What's up guys, welcome back to the channel.
So today, we are going to work on headlights.
I'm going to show you guys how to get your headlights from this to that.
Alright guys, so, like we said, today, we are working on headlights.
This is my not so brand new 2003 Toyota Corolla Sport.
This guy had some pretty jacked up headlights when I got it.
I did that side earlier just to see how good we can bring them back and they look great,
so we are going to show you today how to get your headlights looking brand new or just
better than what they look like now.
Alright, so I got a couple of tools here: we have our TORQ Rotary machine with an orange Hexlogic
Pad.
We also have some sandpaper, some tape, and also our awesome Headlight Restorer.
So, this is a good one step.
There are a lot of people out there at are like I don't want to do that many things.
This realistically can go onto the machine and onto this after you wash the area, and
you can start fixing the headlight.
We are going to take it a step further just because we have the sandpaper here and it's
going to give you a better result in the end.
So, we will get started with this taping because we don't want to scratch the Corolla Sport.
Alright so you can use any of the painter's tape that you have available at your local
hardware store or wherever you might have some.
Most people have them in their garage or all that good stuff.
Alright, so now that the headlight is done being taped up, again we are just doing this
to protect the paint.
There's not much paint left on this car, but still, I want to protect what I've got left.
So just for little protection and...
just a little protection.
So, now what we are going to do is take our sandpaper.
Today, I have two kinds.
So I have this side, which is going to be our 2500 grit sandpaper and this side here,
the grey side, is a 3500 grit sandpaper.
So, most of the oxidation you want to take off with the sandpaper.
It's going to be like your big workhorse.
It's the one that's going to take the most of the stuff off and do most of the job for
you.
Again, this is wet sanding.
Don't dry sand because that's not good for business.
But you want to be generous with the water.
Spray your sandpaper as well and I like starting at the top.
Keep the water bottle in your hand.
So, what you see all this stuff running off is the oxidation on the plastic.
So it's pretty much the layer of plastic that's died off and been burnt by the sun.
You're scraping that stuff off, exfoliating it, so it reveals that new fresh plastic underneath.
We'll refine this with the 3500 grit sandpaper.
It will make it a little bit better and then we will hit it with our machine at the very end.
So what I like to do here is I like to go in one direction for most of the time and
once you start seeing that the oxidation isn't coming off as much, I'll start to cross hatch
and get anything that I couldn't get off on the first pass or the first couple of passes.
So, we're about done here with this guy.
I'll go up and down to make sure I get any left over oxidation off of the headlight.
Again, you don't have to do this step, but doing this step is going to give you a better
end result which is obviously what we're looking for.
So, what I'm doing now is wiping any residual oxidation off the headlight and as you can
see, it's dulled out.
So, good and bad.
Good as far as it's gotten most of the oxidation off of that headlight, bad because, well,
it looks like this.
It doesn't look clear.
Again, we will come back, we'll refine all this stuff to make sure it's clear at the very end.
So now what I'm doing is I'm going to use our finer sand paper.
So this is 3500 grit and this is going to refine all those scratches I did with the
previous sandpaper and really give you a great end result.
So, we'll start in the same way and as you can see,
there is a lot less of the oxidation
that is coming off.
You are still getting some because you're obviously scraping the headlight, which is
made of plastic, with sandpaper but not as bad as it was initially.
Alright, and we're just about done here.
So now, all I'm going to do is take some water again, spray it down and wipe off wipe off
any excess so when I go over it with the machine, I'm not picking that stuff up and really messing
my headlight up.
Alright, so now , the next step is we're going to take our TORQ Rotary and our Headlight
Restorer.
Today, we are going to be using an orange HexLogic pad and it's going to give you a
very nice and even cut.
Shake up our product here.
Give it a couple of sprays with our Polishing Pad Conditioner and we will just blotch out
the area.
Obviously, this is not a very big area so we can do the whole thing.
You don't have to break it down into two sections.
It's also going to give you a better end result because if you're doing it all in one pass,
it does the whole headlight instead of having to break it into half.
It gives you better results.
So, as you can see, the product still needs to get worked in.
There is specific working time for this product- it's pretty much until it clears out.
Once it clears out, it lets you know that hey, the product's been worked in.
Go ahead and wipe it down, inspect, whether you have to give it another pass or not is
really up to you.
I normally do because it gives it a better shine and it's a lot more clear at the very
end.
we'll go in one direction and now what I'll do is crosshatch and come back and make sure
that I knock off anything that's left over and then we will see the end result.
So, as you can see, it's cleared out.
That tells me that hey, the product has been worked in.
Give it a good wipe down.
Now, keep in mind that when you're doing this, you don't want to apply too much pressure.
You are using a rotary machine.
You can also substitute that machine by using a drill.
Still, not so much pressure because if you do, this is an 03, the headlights have seen
some action.
It's pretty old, so they can get brittle and actually break.
So, no pressure, just nice, light, going over in cross hatching pattern and you get this
result.
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