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Re: Headlight Correction - Wetsanding versus just Buffing - Results One Year Later
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TTQ B4U
Good follow up.
I just went out and purchased a bunch of 1000, 3000 and 5000 grit Trizak 3" foam backed discs as that's what I've found works best
The Trizact are great for car paint because they are super high quality.
The Mirka Abralon discs are more like taking a chainsaw to the headlights. Much more aggressive.
And with the thicker foam backing - they conform to curves better. Heck, you don't even need and interface pad with them. Last longer too.
Also - a lot more affordable than 3M Trizact.
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Re: Headlight Correction - Wetsanding versus just Buffing - Results One Year Later
great article.
Nice to see how they held up in a year's time!
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Re: Headlight Correction - Wetsanding versus just Buffing - Results One Year Later
Scott Harle
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Headlight Correction - Wetsanding versus just Buffing - Results One Year Later
Mike thanks for sharing, excellent info, very unique and useful.
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Re: Headlight Correction - Wetsanding versus just Buffing - Results One Year Later
And just to add....
This wasn't really about "how-to" buff out or correct oxidized headlights... it was about how doing the EXTRA step of sanding creates results that last longer contrast to just buffing - no sanding.
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Re: Headlight Correction - Wetsanding versus just Buffing - Results One Year Later
From talking to several folks that make coating for headlights at MTE and Detail Fest, if you don't plan to sand then don't plan to coat. Sanding the headlights will remove the factory coating, where just polishing will not. The coating needs to 'bond' to the plastic to work its best - as proved by Mike's test mule.
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Re: Headlight Correction - Wetsanding versus just Buffing - Results One Year Later
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mc2hill
From talking to several folks that make coating for headlights at MTE and Detail Fest, if you don't plan to sand then don't plan to coat.
Sanding the headlights will remove the factory coating, where just polishing will not.
The coating needs to 'bond' to the plastic to work its best - as proved by Mike's test mule.
That is accurate.
What I teach in my classes, is IF the headlight has an OEM coating, (some headlights do some don't), but once it starts to fail then you MUST sand 100% of the OEM coating off the headlight to do the job right.
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