Headlight lens cleaner

[ecamc]

Hey guys,

Has anyone found a good headlight lens cleaner. I'm sure all of us have suffered with those nasty 'fogged' up headlight lenses.

I was looking at Pittman's original acrylic cleaner, and wondering if anyone has tried it and if it really works. Or, is there some other product that you've found works well (Norvus, etc...)

Thanks,
Ed

[Bear]

Yes, buy one sheet each of 800/1000/1500/2000/2500 grit wet/dry sandpaper (the black stuff) and one bottle of a good plastic cleaner, I like Meguires Plastix.
Wet the lens ( I use a sponge) and keep it wet and keep the paper in a bucket of water. Start sanding with the 800 grit paper 9horizontally) until; the grime starts to disappear, then go to 1000 grit and keep moving to higher numbers (always keeping the lens and paper wet) after going to the 2500 grit, wash lens down, dry lens and start polishing with the plastic polish (any direction). let cleaner dry and see how it looks and if you need to sand any more (I would stay at the 2000-2500 grit at this point). It works for me and does not cost a lot of money.

[das2123]

I here Meguair's polish works good. Here is a how-to...
http://www.myneonspeed.com/howto/how...ightpolish.htm

[ErickTR]

Originally Posted by ecamc

Hey guys,

Has anyone found a good headlight lens cleaner. I'm sure all of us have suffered with those nasty 'fogged' up headlight lenses.

I was looking at Pittman's original acrylic cleaner, and wondering if anyone has tried it and if it really works. Or, is there some other product that you've found works well (Norvus, etc...)

Thanks,
Ed

I used Pittman's to remove that cloudy oxidation from my headlights.
its your best bet, Check out the feedback on Ebay.
Those polishes work fine on glass but if your lens are acrylic / plastic and
all you have is an oxidation problem there is no smarter way to go.
The acrylic lens restorer will clear them up safely and fast.
http://members.ebay.com/ebaymotors/w...=kemetianmotif

[v8chevyguy]

I saw this thread and want to put in my 2-cents. Crystalenz is the best stuff I've ever used (and I tried a bunch of them.) It really cleaned my headlight lenses and I did not have to use a buffer or buy anything else. The website is www.crystalenz.com or check out the blog at crystalenz.blogspot.com

[denisond3]

I made it easier to clean the lenses on our cars (Neons, Escorts, etc.) by taking the headlamp assembly over to my bench grinder, and grinding off those 3 little pips used for aiming at the factory. Then its easier to do the sanding/polishing. I use Chrome Cleaner as my polish.
I was in a hurry to get the lens -polished- one time, and used my propane torch to 'melt' the plastic to clarity. I moved the torch in a sweeping motion, going slower each pass, until I learned how fast I could move it and not ruin the plastic. The headlamps were out of the car for this. This is a fast way to bring the lens to clarity once you have sanded all of the yellowish coating away, but..... Dont blame me if you set your headlamps on fire. And it may cause some crazing of the plastic to appear.
On another forum a gent mentioned a Fast way to clean up really fogged lenses. He sprayed Carburetor Cleaner on a paper towel, and gently ran the paper towel down across the lens. I tried this on the worst headlamps I could find - a neighbors Toyota. It worked wonders, but its easy to overdo it. The Carb cleaner actually dissolves the surface of the lens, taking the yellowish crud with it. This will be obvious by looking at the paper towel. It takes a few hours for the lenses to fully harden after this "Carb Cleaner' treatment, so give it a day if you want to polish them further.

[jason-1995fbody]

Ive found the easiest, cheapest, and safest way is cheap metal\chrome polish and some elbow grease
not show room perfect but 100% better for night vision

[Gojirr]

Yes the Pittman Original ALR headlight cleaner works like a charm.
Just like the videos on
Youtube.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bYJlIqFz6sM

You can't get it on ebay anymore, you will have to go to their site.
http://www.ibc34.com/KMPCDS.html

[ErickTR]

Originally Posted by denisond3

I made it easier to clean the lenses on our cars (Neons, Escorts, etc.) by taking the headlamp assembly over to my bench grinder, and grinding off those 3 little pips used for aiming at the factory. Then its easier to do the sanding/polishing. I use Chrome Cleaner as my polish.
I was in a hurry to get the lens -polished- one time, and used my propane torch to 'melt' the plastic to clarity. I moved the torch in a sweeping motion, going slower each pass, until I learned how fast I could move it and not ruin the plastic. The headlamps were out of the car for this. This is a fast way to bring the lens to clarity once you have sanded all of the yellowish coating away, but..... Dont blame me if you set your headlamps on fire. And it may cause some crazing of the plastic to appear.
On another forum a gent mentioned a Fast way to clean up really fogged lenses. He sprayed Carburetor Cleaner on a paper towel, and gently ran the paper towel down across the lens. I tried this on the worst headlamps I could find - a neighbors Toyota. It worked wonders, but its easy to overdo it. The Carb cleaner actually dissolves the surface of the lens, taking the yellowish crud with it. This will be obvious by looking at the paper towel. It takes a few hours for the lenses to fully harden after this "Carb Cleaner' treatment, so give it a day if you want to polish them further.

Man you scare me. You bring new meaning to the term mad scientest.

[mikeburrit01]

what i used that worked pretty well was white toothpaste and a drill with a buffer thing on it. just for the even cheaper way to go.