...launch your own non-scientific study at a lot near you!
- Vote on answer
- posted
8 years ago
Auto Headlight Restorer
Loading thread data ...
- Vote on answer
- posted
8 years ago
You mean headlights lens? Use tooth paste to polish.
- Vote on answer
- posted
8 years ago
I heard about using toothpaste too. I tried that and it was a frigging mess. Maybe back in the day toothpaste was more like what I think of as polish but the toothpaste I tried is the modern kind where the bulk of it is a plastic based carrier and that plastic just balled up and made a sticky mess out of things.
- Vote on answer
- posted
8 years ago
I'll have to mention this to my dentist. She asked me to stop using baking soda as she says it's abrasive.
Do all tooth pastes contain abrasive? How about the clear gel ones? Not sure how I'd go find out?
- . Christopher A. Young learn more about Jesus .
formatting link
. .
- Vote on answer
- posted
8 years ago
How does that compare to pig on greased glass?
- . Christopher A. Young learn more about Jesus .
formatting link
. .
- Vote on answer
- posted
8 years ago
Also the kits start with a coarser abrasive to cut the top damaged layer off quickly, then progress to finer to finish it. I would think with TP it would be so fine that it would have a hard time cutting off the weather damaged top layer. But, all I know is the
3m kit worked. And for $10 or $15 it includes the buffing wheel that you use with a drill.- Vote on answer
- posted
8 years ago
headlamp lens restorer kit
formatting link
On sale, ten bucks.
- . Christopher A. Young learn more about Jesus .
formatting link
. .
- Vote on answer
- posted
8 years ago
Chinky junky?
- Vote on answer
- posted
8 years ago
Yes, and you are advised not to clean (plastic) dentures with tooth paste. They contain abrasives mild enough not to erode tooth enamel but still polish it.
Apparently baking soda is OK if not used more than twice a week:
formatting link
I assume they use tougher stuff for my biannual cleaning. I brush after all meals but still need the cleanings.
- Vote on answer
- posted
8 years ago
| It is Harbor Freight headlight restoration kit. Seems you are SOL. |
OK. Thanks. At least I know now what he's talking about. :)
- Vote on answer
- posted
8 years ago
I think not. it has dimming effect.
- Vote on answer
- posted
8 years ago
That way you won't blind oncoming traffic!
- Vote on answer
- posted
8 years ago
Here's an article where allpar.com tried four methods in 2012. They found 3m's quick and easy.
formatting link
- Vote on answer
- posted
8 years ago
Also,I would think, de-focussing the high beam.
- Vote on answer
- posted
8 years ago
Bingo. Looks like I picked the right one again.
- Vote on answer
- posted
8 years ago
At the cost of reduced visibility.
- Vote on answer
- posted
8 years ago
I've never had trouble spotting cars with fogged headlights.
- Vote on answer
- posted
8 years ago
Sometimes. Fortunately there is a Harbor Freight a couple of blocks from where I work so I can walk over and interview the merchandise in person. The fewer moving parts the better although I've gotten my money's worth out of an electric impact hammer. I only need it every couple of years but so far it's gotten the job done.
- Vote on answer
- posted
8 years ago
Try to find a small container of 3M finesse-it , use with a terry cloth pad/buffing pad cover . Alternative is a Meguier's wax/polish compound , has a very fine polishing compound in the wax . In a pinch I've used chrome polish ... these can all usually be found at your local auto parts store .
- Vote on answer
- posted
8 years ago
Or scare the deer playing their silly deer games in the middle of the damn road.