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by **That Aldridge Guy** on Sat Apr 06, 2013 4:10 am

Is there a way to restore that shine to decades old plastic signal housings & lenses that look dull & a bit dirty, even after conventional washing? :glare:

My 1986 ATS that I've salvaged from Kesters Rd currently has the red lens, which still looks dull after cleaning?

For instance, is the new Meguiar's Headlight Restoration Kit suitable? Has anyone tried this new product yet?

by **Macsignals** on Sat Apr 06, 2013 7:21 am

Here's an old thread on this: viewtopic.php?f=10&t=12231&p=156606&hilit=restore+plastic#p156606

We've discussed the headlight polish at least once before but I can't remember any results posted.

The preferred way of restoring poly signals is often a dumpster.

by **mcha9797** on Sat Apr 06, 2013 7:48 am

Macsignals wrote:
The preferred way of restoring poly signals is often a dumpster.

by **2070** on Sat Apr 06, 2013 7:57 am

That system seems to "Sand" off the top layer and then polish it up??

It could wourk on lenses??? But only if you are going to fix your heads lights also, Would it be worth the investment...

by **EPAC-EPIC-MARC** on Sat Apr 06, 2013 8:28 am

As I mentioned in the previous thread I've used armor all on all the poly signals in my collection and it's really brought out the shine and cleaned them up. One of the signals was so scratched up and faded I ended up just painting it.

by **charger** on Sat Apr 06, 2013 8:31 am

The cheapest way to restore poly lens is to get a good spray bottle and fill it with mop and glow. Clean the lens really well with soap and water and let dry. Then mist the lens with the mop and glow. The lighter the better. Let it dry. :grin:

We use to use this on model airplanes and cars to make the sticker look good.

One other trick is if the mist is too heavy just use some windex on a rag to dull the gloss or spray the windex on and start over.

by **BigTbird1974** on Sat Apr 06, 2013 10:46 am

I had good results with the Plast-X product (by itself) on a set of poly lenses. Less than $10 IIRC.

viewtopic.php?f=10&t=9057&hilit=+eagle+poly+lens#wrap

Those lenses aren't in that light anymore, but they still look great sitting on the window ledge...! :crazy:

by **Crunge98** on Sat Apr 06, 2013 10:50 am

that Headlight polish is just a fine cut auto polish. Dont waste your money on it. I deal with all Malco products and my supplier was delivering at the shop and I said I wanted to try it and He said all Malco did was took there fine cut polish and relabled it and jacked up the price.

by **khardy** on Sat Apr 06, 2013 3:25 pm

Hi All,

On past projects such as dull bakelite radios and other plastic like items, we have used Brasso. Brasso is like a liquid rubbing compound and has worked on clear plastic. I would think it would help clearing up plastic lenses. Compared to some other products, Brasso is fairly inexpensive.

Cheers!

by **EdT.** on Sat Apr 06, 2013 8:41 pm

Quite the coinkydink. I used a similar kit today to brighten up the wife's headlights. Sylvania made my kit and it worked very well.

Jay - I can't speak for the other kits, but the Sylvania kit was more than just some cutting compound. It required sanding the lens with three different grits of sandpaper before using a cutting compound and then finally using some type of clear coat to finish it off. I can't see this working at all without the final clearcoat (it was still very hazy until the clearcoat). The clearcoat fills in all the microcavities or something to that effect. Kind of like how you can see through frosted glass using a piece of scotch tape.

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