Foggy, Hazy, Scratched Headlight Lenses

[OK Corgi Rancher]

The headlight lenses on the "new" truck were badly faded, foggy and hazy. I tried a kit from Rust-Oleum that promised to make them look new again. It was $10.99 on Amazon.

The kit contains: 1 Micro Fiber Towel, 1 Sanding/Polishing Pad, 1 Wet Wipe with some sort of ceramic liquid and 1 pair of nitrile gloves.

Clean the lens, spray it with water, scrub with the green/sanding side of the pad, clean, scrub with the polishing side of the pad, clean and dry, apply ceramic wipe.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01FLKA7BA?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details
Here are the "Before" and "After" pictures. I think it's easily worth $11...

 

[TeamTomlyn]

I've used that same stuff off amazon and it does work like a charm. Since then I've tried the off bug spray and a paper towel trick and its just about as good.

 

[OK Corgi Rancher]

I've never heard of that one...

 

[DRC458]

I've tried the off bug spray and a paper towel trick and its just about as good.

Never heard of it either. Please elaborate!

 

[Letfreedomring]

The Sylvania kit is what I use plus it has a UV sealer to prolong the yellowing from coming back.

 

[TeamTomlyn]

Never heard of it either. Please elaborate!

Find some bug spray with DEET in it, spray it on a paper towel and buff it really good.

 

[Snattlerake]

I used Mothers and another one but ran out then I used just a paint polishing compound and it worked great.

 

[Old Noob]

I have done it a few times but after a year or so it comes back. It a little better if you use a sealer as mentioned above. After a few times, I just gave up and bought some new after market headlights on ebay.

 

[NikatKimber]

I’ve done a couple headlights like this. One was so bad I had to use sandpaper to get through the yellow. One good piece of advice I found was to change directions of sanding/polishing between grits.

 

[JH47]

I did the Sylvania kit on our Yukon since the clear coating was badly yellowed and peeling. It was a lot of work and I took them off the vehicle to be able to better coat them. They still look like new 3 years later.