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Omega Help Area => Omega General Help => Topic started by: Turk on 04 November 2012, 22:52:09

Title: Headlight Restoration - Wetsanding and Polishing
Post by: Turk on 04 November 2012, 22:52:09: http://youtu.be/5sZg9cj2hxI
Title: Re: Headlight Restoration - Wetsanding and Polishing
Post by: VXL V6 on 04 November 2012, 23:27:35: Did the Mr's Estate the other day with a 3M kit, previously did my DTi's with good results. :y
Title: Re: Headlight Restoration - Wetsanding and Polishing
Post by: spanish_lad on 05 November 2012, 20:54:29: i did ours today pre-itv (mot). a quick going over with 1500, then 2000, then polish. came up like new :)
Title: Re: Headlight Restoration - Wetsanding and Polishing
Post by: dbdb on 06 November 2012, 01:40:41: why would you do that by hand? Just use a Dremel (other multi tools available) with felt pad on low speed and lots of brasso to keep it cool.
Title: Re: Headlight Restoration - Wetsanding and Polishing
Post by: Nick W on 06 November 2012, 10:07:48: You think polishing a large area like a headlight with a Dremel and Brasso is easier than doing it by hand with a decent abrasive? Dremels are good tools for small cutting/grinding/polishing jobs but are hopeless at anything bigger.
I did both my headlights by hand with G3 in about 20 minutes. They were so bad they would have looked at home on a seventies Renault.
Title: Re: Headlight Restoration - Wetsanding and Polishing
Post by: dbdb on 06 November 2012, 12:41:06: I still think a multi tool would be easier than by hand but yes for a large area just get a polishing mop wheel that fits a standard drill say a 100mm diameter one. Easier if you have a flexi drive for the drill.

Brasso by chance is ideal to get a mirror finish on plastic almost straight away, no messing with different grade abrasives. Good for plastic watch faces too.
Title: Re: Headlight Restoration - Wetsanding and Polishing
Post by: spanish_lad on 07 November 2012, 09:55:34: lol i work at a paintshop .. i used the compressor with the sander then used a full size electric polisher ... took about 3 minutes to do both sides.