Making light lens clear again?

Mitch D · Mar 25, 2011

Still slowly plugging away at the D and am to the lights. They are the big 7 inchers, two have original lens and one is new. Anybody know how to get them old ones cleaned up some and get that yellow orangy tint out of them? Not going to buy two more new ones but it would be great to clean these.
Thanks Mitch

Case450 · Mar 25, 2011

They do sell lens restoration kits at most automotive parts stores. They work pretty good.

gene bender · Mar 25, 2011

He has glass lens

Jeff NWOH · Mar 25, 2011

If its rust stains, you might try some CLR or the like.

Handyman · Mar 25, 2011

I have had good luck with cleaning paint and crud from lenses by rubbing them with a healthy gob of GOJO hand cleaner, takes about two or three minutes of rubbing but it seems to always come clean.

GordoSD · Mar 25, 2011

0000 Steel wool.

Old Roy · Mar 25, 2011

I haven't tried this yet but I am going for my wife's Jeep

I did my pick up with a kit that involved sanding with two very fing sanding sheets and a clear liquid showing signs of discoloration again
this you use and wax over it

Sam from WA · Mar 25, 2011

I"ve had decent luck buffing lights and mirrors out with either rubbing or polishing compound. I like the Turtle Wax brand. Seems to take the crud off like right now.

Anonymous-0 · Mar 25, 2011

http://www.getridofthings.com/get-rid-of-rust.htm

Dutchman · Mar 25, 2011

if theres someone there that has a SODA BLASTER ... soda will remove the stain and not hurt the glass ..
I know because I have done it .. it { soda } will take paint off of CHROME ..with out hurting the Chrome ...

Mark

Dialed In Restorations · Mar 25, 2011

I would first try 00 steel wool.

Cienna · Mar 26, 2011

There's a product at certain auto parts stores that is designed to use for these "clouded" lenses. Don't know what it's called---I just happened to notice it on the counter.

Leroy · Mar 26, 2011

Told my wife to check out, not buy, the hit at the store. She came home with a 3M kit that had the samd paper, it is going back, not putting sandpaper on my plastic headlights in the car. Took to a local mechanic and he used just plain old body buffing compound and you can realy see the difference.

greenbeanman in Kansas · Mar 26, 2011

I have my doubts about glass polishing with the compound for plastic lenses.

Leroy, I didn't buy a kit, just the polishing compound.

I watched a video on plastic headlight lens polishing and proceeded from there. I first tried the compound alone and quickly realized that wouldn't do the job alone, so I did use sandpaper of 2000 grit---after ones of coarser grit.

I think you will need to use more than the polishing compound if your lenses are pitted and clouded very badly.

You might get by with the compound only if you use power tools, I did all of the work by hand rubbing.

Before and after photos but want to say it was very windy so I spent little time instead of doing a thorough job. I thought I had a composite photo showing the two side by side but don't.

http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t298/growerguy/002.jpg

http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t298/growerguy/003.jpg
After

Anonymous-0 · Mar 26, 2011

Autosol chrome and glass polish. Should be able to get it at any parts store. Works on the plastic lenses too.

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