Anyone used this? Is it any good?
http://www.meguiars.co.uk/product/397/Meguiars-Headlight-Restoration-Kit/
http://www.meguiars.co.uk/product/397/Meguiars-Headlight-Restoration-Kit/
Never used it or heard of anybody who has but I used some wet&dry paper (800,1200 and 1500), T-Cut and some Megs Scratch X which didn't not set me back £30
Obviously you won't get the same results compared with a machine polisher but mine came up really well
Please stop suggesting such high grades of wet and dry.
If you want to ruin your own headlights, that's your prerogative. Do not use anything below 2000 and ideally you'll want someone with a machine polisher to polish out the sanding marks.
Obviously I am not a professional at detailing but I was just stating what I did myself and my headlights turned out just fine especially considering the conditon they were in! Won't get anywhere near the same results as machine polished but I am always on a budget.
i just bought new headlights that solved the problem
How much were they?
I completely and utterly disagree.
Oh ye of little faith...
Watch the video in this thread http://www.cliosport.net/forum/showthread.php?593494-Yet-another-headlight-thread
Faith has nothing to do with it. You're still wrong in a number of respects.
Firstly, the grade used there is 800, granted. But did you see the state of the lights? Secondly, it's used by an air pressure rotary drill. So will be a more evenly prepped surface. Have you wet sanded by machine and by hand and seen the difference? 800 grit by hand will put scratches into the surface that will be irreparable by hand and will take a long time by machine.
The video also shows the individual work up through a large number of discs. Not 800-2000 "done!"...
Detailing is the art of removing as little surface as possible to remove the defects. This doesn't just apply to paint top coats, but interior painted plastics, headlights, glass etc etc. You wouldn't start with 3M Fast Cut+ to remove minor swirling, so why start with an 800 grade wet and dry paper to remove minor plastic defects?
Lastly, the majority of people that are viewing this thread are newbies without any detailing knowledge or ideas on machine polishing. That is what I take issue with, when people suggest using such low grades of paper!
The grade you start with depends on the severity of the defects to begin with.
Read my earlier post
I didn't say I was sanding by hand anyway, I use a DA to sand then a rotary polisher to return to gloss.
How am I wrong? It all depends on the application, 800 grade is applicaple to a headlight in similar condition to the one in that video.
What you were saying earlier was never use any less than 2000, all I'm saying is lower grades (or as you refer to them.. higher grades) have their application when it comes to headlight restoration.
I take your point about newbies without any detailing knowledge, however I'm speaking from a point of knowledge.
In my opinion they either need to be prepared to learn by their mistakes and if they don't want to risk damaging their headlamp, they should get a cheap headlamp from a scrapyard to practice on first or pay someone who knows what they are doing to do it for them.
Unfortunately, everyone has to start somewhere.
Hahaha!
Fair enough matey