Brighten Up Milky Older Rear Tail Light Lenses
07-20-2014, 12:28 PM
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Drifting
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Brighten Up Milky Older Rear Tail Light Lenses
Brighten Up Milky Older Rear Tail Light Lenses?
1976 Corvette:
Is there a way to make my older tail light lenses look nice again? They are kinda milky and dull. No cracks just older…
I thought I saw on a car show on TV someone mention something about Muriatic Acid being used, like soaking in it…? Anyone heard of this?
1976 Corvette:
Is there a way to make my older tail light lenses look nice again? They are kinda milky and dull. No cracks just older…
I thought I saw on a car show on TV someone mention something about Muriatic Acid being used, like soaking in it…? Anyone heard of this?
07-20-2014, 12:59 PM
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Melting Slicks
I think that muriatic acid can etch glass! Forget that. I use a polishing wax and tooth paste mix on my older 68 lenses. The new headlight cleaning kits would have to work on them, also. Lou.
07-20-2014, 01:20 PM
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The OP here saw what Im talking about. Just found this:
http://board.moparts.org/ubbthreads/...Number=7310630
http://board.moparts.org/ubbthreads/...Number=7310630
07-20-2014, 02:02 PM
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I can recommend 3 products I have used with some success. In descending order my favorites are:
1.Novus fine scratch remover. They have 3 different grits. I like the #2.
2. Zaino Plastic Magic
3. Meguiar's PlastX.
I've used them on my tail light lenses as well as the plexiglass on my older hard tops. They all take out fine scratches that affect clarity.
1.Novus fine scratch remover. They have 3 different grits. I like the #2.
2. Zaino Plastic Magic
3. Meguiar's PlastX.
I've used them on my tail light lenses as well as the plexiglass on my older hard tops. They all take out fine scratches that affect clarity.
07-20-2014, 05:35 PM
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Any of the above products are good, I have also found that Mothers mag/aluminum polish cleans up plastics and leaves them shiny and smooth. Of course, it is not marketed for cleaning up plastics, but for the few times I have tried them on plastics…I was not disappointed.
07-21-2014, 03:44 AM
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Burning Brakes
Any of the above products are good, I have also found that Mothers mag/aluminum polish cleans up plastics and leaves them shiny and smooth. Of course, it is not marketed for cleaning up plastics, but for the few times I have tried them on plastics…I was not disappointed.
07-21-2014, 08:30 AM
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A friend of mine with a Corvette shop, sands them, compounds them and then clears them.
When I was younger, and still building model cars, we use to use toothpaste to polish scratches out of the kit clear plastic windows. It worked great.
I've never tried polishing tail lamps with toothpaste, but it might be worth giving a shot.
When I was younger, and still building model cars, we use to use toothpaste to polish scratches out of the kit clear plastic windows. It worked great.
I've never tried polishing tail lamps with toothpaste, but it might be worth giving a shot.
07-21-2014, 01:56 PM
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A friend of mine with a Corvette shop, sands them, compounds them and then clears them.
When I was younger, and still building model cars, we use to use toothpaste to polish scratches out of the kit clear plastic windows. It worked great.
I've never tried polishing tail lamps with toothpaste, but it might be worth giving a shot.
When I was younger, and still building model cars, we use to use toothpaste to polish scratches out of the kit clear plastic windows. It worked great.
I've never tried polishing tail lamps with toothpaste, but it might be worth giving a shot.
07-21-2014, 01:57 PM
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I can recommend 3 products I have used with some success. In descending order my favorites are:
1.Novus fine scratch remover. They have 3 different grits. I like the #2.
2. Zaino Plastic Magic
3. Meguiar's PlastX.
I've used them on my tail light lenses as well as the plexiglass on my older hard tops. They all take out fine scratches that affect clarity.
1.Novus fine scratch remover. They have 3 different grits. I like the #2.
2. Zaino Plastic Magic
3. Meguiar's PlastX.
I've used them on my tail light lenses as well as the plexiglass on my older hard tops. They all take out fine scratches that affect clarity.
07-21-2014, 04:38 PM
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2016 C2 of Year
2015 C3 of Year Finalist
07-21-2014, 06:28 PM
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A friend of mine with a Corvette shop, sands them, compounds them and then clears them.
When I was younger, and still building model cars, we use to use toothpaste to polish scratches out of the kit clear plastic windows. It worked great.
I've never tried polishing tail lamps with toothpaste, but it might be worth giving a shot.
When I was younger, and still building model cars, we use to use toothpaste to polish scratches out of the kit clear plastic windows. It worked great.
I've never tried polishing tail lamps with toothpaste, but it might be worth giving a shot.
Just this last weekend I used one of those kits for headlights that have gone yellow. The kit has a pad you put in a drill and place on 500 grit then 800 grit paper. Then a rubber pad they say is 1500 grit then a foam pad with a buffing compound they say is 3000 grit.
This worked great. You essentially sand off the top of the plastic including the yellowed areas then polish back up to clear again.
I was thinking of doing this with my tail lights. Getting a headlight kit and using a punch make 3/8 inch disks for my Dremel and a 3/8 buffing pad. Take them down just like a headlight then polish back to clear. Using all the same grit sequence as in the kit.
07-26-2014, 10:27 AM
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