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DIY: Polishing Your Foggy Plastic Headlights (Vid Tutorial)

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Old 09-02-2013 | 09:22 PM
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Default DIY: Polishing Your Foggy Plastic Headlights (Vid Tutorial)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wo6KnlZnFAw

How to refinish your foggy/hazy plastic vehicle headlights cheap and easy. This is a tutorial on how to fix it, without breaking your budget and buying new headlights or lenses. You will need 1000, 1500, 2000 grit, soapy water, rubbing/polishing compound, & wax. Instead of compound, you can also use tooth paste because it does have a small amount of grit in it.

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-1000 grit wet/dry sandpaper
-1500 grit wet/dry sandpaper
-2000 grit wet/dry sandpaper
-bucket of water with car wash soap (or dish soap)
-paste or liquid polishing compound/scratch remover
-paste or liquid automotive wax (I used carnauba wax, but it doesn't have to be)
-2 lint free polishing clothes
Old 08-24-2014 | 09:22 AM
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Can you use steel wool?
Old 09-10-2014 | 04:06 PM
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Nice! I just did mine this past weekend and all I did was use a 6" electric polisher with a polishing pad on it and Meguiar's Ultimate Compound.

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