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Old 09-17-2007, 11:25 AM
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polishing plastic tail lights

i have a new set of tail lights (smooth with no ridges) that have light swirl marks and scuffs. I want to give them a nice polish so they are nice and glossy and pretty much swirl-free. What would be the best approach for this?

For reference i have a PC 7424 with orange, white and black pads.

Would Maguiars M80 speed glaze followed by a wax do the trick? I also have maguiars fine cut cleaner....should that be used first?

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Old 09-17-2007, 06:15 PM
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use a plastic polish like Megs or Novus .... then use Plexus weekly to keep them looking new. Hand polishing is usually good enough on these delicate offerings but headlamp kits offer a drill mounted polishing head as wanted.
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Old 09-17-2007, 06:41 PM
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use a plastic polish like Megs or Novus .... then use Plexus weekly to keep them looking new. Hand polishing is usually good enough on these delicate offerings but headlamp kits offer a drill mounted polishing head as wanted.
What is plexus?
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Old 09-17-2007, 06:44 PM
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What is plexus?
It's a plastic cleaner and polish.
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There are two products you may want to look at: Plexus and DP Plex-All. These would be for cleaning and protecting.
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There are two products you may want to look at: Plexus and DP Plex-All. These would be for cleaning and protecting.
Add Diamondite Plasti-Care to this list.
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Old 09-18-2007, 01:20 AM
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Machine polishing of them is the best way. I just fixed up a 96 Commodore sedan's tail lights that had wetsanding scratches all over them
Got the PB's SSR's out which are awesome on plastic and sorted them out with the 9227.
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Old 09-18-2007, 09:31 AM
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Machine polishing of them is the best way. I just fixed up a 96 Commodore sedan's tail lights that had wetsanding scratches all over them
Got the PB's SSR's out which are awesome on plastic and sorted them out with the 9227.
Sorry, i am still fairly new to the scene and am not that familiar with all the products and lingo yet (detailing dumb i guess!). What is PB, SSR and 9227?

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Poorboys SSR is their line of polishes.
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