removing haze from tailight
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From: Westfield Indiana
removing haze from tailight
does anyone know what products are good to buff out or re-paint my hazed tailights. Dupi-color has a "night shades" product that look pretty good but is "blacks" out the tailight. Once the light is on, the red of the light shows through. But I don't want to black out my tailights and can't find a red colored coating.
Any suggestions?
Any suggestions?
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#0000 steel wool, followed by rubbing compound, followed by polishing compound. Then coat it with polymer 'sealant' like Nu-Vinyl or Meguiar's for plastic parts so that the UV doesn't dull them again.
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No-joke! Before using any coarse abrasives, if you just have haze, try toothpaste first. Any toothpaste, they all have the same fine grit. My marker lense and tailights have been polished with toothpaste and they even smelled good afterward. You may need to use more than one application, but it won't lead to scratches that are more difficult to remove. There are polishing compound of varying degrees of grit you can use. Remember, fine paper and wool is meant to take material down to a level surface that can be polished. If you don't have scratches, these will make them and need to be buffed out. Deep scratches might be best dealt with by spraying a coat of clear, but check with your paint supplier first. Chemicals like lacquer thinner might ruin a plastic lens. It is best to start with the least aggressive approach first and test result, or you can make more work for yourself.