Dammm it! I save thousands of dollar again! journey of restoring German sight by KC

[kc's]

How to save your oxidized Head Lamp

oxidized Head Lamp affect Millions of vehicles. majority of these aging is caused by the heat generated from the projection inside and exposed to the harsh environment like sun + improper wash making it worse in Malaysia, eg foam used! what we usually seeat the road side carwash, where one single foam used to clean entire car.....! wrong solvent use....degreaser ..+..FAB washing powder....+ strength = DAMAGE slowly after over time


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The brittle, discoloured fingernails will give away any detailer who's been using an HF solution - without protective gloves - use in cleaning the car , engine or wheels. HF is not like other highly corrosive acids. Mix it with equal parts of water (as many overzealous operators ), spill a little on your unprotected hand and you won't even feel any pain as it begins to burn through your skin, searching for the calcium in your bones.

many of such chemical found in these snow wash foam, as widely premixes in a 30-40-gallon drum and run through a air pressure pump, as a pre-rinse. although it has the ability to remove loose traces of foam polish wax, shine glass and chrome, reduce streaking and neutralize the pH on vehicles that have just been through an alkaline pre-soak and washed with reclaim water.



Headlamp restoration or repair is part the process of restoring the brightness and clarity!

sharing with you my insight and perhaps it might trigger you to restore your own..................

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Save money over expensive replacements, restore them yourself, it's quick, easy and best of all anyone can do it without special training or tools

tools requires

compound

Polish

polish foam pad

Clay

Sand paper 1000 grit/ 1500 grit/2000 grit/3000 grit * if possible

sanding block

Coating

estimating2-3 hours job and it may stretch to 5 hours per one single side


you may want to view my italian job as a reference to this

http://www.autogeekonline.net/forum/show-n-shine/49472-its-italian-job-journey-herbie-s-restoration-opti-coat-kc.htmll



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close up - damages by road side car wash



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before

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after polish
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ehhhhhh...too deep and not much of effect

after sanding down
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close up
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far away


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lets polish again compound off

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tadaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
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lets polish
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ta daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
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Close Up before
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close up
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Tadaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

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Super macro
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side view

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after 35 hours later

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what another side??????????? @#$%^&*

the eye lid before

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aftersanding with 1000 grit - continue with 1500 grit - finish at 2000grit


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remember
the greatest succes is ...........................

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FOR there is a Chinese Idioms that goes like this

" the greatest success.....is................

when you fall........you pick up yourself!!!!!"

Thanks Mrs Prem for your good advise....i will cherish and be thankful that His upper hands saw me though

this threah is specially written to you! thanks for your encouragment!!!

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Last tips
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altered the sanding block size to fit your usage......and keep trying till you get through

[Sicoupe]

Great job buddy!

[david001wj]

Very nicely done friend!!

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[Kamakaz1961]

Nice work!!

[kc's]

Great job buddy!

Thank you Sire! :props::buffing:


Very nicely done friend!!

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Thaknks Buddy david001wj for your kind words :xyxthumbs:


Nice work!!

Thank you Kamakaz1961 for your words of encouragement :Picture:

[kc's]

incredible results. really nice. but did you say up to 5 hours per lens? how much $$ would you charge for this? seems like it would have to be like $100 each just to make enough money for your time.

thanks buddy for your kind words

refering to my past encounters

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highly impossible
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tadaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

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to read more

Car detailer: Malaysia Car Detailing Guru KC present - how to restore headlights on your exotic car (http://thedetailers.blogspot.com/2015/07/malaysia-car-detailing-guru-kc-present_24.html)

[sproketser]

Great job again !

[kc's]

Great job again !

Thank you sire!:xyxthumbs:

[sproketser]

No problema !

[Rod73]

Well done!

[kc's]

Well done!

Thanks Rod73 for your kind words

[iflyjetzzz]

This may sound a bit crazy, but have you ever tried regular toothpaste and a rag on clouded headlights? I've found it to be a fast, cheap, easy way to clean headlights - lots of stuff on the internet about this technique.

[kc's]

This may sound a bit crazy, but have you ever tried regular toothpaste and a rag on clouded headlights? I've found it to be a fast, cheap, easy way to clean headlights - lots of stuff on the internet about this technique.

Thanks for the pointer
Undoubtedly ! Independ what level of results your desire
But it will not be good enough prep for OPTIMUM opti lense coating

[Kuper]

Wow clear eyes! How nice that turned out I am going to do this
On my pickup soon.

[FASTFRED]

Looks great !