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Great results man !!! I'm going to try this one; I'm afraid of using the orbital buffer though. I don't want to sand it unevenly and mess up. I think I'm going to do it by hand first.
Great results man !!! I'm going to try this one; I'm afraid of using the orbital buffer though. I don't want to sand it unevenly and mess up. I think I'm going to do it by hand first.
As long as you dont stay in one spot for long, you shouldn't have a problem. If you have a random orbital buffer, then you have almost no chance of ruining the plastic. Using 2000 grit sand paper takes out a very thin layer of the plastic lens. Just go side to side. No circular motions allowed!
Great results man !!! I'm going to try this one; I'm afraid of using the orbital buffer though. I don't want to sand it unevenly and mess up. I think I'm going to do it by hand first.
Are you talking about using the Orbital buffer to sand? If so thats a big NO NO. Use the orbital buffer to polish and just go in swirling motions all along the lense.
Are you talking about using the Orbital buffer to sand? If so thats a big NO NO. Use the orbital buffer to polish and just go in swirling motions all along the lense.
I just realized he probably meant using the orbital to sand.
I agree with whomever said to use rubbing compound between the 2000 grit and plastix. After plastix, I would use plastic polish then finalize w/ a coat of wax.
The turnout looks great. I just recently did the same with my SC400 headlights. I took a long time wet sanding to make sure everything was as smooth as possible (about 30 minutes per lense) because I'm a little **** about it. Then I used a rubbing compound before using the polishing compound. It came out rather nicely minus a streak or two on my drivers headlight (with the polish you can only apply in one direction and I accidently polished both ways on one lense). It all came in a headlight restoration kit I bought the other day at Advanced Auto for about $20. My lamps look brand new now. Now if I can just get this last clip to my passenger headlight so I can finish taking it out to seal up the moisture with some silicon gel I'll be good to go for the day.
06-02-07, 10:56 PM
. Using 2000 grit sand paper takes out a very thin layer of the plastic lens. Just go side to side. No circular motions allowed!
