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Best way to restore taillight lenses. #1438369 05/18/13 04:52 PM 05/18/13 04:52 PM
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Baller OP enthusiast Joined: May 2012 Posts: 382 Delta BC, Canada	What is the best way to remove haze from the red plastic lenses? Tried the search function on this site with no results and I would rather hear from someone on this site rather than some google search result. Thanks. 1970 GTX, work in progress...

Re: Best way to restore taillight lenses. [Re: Baller] #1438370 05/18/13 05:00 PM 05/18/13 05:00 PM
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RSNOMO Moparts Torchbearer R Joined: Apr 2012 Posts: 18,880 -	Did mine with a buffing wheel, and compound I believe I got from Eastwood...

Re: Best way to restore taillight lenses. [Re: RSNOMO] #1438371 05/18/13 06:18 PM 05/18/13 06:18 PM
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1_WILD_RT Management Trainee Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 27,347 Today? Who Knows?	Mothers Mag & Aluminum Polish... 7710476-polishedlens1.jpg (152 downloads) "The Armies of our ancestors were lucky, in that they were not trailed by a second army of pencil pushers."

Re: Best way to restore taillight lenses. [Re: 1_WILD_RT] #1438372 05/18/13 06:30 PM 05/18/13 06:30 PM
Joined: May 2012 Posts: 382 Delta BC, Canada Baller OP enthusiast
Baller OP enthusiast Joined: May 2012 Posts: 382 Delta BC, Canada	Quote: Mothers Mag & Aluminum Polish... Wow, looks awesome. Never used that stuff before. What was your application to get these results? 1970 GTX, work in progress...

Re: Best way to restore taillight lenses. [Re: Baller] #1438373 05/18/13 11:35 PM 05/18/13 11:35 PM
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DaveRS23 Special needs idiot D Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 12,053 Benton, IL.	You can also glass bead them and have them clear coated. Master, again and still

Re: Best way to restore taillight lenses. [Re: Baller] #1438374 05/19/13 12:16 AM 05/19/13 12:16 AM
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1_WILD_RT Management Trainee Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 27,347 Today? Who Knows?	Quote: Quote: Mothers Mag & Aluminum Polish... Wow, looks awesome. Never used that stuff before. What was your application to get these results? You can get allot of improvement just by rubbing the Mothers on the lenses with a soft cloth but I was dealing with some pretty serious scratches so I actually sanded the lenses with 800 grit then polished with Mothers & a buffer.... 7710868-polishedlens2.jpg (69 downloads) "The Armies of our ancestors were lucky, in that they were not trailed by a second army of pencil pushers."

Re: Best way to restore taillight lenses. [Re: 1_WILD_RT] #1438375 05/19/13 12:17 AM 05/19/13 12:17 AM
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1_WILD_RT Management Trainee Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 27,347 Today? Who Knows?	And.. If Domingo happens to chime in he really did an outstanding job on some 70 Challenger lenses... They look better than NOS... 7710869-polishedlens4.jpg (141 downloads) "The Armies of our ancestors were lucky, in that they were not trailed by a second army of pencil pushers."

Re: Best way to restore taillight lenses. [Re: 1_WILD_RT] #1438376 05/19/13 09:18 AM 05/19/13 09:18 AM
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Anonymous Unregistered A	What did you do about the area that has the raise letters/numbers?

Re: Best way to restore taillight lenses. [Re: ] #1438377 05/19/13 12:08 PM 05/19/13 12:08 PM
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1_WILD_RT Management Trainee Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 27,347 Today? Who Knows?	You avoid sanding there & polish it with the Mothers as best you can.... "The Armies of our ancestors were lucky, in that they were not trailed by a second army of pencil pushers."

Re: Best way to restore taillight lenses. [Re: 1_WILD_RT] #1438378 05/21/13 11:39 AM 05/21/13 11:39 AM
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a12rag master Joined: Apr 2007 Posts: 2,918 Calgary, Alberta Canada	Other route is Mcguires Plastic Cleaner and then Polish. It works great and is made for this !!!

Re: Best way to restore taillight lenses. [Re: ] #1438379 05/21/13 10:35 PM 05/21/13 10:35 PM
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5wndwcpe pro stock Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 1,528 Southeast PA	Quote: What did you do about the area that has the raise letters/numbers? If it's not a points car you can just sand them off and be done with it. 1968 GTX hardtop 1968 Sport Satellite Convertible 383/4spd 1933 Plymouth coupe 2002 Ram 2500 oil burner 4x4 2015 Grand Cherokee 2013 Challenger 1957 Chrysler Saratoga Man...I need a bigger freakin' garage.

Re: Best way to restore taillight lenses. [Re: a12rag] #1438380 05/21/13 10:37 PM 05/21/13 10:37 PM
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1_WILD_RT Management Trainee Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 27,347 Today? Who Knows?	Quote: Other route is Mcguires Plastic Cleaner and then Polish. It works great and is made for this !!! Meguiars has allot of decent products, their Plastic Cleaner #17 & Polish #18 aren't among them... "The Armies of our ancestors were lucky, in that they were not trailed by a second army of pencil pushers."

Re: Best way to restore taillight lenses. [Re: 1_WILD_RT] #1438381 06/02/13 10:45 PM 06/02/13 10:45 PM
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Baller OP enthusiast Joined: May 2012 Posts: 382 Delta BC, Canada	The Mothers worked great. Even used it on the reverse lenses which were heavily oxidized and coated in black soot. Did it all by hand as the lenses were not too badly scratched. Thanks again Randy. 1970 GTX, work in progress...

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