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OT: headlight lense cleaner

loco_engr
loco_engr Posts: 5,818
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anyone have tried & true recommendations?
TIA
aka marysvilleksegghead
Lrg 2008
mini 2009

Henny Youngman:
I said to my wife, 'Where do you want to go for our anniversary?' She said, 'I want to go somewhere I've never been before.' I said, 'Try the kitchen.'
Bob Hope: When I wake up in the morning, I don’t feel anything until noon, and then it’s time for my nap
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  • JohnnyTarheel
    JohnnyTarheel Posts: 6,629
    Yeah replace them... I have tied several and it comes back...
    Charlotte, NC - Large BGE 2014, Maverick ET 733, Thermopen, Nest, Platesetter, Woo2 and Extender w/Grid, Kick Ash Basket, Pizza Stone, SS Smokeware Cap, Blackstone 36"
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  • TEXASBGE2018
    TEXASBGE2018 Posts: 3,831
    edited April 2020
    I’ve done the toothpaste thing and also one of the actual kits. I noticed virtually no difference between the 2 except the kit cost a heck of a lot more than a tube of toothpaste. Both work well. Neither are permanent fixes but I can get about 6 months doing the toothpaste thing. So I figure 2 dollars a year it’s the easiest solution. Edit: for reference I have a 15 year old 4runner and have had to do this for about the last 6 years or so twice a year.


    Rockwall, Tx    LBGE, Minimax, 22" Blackstone, Pizza Party Bollore. Cast Iron Hoarder.

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  • nolaegghead
    nolaegghead Posts: 42,109
    They are $50 each for my truck.  Replaced them.  $900 each for my car.

    https://www.amazon.com/dp/B084RQKLV8?gclid=Cj0KCQjws_r0BRCwARIsAMxfDRiZ4eKRgfAKHt6BVTcG9A2Du_g7gX351zbh53Zhdj2IwifPWAhFmiQaAkejEALw_wcB
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  • TEXASBGE2018
    TEXASBGE2018 Posts: 3,831
    edited April 2020
    As an example. I cleaned one of my wife’s up with the toothpaste about 4 months ago. This is what it looks like today. Hers weren’t terrible but they were pretty foggy in the corners. You can see a little haze at the top still.


    Rockwall, Tx    LBGE, Minimax, 22" Blackstone, Pizza Party Bollore. Cast Iron Hoarder.

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  • hoosier_egger
    hoosier_egger Posts: 6,808
    Tried a few different products with only temporary results on SWMBO's Jetta. Ended up hitting them with the DA using1500 grit MMM Trizact and clearing them with R-M DC92

    Been great for a couple years now
    ~ John - Formerly known as ColtsFan  - https://www.instagram.com/hoosier_egger
    XL BGE, LG BGE, Med BGE, BGE Chiminea, Ardore Pizza Oven
    Bloomington, IN - Hoo Hoo Hoo Hoosiers!

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  • Photo Egg
    Photo Egg Posts: 12,137
    ColtsFan said:
    Tried a few different products with only temporary results on SWMBO's Jetta. Ended up hitting them with the DA using1500 grit MMM Trizact and clearing them with R-M DC92

    Been great for a couple years now
    I think that’s the only way to make it last, a high quality sealer.
    Thank you,
    Darian

    Galveston Texas
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  • QDude
    QDude Posts: 1,064
    The Sylvania kit works well but takes about 90 minutes to do.  However, it doesn't last forever and may need to be redone in a couple of years.

    Northern Colorado Egghead since 2012.

    XL BGE and a KBQ.

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  • McStew
    McStew Posts: 965
    https://shinesupply.com/collections/shine-kits/products/3-griots-da-headlight-restoration-kit

    Best products around 
    Hermosa Beach CA 
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  • nolaegghead
    nolaegghead Posts: 42,109
    I use a low speed polisher with lambs wool or foam and a medium rubbing compound and then a fine polishing compound, then spray/coat with a protective outer layer.  Lasts about 2 years.

