Small update on the car front, my headlights started to look worse and worse during the winter and especially this summer. I toyed with the idea of wetsanding (2000grit) and then some polishing compounds to get the scratches, yellowish tint and minor cracks to diminish..
So first try today, not with sandpaper but with mequair's headlight restoration kit. Which was the easiest of choices available and when the new headlight units costs a tad under 800? per unit, I am willing to spend some money and try some "miracle" stuff also..
Starting point with my left headlight..
After some 15-20 minutes of drilling (the polishing pad is attached to a drill) with mequair's plastX
The results were better than i expected.. the yellowish tint is gone, clarity improved and its a lot smoother now..
Its no mean a perfect result, the deeper scratches are still there and when viewed from the right angle the surface is still a bit rough.. but the stuff did well in my opinion for a plain polishing compound.
Wetsanding is on the schedule but for that I am going to remove headlights and sand them in a more controlled environment.
Some more pics... first my right side headlight (which is not done yet, because of rain and flat drill battery..)
And the refurbished side as a comparasion..
Pictures are straight from the camera and i tried to keep the settings as the same.. ofc they are not from identical direction and lighting in my parking spot may change...
Feel free to post tips for wetsanding (shall i use plain hands or is some sanding "block" better for it)
How does grit 2000 + farecla g3 (how about korrek kliineri) + this plastX + some finishing wax (dodo juice purple haze) sound for a combination to rescue these precious (as I have found out) babies?