rob wild Posted July 15, 2008 Share Posted July 15, 2008 Right got some facelift headlights that i want to clean up before putting them on the car. One had some fairly deep scratches etc but using 1200 grit then 1500 then 2000 they went The other one i have just polished to remove the yellow. I have polished them with Plastx scratch remover and used a buffing machine 3500 rpm. Then i have been hand polishing them using only soft fiber cloths and using the auto gleam glass stuff. The problem is after i have wiped them down and cleaned them their are thousands of tiny scratches on them I just cant think what i'm doing wrong as i did the same thing to my other set and they came out great! Any ideas would be very helpful at this point! Before i say sod it and take the lens of my old non facelift lights Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul mac Posted July 15, 2008 Share Posted July 15, 2008 Rob, not sure on the grade of your final polish but i used MERR (blue bottle from Halfords) it is uber fine, maybe try some of this and a lot slower speed on a lambs wool buffer, if you go to fast you tend to heat up the polish and dry it out which could be inducing the scratching, the only other thing i can think of is they have some UV deteroration that is through the polycarbonate so no amount of polishing would sought it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest gzaerojon Posted July 15, 2008 Share Posted July 15, 2008 drop me a pm with your ady, i'll send you a drop of the stuff i use, they'll come up like glass and will take out all the tiny scratches. another product that is really good is XERAPOL, it's about £10 for a small tube, but really good results Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob wild Posted July 15, 2008 Author Share Posted July 15, 2008 Rob, not sure on the grade of your final polish but i used MERR (blue bottle from Halfords) it is uber fine, maybe try some of this and a lot slower speed on a lambs wool buffer, if you go to fast you tend to heat up the polish and dry it out which could be inducing the scratching, the only other thing i can think of is they have some UV deteroration that is through the polycarbonate so no amount of polishing would sought it Nice one Paul I'll try that i've got an old drill that only spins at like 500rpm it also has a wool hook and I attached drop me a pm with your ady, i'll send you a drop of the stuff i use, they'll come up like glass and will take out all the tiny scratches. another product that is really good is XERAPOL, it's about £10 for a small tube, but really good results Thanks very much matey i'll do that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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