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How to wet sand your headlights - A guide
stealthwolf:
An excellent guide on wetsanding.
alexperkins:
Would you say there is any difference in clarity Bodger from before an after, as sanding can have impact on how clear the plastic is after being worked?
Mine are screaming for this....will have to do it when the weather warms up a little and ive got some time to spare
bodger00:
--- Quote from: alexperkins on March 12, 2011, 08:39:40 am ---Would you say there is any difference in clarity Bodger from before an after, as sanding can have impact on how clear the plastic is after being worked?
Mine are screaming for this....will have to do it when the weather warms up a little and ive got some time to spare
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Thanks all for the kind comments :happy2:
Alex - The clarity is substancially effected! It's improved ten fold! :smiley: My lights were in a right mess as they had come from a breakers yard (one headlamp was made in 2004 and the other in 2010). As you can imagine the difference was like old and new. Now you can't tell the difference between the two.
To ensure I preserved the optical clarity, I took a torch and shone the torch through the back of the light where the projector was. This let me gauge my progress. Obviously this is far easier whilst on the car, you would just turn your lights on. :happy2:
Edit - Oh and one last thing (I sound like Columbo), make sure that if you use a machine polisher keep the speed to less than four as you dont want to get the plastic hot. This would effect the optical clarity. It's not a problem though, if you are hand polishing.
alexperkins:
That does it for me. Bring on wet sanding :signLOL:
Do you have any before shots?
bodger00:
--- Quote from: alexperkins on March 12, 2011, 09:36:46 am ---That does it for me. Bring on wet sanding :signLOL:
Do you have any before shots?
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Go for it Alex you wont regret it in the long run. If you want to take it easy, start by just using a higher grit number to build your confidence in the method. That way the level of scratches you will create will be easier to get out.
I did not take any close up before shots that really show how much of a mess the headlamp was in, but it was quite bad.
The only other image I have is this one below. Forgive the quality of the image, but below you can see, in the left hand corner, three really deep scratches that were completely removed.
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