I started to undertake this process on my own until I realized my formerly substantial supply of wet sanding paper was somehow nowhere near what I recalled it being.
That said, it’s not a terribly difficult job to do if you had all the right grits of paper available. I had a couple of gaps in grits, so when I took on the left front headlight a week or two ago I had to skip some grits which yielded a less than satisfactory (to me) result. Hence the reasoning for buying the 3M kit. For $13 I figured I couldn’t go wrong. -D > On Aug 19, 2017, at 12:50 PM, Craig via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > wrote: > > On Sat, 19 Aug 2017 11:15:37 -0400 Dan Penoff via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > >> Second thing on the list was to polish the headlights, which were >> getting a little cloudy. >> >> Got this kit from 3M via Amazonia: >> >> https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B001AIZ5HY/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 >> >> They make about four different versions of this kit ranging from $12 up >> to over $30. The difference seems to be whether or not they include the >> masking tape and a sealant in the high end one. I’ve got all sorts of 3M >> blue painter’s tape around the house, so I didn’t need any of that. >> .... >> Pretty straightforward, took me about an hour from start to finish. >> Wasn’t difficult at all and they provide plenty of materials. > > I bought a 3M kit from O'Reilly when it was on sale to do the left > headlight on our Peterbilt 386. There were sufficient amount of materials > to do the left headlight (which is MUCH larger than an automobile > headlight). > > But after I did the left headlight, the right one, which looked great > before, didn't look so good. I started working on it but ran out of > sandpaper. > > I was able to get hook-and-loop sandpaper of sufficiently high grit only > at the NAPA Paint Store in Albuquerque -- the local FLAPS didn't have > hook-and-loop sandpaper, and the local hardware stores only had grit 320 > and coarser. > > >> When I was done I wiped the lenses down with IPA (not the beer kind) and >> put a couple of coats of Collinite #845 Insulator wax on them to protect >> the lenses. > > The kit I bought came with the sealant, but I haven't put it on yet > because I'm intending to go back and touch up the left headlight and > complete the right headlight. > > >> Some observations: >> >> Cover everything. The spatter from the compounding step will get all >> over everything. > > I have not had problems with that, but covering is a good idea, anyway. > > >> Careful around the edges. The sanding disks can easily cut through your >> masking tape if you’re not careful, gouging your paint. I was careful >> *and* I did a couple layers of tape around the edges, as tape is cheap. > > Yes, indeed! > > > Craig > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
