misty headlights

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a quite common problem these days with the plastic headlight lenses covers , various solutions are posted and all fail due to not working or cost with some people offering cures for £30 upwards , last week I bought acrylic spray cleaner for my caravan windows to cover the micro scratches that happen on them . seen a advert on u.tube where they also use it on h/lights gave it a try this morning instant success .. even if I have to Do it every few weeks its worth it .. name of the stuff is VU-PLEX highly recommended .up to you guys now. simply spray on and wipe off with a micro fibre cloth
 
There are quite successful kits about that do an effective and more permeant job using basically finer grinding mediums and polish.
 
seen it done with "wet and dry" transformed them.
note to self-must have a go at mine
 
Yes well here in the Southern Hemisphere the use of Tooth Paste that has a whitening ingredient followed by a wipe over with methylated spirits does the job.
 
I need to do something with the headlights on my Iveco camper as the head lights ( outer ) are starting to look a bit degraded / cloudy , Think it is due to UV from the sun , I am going to try some 300 Farecla compound and my adjustable speed polishing mop , Try a small area first see what happens.
 
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I need to do something with the headlights on my Iveco camper as the head lights ( outer ) are starting to look a bit degraded / cloudy , Think it is due to UV from the sun , I am going to try some 300 Farecla compound and my adjustable speed polishing mop , Try a small area first see what happens.
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That should work a treat, particularly if you use a bit of water on the final polish.
 
Will this sort of thing work on a motorbike fairing screen - I'd assume so but anyone tried it?
 
It'll make it less misty but might affect the view (distorting it) if you actually look through it.
 
Nod said:
It'll make it less misty but might affect the view (distorting it) if you actually look through it.
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Having never tried any sort of grinding compound even on paint I did wonder...
Thanks for the help, I may keep it to the car headlights!
 
One of the problems with perspex bike screens is that the constant flexing they're subjected to causes tiny cracks to form which eventually make the screen almost opaque.
If your screen is just going misty but is enough to be a problem, the polishing might work well enough but I'd check to see if replacement screens are available at an acceptable cost, just in case!
 
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