    If you have a highly oxidized/pitted lens, then you can hit with wet/dry sandpaper, move up in grits to about 1500-3000 and do the polishing.

    You can do this all by hand, just takes longer and some elbow grease.
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  • nolaegghead
    nolaegghead Posts: 42,109
    I use a low speed polisher with lambs wool or foam and a medium rubbing compound and then a fine polishing compound, then spray/coat with a protective outer layer.  Lasts about 2 years.

    If you have a highly oxidized/pitted lens, then you can hit with wet/dry sandpaper, move up in grits to about 1500-3000 and do the polishing.

    You can do this all by hand, just takes longer and some elbow grease.
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  • womaus
    womaus Posts: 256
    Huh. So you do it twice, because you forgot you did it the first time?
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  • Sea2Ski
    Sea2Ski Posts: 4,131
    womaus said:
    Huh. So you do it twice, because you forgot you did it the first time?
    I think he posted twice: one time for each headlight. 
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  • nolaegghead
    nolaegghead Posts: 42,109
    womaus said:
    Huh. So you do it twice, because you forgot you did it the first time?

    Sea2Ski said:
    womaus said:
    Huh. So you do it twice, because you forgot you did it the first time?
    I think he posted twice: one time for each headlight. 

    Exactly
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  • nolaegghead
    nolaegghead Posts: 42,109
    womaus said:
    Huh. So you do it twice, because you forgot you did it the first time?

    Sea2Ski said:
    womaus said:
    Huh. So you do it twice, because you forgot you did it the first time?
    I think he posted twice: one time for each headlight. 

    Exactly

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  • caliking
    caliking Posts: 19,780
    This kinda sounds like cleaning the grid or polishing your BGE?

    For reference, I don't believe in car washes. That's why it rains. 

    #1 LBGE December 2012 • #2 SBGE February  2013 • #3 Mini May 2013
    A happy BGE family in Houston, TX.
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  • loco_engr
    loco_engr Posts: 5,818
    nolaegghead said:
    coat with a protective outer layer
    any suggestions as to what that would be?
    aka marysvilleksegghead
    Lrg 2008
    mini 2009

    Henny Youngman:
    I said to my wife, 'Where do you want to go for our anniversary?' She said, 'I want to go somewhere I've never been before.' I said, 'Try the kitchen.'
    Bob Hope: When I wake up in the morning, I don’t feel anything until noon, and then it’s time for my nap
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  • RiverBBQ
    RiverBBQ Posts: 197
    Replace, not worth the effort 
    You can’t get to Loganville, Ga from anywhere. You have to start somewhere else
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  • Eoin
    Eoin Posts: 4,304
    I just did a perspex screen on one of my bikes that was pretty scratched up. You can get the shine / transparency back with Meguiar's Scratch X by hand. For deeper scratches / pitting you need wet and dry. I started with 3000 - 5000 - 7000. The Meguiar's finishes it off. With the right power tools, it would be really easy.
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  • Toxarch
    Toxarch Posts: 1,900
    In a pinch, Off bug spray will clear it up for a while.
    For new headlights, use a 3M clear film and it will look clear for 15+ years and never dull. 
    Aledo, Texas
    Large BGE
    KJ Jr.

    Exodus 12:9 KJV
    Eat not of it raw, nor sodden at all with water, but roast with fire; his head with his legs, and with the purtenance thereof.

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  • rifrench
    rifrench Posts: 469
    Maybe they need to manufacture headlight lenses from the same plastic as the parking light lenses.  They seem to hold up longer, even on the front of the vehicle.
     1 LBGE, 1 SBGE, 1 KBQ and a 26" Blackstone near Blackstone, Virginia
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  • dbCooper
    dbCooper Posts: 2,678
    The headlights on my 69 Chevy have never fogged up.   🙂
    LBGE, LBGE-PTR, 22" Weber, Coleman 413G
    Great Plains, USA
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