Wienerbago
Boyce, VA USA
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Just had the MH in the shop for state inspection sticker and it barely passed because of cloudy plastic headlight covers. I was told that this is a big problem with older MHs. I was told by inspector that you can buy a plastic cleaner at Wal-Mart and restore the brightness. Unfortunately, I didn't have pencil to write down name of the product. Does anyone know of such a product or have other solutions to the dim headlight probme. Any help will be appreciated since I don't want to pony up $200 plus for a couple pieces of plastic.
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wdbates
high desert So CA
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wash the crap out of them with ajax, then buff them out with white rubbing/cleaner compound.. did this to alot of used cars in the desert due to sand damage...bates
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amore
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I just went on line an looked up PLASTIC POLISH and found a bunch. One that stands out is a Maguiar Product Plastic Polish another one that I have used is Novus. It's a two part part product, get #2 and #1, if you can find it. You might go on line as I did.
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Turc
Summerfield, Fl
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I bought some Plexiglas cleaner, I use it to clean the windshield on my golf cart. they sell this at most auto parts stores. It works just great, will restore glass to original.--jt
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JohnnyT
Goshen New York
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I think there are two kinds of cloudy plastic problems... The advice I have seen would certainly work with the kind of cloudiness associated with abrasion such as would be caused by a sand storm but what I think your talking about is the UV yellowing that occurs with plastic not sure how to cure that but I am thinking that attempting to polish or rub it out might make the problem worse There is a company call Janvil that specializes in plastic restoration compounds Scratch Polish There is also another company that offers products for plastic restoration Called Superior Products Superior Restoration A call to either or both might prove productive..
Good Luck!
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n5sgo
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What is used on some commercial aircraft is "Meguires Mirror glaze" to remove the yellow and polish the scratches out.
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2cyber71
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Quote:What is used on some commercial aircraft is "Meguires Mirror glaze" to remove the yellow and polish the scratches out.
Lee
I use Meguires Mirror Glaze...It works ok on my Bass Boat's Windshield but it will not help the deep scratches...It's expensive too....I still use it...
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DLMT
The coast
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Does anyone know if any of these products will work on high end plastic lensed(iridium?) sunglasses? I have a pair of Maui Jim's about $130.00 and even though you use the special dust free cloth and spray cleaner they still scratch. They are to the point of cloudy now.
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jwmII
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Went thru this on my Windsor. Was like trying to drive with candles out there. Nothing in the way of polish or cleaner would work. I have enough of that crap around here to hold a yard sale for it alone. I finally called Monaco and they gave me their suppliers name and I had to bite the bullet and ordered new headlights for the coach. I suspect that is what everyone who has this problem will need to do. This problem is present on older cars and trucks as well, and a lot of these coach builders are using or have used the same parts in past models. Jack.
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fredbob
bloomfield hills mich. usa
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Weinerbago Most all recent headlight systems for RV's have been adapted from automotive headlights. From my background as a supplier of injection molded headlight assemblies I know that 90% of said assemblies are produced from Polycarbonate with a special silicon hard coating overlay of about 10 thousanths. The problem in trying to ressurect a light lens to like new is that the Polycarb material of which it is made is not very resistant to the sun and it yellows--sometimes all the way thru. When you try to polish the surface you end up with a mess trying to get through the hard silicon , and the if you luck out and get it all off you still have yellowed plastic to deal with. I have tried rubbing out on a number of old headlight lenses with very poor success. You can thank the DOT for the "anti-scratch". specs. on all headlights. To get it like new ,unfortunately you'll have to buy new. Fredbob
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