Paint Head Light
Paint Head Light
Head light covers are frosting, how can I clean them?
I have a 3000GT and parts of my headlights are painted, like they're suppose to be.. but where the clear part is its starting to frost.. is there any way to clean it?
on plastic?
Charles, They are getting close to the right answer,
But what you need is, baking soda and toothpaste. The toothpaste has the perfect grit to clean, but it takes the baking soda to break up and react with the liquid in the toothpaste to lift and dissolve the gunk out of the lens.
I take a cotton rag like a piece of a old t-shirt or wash cloth (damp) and squirt the toothpaste on and pour the baking soda( Not powder) on top of the paste and start rubbing, doing the whole lens in one time. Rinsing each time.
It will take anywhere from 3 to 4 times to get one done to the point of (leave it alone). The first time you do the lens go around in circles, the rest try to go straight across or side to side. It will get most out, but not all - you have to remember it's aged plastic that has gone through alot--- cold, heat, sun, the heat of the lamp and time. - takes about 20 minutes per lens.
After finishing rinse and give it a good coat of wax and that's about all you can do, but i will tell you, IT WILL LOOK A HECK ALOT BETTER!
Now about sanding which was one of the answers above, if you have pits in the plastic it would be the only way to get those out. But let me say i worked at a body shop for years and it's not for the average guy to do without knowing precisely what to do and then it's a job even with a buffer and when you start cutting into plastic with sandpaper you got a mess. And on top of all that it will go back to the way it was real quick, and look worse than you have now if wax is not applied about every 3 weeks.
They do this alot at car lots for a quick fix not caring what it has done to the lens and what it's going to look like later on.
I Hope this helps ya out, just help me out PLEASE VOTE! Good luck!
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