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[GastronomicKleptomaniac]

I've got The Tigra Of Cool to do a full detail on, its currently under 3 inches of leaves and bird droppings. I'll take photos and do a writeup of detailing if people want.

No point doing the MV6 until it's painted, and the ex plod is already clean...

That that would be really helpful, when can you post the writeup, assume your not to busy at the moment!!

On rest days at the moment, I'll see what I can do!

[YZ250]

.....and I do have a variable speed polisher.......

As you have a machine polisher I'll give you a tip to sparkle up your headlights.

Open the bonnet, mask the paintwork around the headlight, spray water on the headlight, rub wet and dry over the whole headlight and keep the headlight wet while doing so. Stand back and think "Oh my goodness, what have I done".    Wipe the headlight, it will look all misty.
Pick up your machine polisher, attach one of the small heads (assuming you have a proper polisher with interchangeable heads, not just a buffer), drop 3 or 4 drops of Super Resin Polish or similar on to your polishing head, smear it on to your headlight in circular motions (machine polisher off at this stage to avoid the polish spraying out over your clothes  ), turn on polisher at low speed and increase the speed whilst polishing. Give this a couple of goes and buff off to a shine.
DO NOT stay in one place too long with the polisher or you will create too much heat. The whole process takes about ten minutes per headlight. I did mine occasionally like this and they were as good as new when I sold it seventeen years later and I also do a family members Mercedes headlights, as they are prone to dulling just the same. You don't need any fancy kit, this method makes them sparkle like new. 

[dave the builder]

.....and I do have a variable speed polisher.......

As you have a machine polisher I'll give you a tip to sparkle up your headlights.

Open the bonnet, mask the paintwork around the headlight, spray water on the headlight, rub wet and dry over the whole headlight and keep the headlight wet while doing so. Stand back and think "Oh my goodness, what have I done".    Wipe the headlight, it will look all misty.
Pick up your machine polisher, attach one of the small heads (assuming you have a proper polisher with interchangeable heads, not just a buffer), drop 3 or 4 drops of Super Resin Polish or similar on to your polishing head, smear it on to your headlight in circular motions (machine polisher off at this stage to avoid the polish spraying out over your clothes  ), turn on polisher at low speed and increase the speed whilst polishing. Give this a couple of goes and buff off to a shine.
DO NOT stay in one place too long with the polisher or you will create too much heat. The whole process takes about ten minutes per headlight. I did mine occasionally like this and they were as good as new when I sold it seventeen years later and I also do a family members Mercedes headlights, as they are prone to dulling just the same. You don't need any fancy kit, this method makes them sparkle like new. 

I think you need to say very fine wet and dry 
personally, I use 3M 800 grit,then 1500 grit W&D  and keep wet with a squirty bottle of water and washing up liquid
then rinse, mop and polish

[YZ250]

......
I think you need to say very fine wet and dry 
personally, I use 3M 800 grit,then 1500 grit W&D  and keep wet with a squirty bottle of water....

Quite right.    Always difficult to know just how much detail to add without insulting someone's intelligence, but you are correct to explain that it's fine wet and dry so that anyway afraid to ask doesn't use paper that's too course. 

[MikeDundee]

.....and I do have a variable speed polisher.......

As you have a machine polisher I'll give you a tip to sparkle up your headlights.

Open the bonnet, mask the paintwork around the headlight, spray water on the headlight, rub wet and dry over the whole headlight and keep the headlight wet while doing so. Stand back and think "Oh my goodness, what have I done".    Wipe the headlight, it will look all misty.
Pick up your machine polisher, attach one of the small heads (assuming you have a proper polisher with interchangeable heads, not just a buffer), drop 3 or 4 drops of Super Resin Polish or similar on to your polishing head, smear it on to your headlight in circular motions (machine polisher off at this stage to avoid the polish spraying out over your clothes  ), turn on polisher at low speed and increase the speed whilst polishing. Give this a couple of goes and buff off to a shine.
DO NOT stay in one place too long with the polisher or you will create too much heat. The whole process takes about ten minutes per headlight. I did mine occasionally like this and they were as good as new when I sold it seventeen years later and I also do a family members Mercedes headlights, as they are prone to dulling just the same. You don't need any fancy kit, this method makes them sparkle like new. 

I already done the headlights last week, did not come up as good as what I expected, looked good at the time, but think I might need to do them again, masked them, 4 stage sand and polish etc., final coating on and all that.

[MikeDundee]

Done last Sunday pic below...….

[YZ250]

Done last Sunday pic below...….
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Nice one. 

[Doctor Gollum]

Results partly depend on what you are starting with

Also, I don't think that 40 grit is wet and dry

[MikeDundee]

Results partly depend on what you are starting with

Also, I don't think that 40 grit is wet and dry

Use the four small sanding pads that came with the turtle was kit, then today found the Megiuars lens cleaning kit, hiding in the boot all the time, thought I had thrown it, hence why bought another one, need to go to specsavers!!!

[Doctor Gollum]

It's the cabin fever kicking in 

[GastronomicKleptomaniac]

In theory, UV-protective sealant on the lights after the polish is what you need to do to stop them clouding again.

I bought a cheapy Chinese kit off eBay with such a product included, it seems to work. It could however have been a sachet of condiment for all I know...

[Doctor Gollum]

Or Batflu 

[biggriffin]

I used, 800, then 1500, then 2000, with lashings of water, then a polish with g3, finished with super resin polish..

If you haven't got G3, Autosol metal polish works well.

[STEMO]

I used, 800, then 1500, then 2000, with lashings of water, then a polish with g3, finished with super resin polish..

If you haven't got G3, Autosol metal polish works well.

Or Brasso.

[Migv6 le Frog Fan]

I used, 800, then 1500, then 2000, with lashings of water, then a polish with g3, finished with super resin polish..

If you haven't got G3, Autosol metal polish works well.

I did this with mine today. Although I used 1200, 1500, 2000, 2500 then G3 and then super resin polish. A bit disappointed with the results tbh. They are better than they were, but not as good as I hoped.
I did remove the headlights from the car to do it though, so cleaned up all the paintwork behind there while I was at it.
Fark nose why, because its unlikely that anyone will ever see it again, but it looked quite nice just before I covered it up by refitting the lights.