Quick & Easy Way to Clean, Renew & Restore Solar Pathway Lights! Wow!! Looks Brand New!!! 

Living in a throwaway society; it is nice to see practical ideas for renewing weathered solar lights, preventing waste and best of all saving money by not buying replacement lights.

My husband tried a damp magic eraser sponge and it took the haze off immediately. Don't bother with all these steps. We did spray the Rustoleum clear gloss UV resistant non-yellowing on the top after, but you really just need to use a magic eraser to get the film off!

I watched the video and read the comments. Today, I pulled all the old lights out, took them apart, cleaned them, used Magic Eraser and Simple Green for the tops, did the sandpaper that you recommend, and am changing out the batteries now. I will spray them in the morning! Thanks everyone for the awesome tips to help me waste less!

Another handy thing I learned this year is, these lights come with a 200-300 mAh battery. If you replace them with a 900-1200mAh battery, they'll stay on much, much longer.

Wow! At first I thought it was a lot of steps, but every one of them was worth it. I cleaned all of my Mom's solar lights -- pathway, strings, decorative garden lights ... they are all like brand new. Thanks for the video!

We really needed this tutorial. I didn’t know what to do except throw our lights away. I think I’ll be able to save 90% of them using your method.

A lot of great information! Some people may not think of this, but it’s important to remove the batteries, when not in use. A simple step sometimes forgotten.

Thank you so much kind sir. People that make videos like this are my heroes. Thank you

Wow, you gave me the precise information I needed to restore the solar pathway lights I acquired. Mr. Plant Abundance, you are utilizing the Internet in the manner that the original creators of it intended it to be used: to share information and knowledge. I commend you and thank you very much for doing so! I enthusiastically gave you a 'thumbs-up' and I subscribed to your channel!

I agree, thank you so much. I was just trying to convince my husband we needed to do something about our solar lights needing to be cleaned. Hell listen to you

Wow, came in timely matter, was about to replace my lights, now I can restorer them.

This was the first video that came up from my search for something like this.

I just threw away and replaced 28 solar-powered lights. I wish I knew about this sooner believe me😪 . But, these others will be around for more than a few seasons. Subscribing

GREAT solar path light restore tips! Thank you so much!!!!

Thank you so much for sharing, I have so many garden lights, that look awful, this weekend I'm going to do what you showed us in this video, I hate to throw something away, because things aren't made the way they used to be years ago...

Wow,looks like brand new again!Thanks for sharing !

Great demonstration! Clear info and direct info, SUPER!

Actually I found this very helpful! Thank you!!!

Gave it a try, worked great. So grateful you posted this. Thank you!

Wow! Very precise and I truly love the STEP BY STEP!!! So very helpful and very kid friendly. I had my family pitching in! Thanks so much!

Thank you, I was about to throw mine in the dustbin! Really appreciate you taking the time to help! 😊

Well that was easy. Looks brand new. Thanks for posting this.

Yes!! Thank You Very Much!!! Weekend Project It Is!

Excellent video! Thank you so much for sharing this.

Great job explaining all procedures and details as well. Your approach preserves the longevity of this equipment as well. Thanks !

Brilliant ! I’m going to restore all my solar garden lamps today, and my headlights too! Thanks so much!

This is just what I was looking for. I’ve changed batteries but still won’t work. The solar part was my next step as there 10 years old . This video just showed me how to restore them.Thank you so much. Was really hoping not to have to replace them as there were a little pricy. Awesome video!!!!!!

excellent, helpful, and clear instructive video, subscribed. thanks for making this

I'm new to the solar pathway lights so I appreciate these details. Many thanks. :)

Thank you just in this video itself I found several tips and ideas for all my yard deco I have. For sure I will be bringing in my lower priced led solar lights in for the fall and winter.

Awesome video. It works! Easy and professional cleaning.

Thanks for your tip, gotta go clean my mini solar panel now 😄

Thank you for complete detailed steps on cleaning our solar lights.

Well done! Instructive and thorough.

Thanks I work at a home improvement store I'll pass this great info on!!!

Even clear coat doesn't last long. The best way around it is either find pathway solar lights with glass solar panel surface (which is very hard to do) or install wired pathway lights, the ones you power from 12v transformer plugged into your house's AC outlet outside.

Thanks man ! I was thinking the exact idea. I had bought that Armor All Kit for my car headlights a few years ago. And I was just thinking it probably is a similar idea. Hit the machine Google machine, Yellowing Solar lights.. And you popped up. Thanks for making this video. Clear, understandable, and clear audio. And it was under 5 minutes. I am passing this on to 3 of my buddies. 👍

Great video documentary of how to restore the solar cells. Thx

What a great instructional video!! Thank you so much! I had NO idea how to restore my lights. Thanks to you: Now I do!!❤❤❤🙃🙃🙃🙃

Thank you for that! Now I’m going to clean up my solar lights. I thought when that happened they were toast.

I have a lot of solar items, decorations and path lights, and they all have that cloudy panel problem. I'm so glad I found this video-now I can restore them and enjoy them again!

I did clean my solar lights but as well as yours. Thanks for the extra info on the cleaning. I can't wait to try your verison.

Thanks SO MUCH! you saved me from replacing pathway lights left at my new home.

Today I gathered up about 20 solar lights that weren’t working anymore. I was going to toss them tomorrow. Thank you so so much

I'm definitely going to give this a try on my statue solar light. It hasn't worked in about a year but I still love the statue too much to toss into the trash. Thank you for sharing

I just bought new lights glad I watched your video. Great job

Excellent idea definitely will use this on mine thanks for sharing

Great! I am all about revitalizing!

Thank You so much I may get some of these. Now thanks to you I can take care of them.

