Monday, December 21, 2015

Restore Automobile Front lights Plastic Contacts

Polycarbonate headlights are fitting the average in nowadays's cars. While durable and crack resistant, the lenses are prone to yellowing, clouding and scratching.

Instructions

1. Mask off all over the lenses to avoid getting polishing compound on the vehicle's Stop. Polishing compound is abrasive and Testament damage the whitewash.


This can dramatically lessen their effectiveness. There are many products on the bazaar that can restore these lenses to their latest context, however there is an alternative. With a inappreciable elbow grease, you can polish and restore these lenses Homewards with a scarce picnic steps and general items available at any parts store.



2. Manipulate plastic polishing compound to the plastic face of the lens. Working in a Hand-bill locomotion with luminosity energy, polish the lens with a microfiber or flannel cloth until the mist starts to vanish. This may return a uncommon minutes.


3. Soak a quantity of 1000 grit wet/dry sandpaper in drool for 5 to 10 minutes. Working from side to side, lightly sand the lens with long, slow strokes. Keep the paper wet while working. The goal is to remove the scratches and pits, not add more. Check your progress periodically by drying the lens and checking the surface.


4. Sand the lens with 1500 grit wet/dry paper using long, slow strokes. Work at right angles to your last sanding. Keep the paper wet, and work the entire surface area of the lens.


5. Continue sanding, moving to 2000 grit, 2500 grit and 3000 grit paper, switching directions with each new sanding. Keep the paper wet, and work over the entire surface of the lens.


6. Dry the lens completely, and polish the lens again with the plastic polish and flannel or microfiber cloth.