303 stained my headlamps?

**IceQube** · 06-05-2019, 12:54 AM

I sprayed and buffed some 303 on my headlamps and now there's permanent white residue stuck in the lamps. I can't scrub it out for the life of me. I even tried putting some PlastX polish on an applicator pad and scrubbing the surface but nothing is working. It's nighttime now, so I'll upload pictures in the morning.

**Klasse Act** · 06-05-2019, 05:13 AM

Which 303 product are we talking about here?

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**IceQube** · 06-05-2019, 02:33 PM

303 protectant.

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**Klasse Act** · 06-05-2019, 02:34 PM

Quick question...what made you use THAT product for this

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**IceQube** · 06-05-2019, 02:36 PM

I read about people using 303 on plastics including taillamps and headlamps with no issues except only short term protection, but I have no issues with reapplying every few weeks. I read on the 303 website that a police department applies it to their fleet cars' lamps.

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**Rsurfer** · 06-05-2019, 02:36 PM

Originally Posted by IceQube

I sprayed and buffed some 303 on my headlamps and now there's permanent white residue stuck in the lamps. I can't scrub it out for the life of me. I even tried putting some PlastX polish on an applicator pad and scrubbing the surface but nothing is working. It's nighttime now, so I'll upload pictures in the morning.

How did you prep before applying 303? They look like some bad scratches which 303 should not do.

**Belo** · 06-05-2019, 03:31 PM

Originally Posted by Klasse Act

Quick question...what made you use THAT product for this

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was thinking the same thing

**IceQube** · 06-05-2019, 03:33 PM

Those scratches weren't there before the application of 303. What ended up happening was that the haze 303 left was bad enough to make me replace the entire lamp. I had the old lamp sitting with the lens down on a work table so I could extract the bulbs and ballasts. That's what created the scratches.

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**Rsurfer** · 06-05-2019, 03:48 PM

Originally Posted by IceQube

Those scratches weren't there before the application of 303. What ended up happening was that the haze 303 left was bad enough to make me replace the entire lamp. I had the old lamp sitting with the lens down on a work table so I could extract the bulbs and ballasts. That's what created the scratches.

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Why did you not wet sand, which would have removed the scratches, 303 and old OEM UV protectant?

Those lamps are not cheap.

**Klasse Act** · 06-05-2019, 04:47 PM

Hopefully this doesn't go south, but now that I'm on our works computer with a real screen, are we to believe that all those scratches were caused by 303 protectant? Seriously? Also, I know its "water under the bridge" at this point, but why didn't you consider a headlight resto kit, like the one from Griot's Garage for instance? Also, going on the cheap and short term, bug spray with DEET also works in a pinch