Before.
I can tell you more about this after awhile.
I used an "Auto Repair Guys" instructional video. But I didn't have all the chemicals.
So I put a drop of soap in the wet sanding water bucket. Masked it off. Left and right and up and down wet sanding, 600 grit then 1200 grit then 2000 grit.
Then I used a glass polishing product I had. Then I used a cleaner wax.
I also used a buffer attachment to drill.
Then cleaned it and prepped to paint with a headlight restoration lens spray I had bought two years ago to do this.
The temp was right around 50f. But I coated it. So perhaps the finish would be more clean slate had I did it mid summer. But that is how things get done with me. But I followed the spray pattern and interval directions and that product didn't run! And the brand name is the same surname as a former religious college basketball coach.
And it looks a lot better. Hope it lasts.
The top photo it looks snowflake like white spots. Could it be from greasy brushes at a car wash? Idk.
It needs some more coating, but I will wait till summer.
And I didn't want to spend too much time on it. You know how it goes, it is like you fall in a vortex and keep working at something till its messed up? Idk, perhaps you had to go to the bathroom but thought you could finish something quick first?
© 2025 Thomas Paul Murphy
Link to video I started with.https://youtu.be/KMgZX5kklaM?si=s6ejh-Yw3O5XapRO
Oh, I got to tell you one more thing. One another car the plastic headlight lens had some fogging. Also in one place it looked like a two inch drip down mark inside. This was a couple weeks ago. I just used that cleaner wax and plenty of elbow grease and all of that fogging came off even the drip! And low and behold as much as it looked for sure it was on the inside of that lens, it was not!!! Now I will give you a hint as to that brand. It want "fathers" brand cleaner wax. It was a product more brand like "Mom's cleaner wax. " That ought to do it for clue. So the fact I was able to get that one fixed good inspired me to do the more speckled pitted one in the photos here.
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