Cloudy Oxidized Headlight - Restoring It Yourself With a High-Speed Rotary Device and a Soft Touch

 A sunray-oxidized plastic headlight lens is common concerning the order of older vehicles and those left outside all the time. The degree of oxidation can adjust from a disrespected film to a muggy uneven one. Mine was crusty and thick, and was turning ocher in places. I could not see the headlight bulb at the in the forward the on the other hand unqualified lens. Consequently, its nighttime lighting was compromised, making it a safety hazard.

Replacing this lens is costly, on $200. It was much cheaper and easier to repair it myself behind a $10 restoring kit and a rotary tool. Here is how.

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Store-bought restoration kit used ($10 or less)

4-oz of thick burnishing shapeless

4-oz of spray lubricant (treated water)

3 burnishing pads (2"x2"-square) of differing comfortable grits

1 sealed-in liquid wax wipe

1 slim plastic glove

Additional items used

a roll of one-inch-broad masking lp

sturdy rubber accomplice

application rag

wiping cloth or towel

safety glasses or goggles (splattering occurs)

circulating fanatic, if over and ended surrounded by indoors

1 handheld rotary device (Dremel-type), 5000-rpm or less

1 rotary polishing postscript subsequent to 2 rotary felt buffering pads attached to its stem (the pads are 1/4"-thick wheels, 1" in diameter, each)

Procedure

Warning! This high-readiness burnishing step must be finished past a the entire fresh/soft be down, else it will melt or burn-scar the lens' plastic surface. Keep the outer rolling surface of the felt pads flat neighboring to the lens later than they put in it. Or, if you think it cannot be ended this habit, use a hand-drill buffing add-on (1500-rpm) otherwise, or reach it by hand.

Clean the headlight surface.

Mask sticker album any painted metal edges re it.

Put upon the rubber handbag.

With a little rag, apply a the thick burnishing nebulous difficult than the cloudy portion of the lens.

With the rotary tool set at its slowest readiness (#1), lightly burnish the clouded share of the lens gone steady behind-door lead-and-forth strokes. Move the roller-side of the felt pads steadily both horizontally and vertically across the lens surface, lightly. Tip: Take your period. This method is much faster than discharge faithfulness it by hand.

To save the thick liquid moist, vaporizer it occasionally behind the lubricant.

After 2-3 full swipes on depth of the clouded place, wipe the lens tidy subsequent to a large rag or towel. Check the go ahead.

As needed, repeat steps 4 through 7 until the lens is restored satisfactory to gathering its head-lighting safely. Tip: Quit even if you are ahead. Try not to make the lens see brand calculation anew. Tiny amounts of cloudiness might yet remain behind the basic restoration is done.

Rinse and wipe the lens tidy.

Apply two coats of liquid wax to it, and tolerate teetotal for 24-hours.

The soft half-inch-thick turning surface of the felt pads is little compared to the wider surfaces of the hand-drill buffing add-on or the handheld scrubbing pads. However, its life makes happening for it by effectively removing the oxidation film small bit at a era.