cleaning headlamps.

[boggysv]

Link

This is a link to showing u how to "clean" foglamps, but i was wondering if it could be done on glass headlamps?

ANybody tried it b4?
Can teach me?

 

[boggysv]

no one wan to teach me :(

 

[antugile]

to clean headlamp + Fog lamp + taillamp...easy as 1 2 3..

this is my way doing it.. caution** Only for light and NOt ON MIRROR OR GLASS..

why we can do it on light it is a combination of glass and plastic but plastic is more f i not mistaken.


What u need is:

1 . Brasso

2 . kain buruk (old cloth)

3 . 10 min depend on light you've got.

4. 100 plus. :D


Steps:

Polish the brasso with cloth until all surface covered by it,

leave the light about for 1 min, by this time you can do to another light, repeat the step to all the light.

after all being polished and leaved for 1-2 min at this time the chemical react with the clogged and dust, then polished the surface untill all the brasso gone..walla...you got a brand new light...satisfaction guaranteed..

try many times at my charade detomaso cristal lamp.. B. EU. tiful.

 

[Indecided]

try the same with autosol.

otherwise...zzz..it's like emery boards for fingernails :P

 

[boggysv]

brasso is a brass polish is it? :blink:

can use on a glass headlamp?

 

[edgar_raphael]

Another way is an easy one but might cost your some money but if you are a friend to one of them it might be free. If you happened to know someone working in a car painting workshop, ask them to polish your headlamps glass/plastic with their Paste Compound polish, this type of polish is what they use to polish your car that has just been painted with new paint, they should know.

However, i encounter some older glass headlights which is not the crystal type, which has lines on the inside of the glass, usually gets yellowish/greenish, the only way to clean this inside of the glass is to open the headlamp and wash.

 

[antugile]

Originally posted by boggysv@Feb 13 2005, 13:46
brasso is a brass polish is it? :blink:

can use on a glass headlamp?

yes brasso & autosol is a brass polish, and yes it can be used to clean glass headlamps,

just showed it to may neighbour kancil's, result is satisfying and as to thank me, he gave me a bottle of chemical and a bottle of tyre cleaner(the white one)..


the reason of headlamp become yellowish then become blurr is because of the repetition of heat and cold and enviroment, when the lights is on the plastics become hot and rain + sun..its decay..

 

[BLaCkHoWLiNG]

if it's slightly scratched...u can use 2000 sand paper to remove a thin layer...then polish it with brasso or best with rubbing compound

 

[fritz]

I did it today wit Autosol..very very effective! My ae101's headlamp now looks newer...dun hav those yellowish colour stain...Good Good...hehe!!THankyOU!

 

[antugile]

Hi fritz, very very effective ehh...like I told ya, the steps are simple and no need to open ur headlamp to clean it, simple and effective..

 

[fritz]

Yaya..very very easy..i done it in less than 10mins..hehe! But if can polish inside of the lamp..i think the effect will be superb...hehe..

 

[TitanRev]

Where to buy Autosol ?? :huh:

 

[Opel]

those hardwareshop or shopping complex sure got 1 laa.

 

[Hikaru]

Originally posted by jerm+Feb 24 2004, 22:34 -->
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hello! use AUTOSOL! it works really GOOD!
try it im not bluffing youuuuuuuuuuuuu

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i try it wth autosol it really work....

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Autosol works like a sandpaper but in liquid form. It works because you simply sand off the outer layer of the plastic and reveal the layer undernealth so it looks shinny right after you polish it with autosol.

The problem is how do you seal of the exposed layer of plastic? If you can not seal the top layer then you are polishing for nothing because it'll turn yellowing again and sooner then before because the protective layer of the plastic has been sanded off.

 

[fstr]

hmmmm but mine is plastic, can polish with brasso mehh??? :huh:

 

[fritz]

plastic can..my seg also plastic..very effective..immediately u can c the effect..erm..as wat hikaru mentioned..he say the light will become yellow soon after polised..i think it will become yellow but not so soon..at least can last for few months la..hehe! i polised it for almost 1month+..still ok..the autosol just rm9..i think can polish the light for more than 10 times..so it is worth also... :D :P

 

[fstr]

ok bro thanks, will do it later...hehehehheee :P

 

[Bert]

Did it on Plastic and glass lamps... works well for a minimal amount of cost and effort... Thumbs up for Autosol...

BTW, I tried first with the Autosol Plastic cleaner but it doesnt work well compared to the normal autosol.

 

[Hikaru]

Looks like you guys still don't get the point.

Rubbing with autosol only solve your problem in shortrun and it will turn yellow back very soon. You can see the immediate effect because it works like a sanding paper by sanding off the top layer of the plastic coating(which is yellowing). The plastic len will get yellowing sooner than before because the coating has been sanded off.

NEVER do that on plastic len headlights. There is one forumer here who did the same thing by rubbing with autosol on his headlights, but unfortunately the plastic len turns out very crispy when it contacts with autosol regularly and eventually cracked.

It'd be very effective for those glass headlamp like wira.

 

[fstr]

nvm hikaru if cracked i'de buy another headlamp....as i dont like plastics anyway :lol: