Headlight Coating Removal

[mmhammer]

Wipe the slurry off once in a while with a clean rag and at some point you'll feel like you didn't make a mistake and its getting better.

[Eldorado2k]

Bout to go through this process with the Sequoia too. Those headlights are awful. I have hope that I can get this plastic coating off of these and that they'll look good underneath. Probably wishful thinking.


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I think you’ll be just fine after sanding. I had to look at these for a while after the clearcoat I put on them failed and no amount of polishing would do anything to it..



After a quik sanding with 1000 grit then 3000 + compound and they came back to normL.




Speaking of behemoths, I just detailed an H2 Hummer this past weekend. I can’t imagine owning 1 of those things. Just having to frequently wash that thing must be crazy.

[dontibbetts]

Wipe the slurry off once in a while with a clean rag and at some point you'll feel like you didn't make a mistake and its getting better.

Haha. Great way to put it.


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[dontibbetts]

I think you’ll be just fine after sanding. I had to look at these for a while after the clearcoat I put on them failed and no amount of polishing would do anything to it..



After a quik sanding with 1000 grit then 3000 + compound and they came back to normL.




Speaking of behemoths, I just detailed an H2 Hummer this past weekend. I can’t imagine owning 1 of those things. Just having to frequently wash that thing must be crazy.

We have one of these Tacomas in the fleet too. His headlights still look pretty good but I'm gonna try to get them polished and coated in the next couple of months.

The Sequoia is a chore to keep clean because of its size but also because it's such a workhorse. It's forever hauling kids, tools, furniture etc. It gets used so much for working and family chores that it's hard to find time to get it cleaned up good. It's a pain to keep clean but I don't know how we'd get by without it.


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[rangerbay]

Is that a coating or a plastic overlay like laminex? If its a plastic, don't sand. If its a detiorating coating, you will need to do a multistep sanding and then a compound/polish.

[Route246]

Have you tried a heat gun? A hair dryer might work in a pinch.

[Setec Astronomy]

Is that a coating or a plastic overlay like laminex? If its a plastic, don't sand. If its a detiorating coating, you will need to do a multistep sanding and then a compound/polish.

Yeah, most of you guys must be seeing something different in the pictures than I am, it looks to me like tinted PPF.

[Bruno Soares]

Yeah, most of you guys must be seeing something different in the pictures than I am, it looks to me like tinted PPF.

That’s what I thought too. Tinted film that should come off with heat and patience.

[mmhammer]

It does kinda look like that now that you mention it and I look at it in a different manner!

[Mike@ShineStruck]

Start with 320 ,work way up to 3000, prep and then either UV coat or 2k clear it..