Plastic Headlights Polishing

[jovan90jovanovic]

Hi guys, so I’m just starting with polishing and it’s gonna be a hobby really, but trying to learn to get the best results.
I was testing on some old yellow headlights, and what I did was:
P1500 sanding, P2000 sanding, P3000 sanding, cutting with blue Rupes compound and finishing with yellow Rupes compound.
headlights were pretty destroyed and yellow:
iCloud (https://share.icloud.com/photos/0f4dlwTO5JU92cv4YAqmjosPQ)
And ended up looking pretty pretty good:
iCloud (https://share.icloud.com/photos/0baU_2Hp_RMiBtTDAXhb5W19g)

Now my question is here. What was I supposed to do to remove these tiny tiny damages? My feeling is that I was supposed to do a bit more aggressive sanding? Maybe start with P1000 and do a bit more of it? This is what I’m talking about:
iCloud (https://share.icloud.com/photos/01f-cY6fHvQ-e1lf9--GN9gVw)
iCloud (https://share.icloud.com/photos/0e33XcP3N4a9-AFqryg5Q5XwA)

Cheers!

[dgage]

I usually start at P500/600 to ensure you get all the bad stuff off. Then spend more time in 1000. More time on 2000, etc. really could stop at 2000 and use a compound followed by a polish or 3000 and go to a good polish and medium polishing pad.

Welcome!