XPost: alt.home.repair   
   From: NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com   
      
   In alt.home.repair, on Fri, 27 Nov 2020 18:05:44 -0600, Hank Rogers   
    wrote:   
      
   >Steve W. wrote:   
   >> micky wrote:   
   >>> 3 weeks ago I polished my headlight lenses.   
   >>> They came out great.   
   >>> I had replaced a bulb and noticed again how cloudy they were,   
   >>> 2005 car.   
   >>> It took about 2 hours but would have taken less if my back didn't   
   >>> hurt   
   >>> and I had to sit down over and over, and if then I didn't start   
   >>> listening to the radio on the day that the presidential election was   
   >>> called.  So maybe an hour.   
   >>> Instructions said to wash the lenses.   
   >>> Also to mask the painted part around the lenses.   I had 3 rolls of   
   >>> masking tape, the youngest 25 years old.  I checked in advance   
   >>> and the   
   >>> first roll worked fine, stuck fine, came off fine, but on the day   
   >>> I did   
   >>> this, I couldn't tear off an 10" piece without it ripping at 4   
   >>> inches.   
   >>> I didn't test for that.  But the 3rd roll worked.   
   >>   
   >> For "dead" masking tape here is a trick, put it in a microwave for   
   >> 10-20 seconds depending on roll size. It will make it like new again.   
      
   Good to know.   BTW, I didn't buy more than one of those rolls. Maybe   
   note even 1.   
   >>   
   >>>   
   >>   
   >> I have used the 3M kit but as you noted most of the kit's come with   
   >> nothing for UV. To really make them last the best solution is to   
   >> sand the old crud off in steps, then polish the light up, clean it   
   >> very well and spray it with an automotive clear top coat to seal it   
   >> and keep the UV from damaging it any more. You can buy that in   
   >> spray cans now with an activator in the bottom. You pop the bottom   
   >> button and shake the crap out of it, then let it set for however   
   >> long they say, that lets the two parts start to blend well and then   
   >> you apply it in thin coats.   
   >>   
   >   
   >Remember when we had sealed beam headlights? Plain, cheap Glass.   
      
   And they never burned out.    Though I decided to get fancy and I   
   replaced them once with halogen, and those did burn out.   
      
   >You could buy replacements at any store, even Kmart or later walmart.   
   >   
   >Now, we piss around with cheap plastic covered expensive stuff.   
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