This was very helpful, thank you. I had not thought of taking in my pathway lights over Winter, but now I will probably do so. My area of the country does get quite a bit of of sunlight through at least December, though. Still, it may be a good idea to service them as you do in the video and store them until sometime in March or so once it starts to warm up again. I wish I had seen your video a long time ago. I threw a way a really nice set of lights some years back because I just thought they were no good after one season! Oh, well....c'est la vie.

Great help, thanks! I have the exact same lights and used the same clear spray paint and everything worked like a charm. Came out perfect!

Excellent video. Thanks so much! I was actually searching how to do this to the charger unit for the electric fence I put around my garden.

Thank you for the information, wish I could have known along time ago. It would have saved me lots of money. Thank you again..

Thanks a million!! I've wondered how these could be fixed!👍

Nice, i'll have to give this a try. I've also found that taking the battery out and giving it a full charge via a charger once in a while will help you get the max output too.

Great tips. I was on the verge of replacing mine, but will try to follow your advice and restore them.

Thank u for sharing step by step cleaning resorting the pathway lights 👍🏽👍🏽👌🏾

Sweet, thank you! I'm going to try this right now, wish me luck!

Thank you so much some great tips and ideas to help increase the durability of the lights

I was skeptical but this really works.. Thanks a million.

Wow! such great info... where there's a will, there's a way! Ty all!

Great little video tutorial!!

Thanks for a very informative video. We have (lol) over one hundred solar lights. Guess I better get cracking!

Great step-by-step instructions. I have the materials in the garage and will go on the attack this week. Thank you.

Great tip! These turned out fantastic.

Thank you for the great information. We are going to do this in a few days. I appreciate your knowledge 🙏

Never knew this was so common sense a fix - thank you!!

Man excellent video short , to the point and no nonsense .

Very helpful, I will do this to my lights in a few months. Thank you!

Thanks for the tip I'll give it a try

Thank you. I have been throwing them away. Could never get that film off. Weekend project

Thank you Sir , greetings from Guyana 🇬🇾

Cheers bro great vid, i just put a load of them around the garden, i now know how to clean & restore them thanx .

Great procedure, on restoring back the clear coat to solar grid on lights and etc

Thanks so much for this tip! I’ve saved the cardboard cut out & have used this each spring. What a difference this makes on my 12 year old-can’t find anymore- Solar lights!

Thank you so much. This is very helpful and it works. A real money saver.

Thanks for the tip, and if I may add, if you have an outage or misplaced your AAA-AA battery charger, these path lights can act like little solar powered battery chargers for your AA OR AAA chargeable batteries.

I know you did this video 6 years ago but I just stumbled upon it. LOVE your narration of the steps and this will be helpful for me. I’m off to check out your newer posts!

I have to say thank you so much for teaching me this. I have lots of solar lights and , always worry about that solar panel. Can’t wait to go to HD and get some sandpaper . eXCITED!,, Thanks.

I've done this, and it works.I kept all of them, and I thank you 😊. I'm glad I did not toss them.

Good info short, clear, good editing.

Thanks a bunch! I have same lights, and have not been able to find enough of them to replace this year. Now I will go with your method. Hope it works

Thanks great advice now to find stainless steel and glass lights,I have used plastic for years but really fed up with throwing them away at the end of the year.This I can easily master.

Thanks so much for your video! Worked great on my old solar lights I bought at Costco 8 years ago~ using your method I did metal part as well with Rustoleum bronze & they look brand new! ( I leave mine out year round so they were in rough shape) Again ~ Thank you!

Thank you for your knowledge now I know how to restore my old lights

Good tip. Did the same thing to cloudy headlights on one of my cars. Scary sanding it to where it looks ruined, but that clear works like magic to fill it in.

Incredibly useful, thank you 😊

Oh, goody!!!! I've been looking for a video on how to restore solar pathway lights. I have Harbor Freight lights that I've bought and they have buildup of oxidation from the sun, so this video is really helpful!!! Looking forward to restoring my lights.

Thank you for uploading this video. Am going to try this on my lights.

I have this problem, thanks for the tips!

That's great to know! Thanks. I'll be doing that with my lights. Now just pray the Gardner's don't ruin them!

Thank You very much for sharing this will all of us. I like to keep two of the lights outside on my Deck all year long, clearing the snow and ice away when possible in the Winter months. Whenever we have a power-outage because of a nasty storm, I bring these into the house for lighting. They're much safer than candles, or oil lamps and you be amazed at how much light and illumination these actually provide. (p.s. the newer LED lights which fit on top of a fence post have zero illumination....they're more for decorative purposes and not for lighting up a pathway or the deck, as I'm certain many people may already know or have discovered so they're no good for emergency lighting purposes.)

Nice instructional! I have lost count how many solar lights I've had STB on me over the years. I have a box full of parts and re use what I can . I'll be performing this maintenance on my faded panels this weekend 👍👍 thanks!

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 Outstanding !! Thank you so much for this extremely helpful post. 👍🏻👍🏻

Great information and VERY helpful. Going to start tomorrow

@Plant Abundance I do it differently with success. I sanded like you did but instead of respraying them I bought something which is called helicopter tape. It can be found very cheap on ebay etc .. They also use this to protect frames on a bike, bumpers etc .. I covered my restored cells which were dull after 1 season in the sun here. I checked and after I believe 3 years (can't even remember when I did this) the cells are still in like new condition. The advantage is that if the tape yellows you can just take it off and stick a new one on. Also you can cut it bigger than the cell and make sure the water doesn't penetrate any openings next to the cell.

Thank you, this information and tutorial were very helpful

Very useful information. Will try to do this on my mini solar water submersible pump

Good video, made the solar lights look like new.