Headlight Restoration - Dans Method

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Originally Posted by Mrk_Mickey

If it were me, I'd just let them dry and stack them together and leave them in a zip lock bag in my toolkit! They're waterproof wetsanding paper sheets so they should last as least a few goes!

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Pretty much. Wet+Dry is very durable. You'll notice when it loses it's 'bite' as the abrasive wears off.


Great write up Dan.. By the way, i've had good success with Autosol on lenses that aren't quite that far gone. :)

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Originally Posted by Preen59

Pretty much. Wet+Dry is very durable. You'll notice when it loses it's 'bite' as the abrasive wears off.


Great write up Dan.. By the way, i've had good success with Autosol on lenses that aren't quite that far gone. :)

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Cheers Preeny.

Autosol will work very similar to a menzerna polish because it's siilar in texture, in terms of the polish.

I've heard Autosol is also good for glass for polishing it. Can anyone confirm? lol, I should know, but meh :D

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Originally Posted by Dyldo

With the Micro-Mesh kit, are they to be thrown away after the headlights are done? or can they be re-used a number of times?

If they can be re-used, is there a specific way to care for them such as wrapping them up in glad-wrap or something?

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I give it a good rinse afterwards, then let it air dry. After that i just put it back in the envelope it came in.

Yeah Preeny Autosol is good if they are still in ok condition.

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Originally Posted by Mrk_Mickey

Cheers Preeny.

Autosol will work very similar to a menzerna polish because it's siilar in texture, in terms of the polish.

I've heard Autosol is also good for glass for polishing it. Can anyone confirm? lol, I should know, but meh :D

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Awesome on glass. Dad's actually fixed a lot of glass lenses with only Autosol. :)

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Originally Posted by Preen59

Awesome on glass. Dad's actually fixed a lot of glass lenses with only Autosol. :)

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Soooo machining my glass with autosol if/when i ever get my car back...

so after you have applied the sealant, must it be reapplied at intervals? or is it on for quite a while?

Or you could also use Mothers Plastic Polish. I use it with good success on headlights which are turning yellow, it removes minor scratches very well, just polish it like it was paint. Of course if you have a lot of scratches in the lens, wet and dry sand paper first would be the only way.

Im not sure what these light covers are actually made of but in the bus/coach industry with the Denning coaches
the front corner section windows were curved perspex and these would get scratched easily from the wash brushes and
after a few months hard to see out of, the fix was to polish with Brasso which has a slight grit feel when applying
I always thought something with more grit would make the work much quicker though.

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Originally Posted by DMS_Dan

The micromesh kit comes with all these
http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/foru...0/tools1-1.jpg

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Ordered a MicroMesh kit and in under 48 hours i have it in my grimy little hands :) AMAZING service and very appreciated.

man does this look good too - i didn't realise but each sanding sheet (whilst not massive in size) is not paper but more a material like canvas. Very looking forward to doing a Bore headlight reso - with pics of course.

If i used the Mother's Platic Polish kit, then would I still need to seal the headlights with a product like Z2?