the plastic headlight covers with a clean cloth and some Acetone. The plastic ABS headlight covers will look next to new again! Using toothpaste with the baking soda combined together may work better as the toothpaste will create a baking soda paste that will keep the baking soda paste from drying out quickly..
What you want to do is wet sand and polish the lenses. Wet sand sop and water using 8000 grit ultra fine wet dry sand paper do not swirl sand but cross sand back and forth vertical then horizontal until the hole lenses is gray then take a orbital or hand buffer and McGwire number 9 polish until it’s crystal clear. Fined a good can of polyurethane clear cot and spry the lenses don’t forget to mask around the lenses because you don’t want clear cot on your vehicle just the lenses.
You wasted all the time showing how to rub out a lot of the coating but then don't show the end result! You're not done until it is completely dry!! When dry it isn't ever as good as showing it wet, unless you have truly polished it with finer and finer wer/dry sandpaper like 2000 grit, or used a good rubbing compound then an actual wax. Alcohol and baking soda works well but, you must finish the job! Afterwards buff it out as much as you can, then let it completely dry! That will be your end result! If it looks really good then, go buy a clear coat spray sealer for plastic! That will then protect your work and leave it looking like it does when wet!!
I 've been using "Mother's" for awhile now and it works fantastically! Better than anything. And just like Charles Pratt say put a coat of wax on it afterwards.
