e130dan

Has anyone tried polishing out scratches out of headlights, seen a few products but just wondering if anyone can recommend one

Thanks. Dan

Kobe

I have tried plexus and the honda cleaner used for motorbike screens.. works to some extent on very small scratches, and makes the plastic look a bit nicer, but deep scratches don't really change after treatment..

however if anybody has a wonder treatment I would want to give it a try as my headlights are a bit rough

Chad!

The only thing I've ever used on either plastic screens/windows and plastic headlights is PlastX by meguiars. Again, I don't think it would do a lot for deep scratches. I'd think you'd need to get them professionaly polished out if your not going to replace.

Chad.

e130dan

Ok thanks. I'm thinking of trying something called peek. It's a metal polish but it's apparently good for plastic headlights and was going to use my dermal with a polishing bit. Unless anyone can think of a reason why the dremel should be a no go?



Dan

unclefester

Wet sanding is the way forward, plenty of threads on detailingworld about it but you really need a machine polisher to get them back to nice again.

e130dan

Ok thanks. Iv got a das-6 polisher so I'm gonna see if I can find one of the threads and see how difficult it would be.

Dan

unclefester

Took me an hour to do two Yaris headlights - went from faded blurred yellow to crystal clear.

e130dan

What grade papers did you use? And did you find it difficult?

Dan

unclefester

1000 / 1500 - then used a mild cut polish to bring it back up. Really worth reading the guides over on detailingworkd .... i always follow them. Yaris wasnt deep scratches, just an overall yellowing / cracking on the surface of both lenses.

coolchrisuk

Bi Carb toothpaste followed by Meguiars PlastX minty fresh headlights