Perfect Clarity/Heavy Duty

[willowcatfish]

I now see that Megs has a number of Headlight products and/or kits.

I currently own the Heavy Duty Headlight Restoration kit. How does the New Perfect Clarity Headlight Restoration kit compare to this Heavy Duty kit? Or, better said, What are the Major differences between the two?

Is the New Perfect Clarity kit taking the place of the older Heavy Duty kit?

The reason I am asking is, because I have heard that the Newer PC kit has a much longer lasting protectant in it, than the older Heavy Duty kit. And if so, I just didn't want to have to buy both to get the Heavy Correction of the older, and the more durable protectant of the newer.


Thank you greatly!


Ray

[willowcatfish]

Re: Perfect Clarity/Heavy Duty

I just found the answer to my questions in a another thread. Yippee! Thankyou Guz and Mr. Michael Stoops!


Re: Headlight Restoration

The reason the results of a headlight correction process tends to be short lived is pretty simple, really: Modern headlight lenses come from the factory with a UV protective coating. That coating is what takes the bulk of the attack from both UV exposure and physical exposure (car washes, road debris impact, etc) and it is primarily this coating that becomes badly oxidized and yellowed over time. So when you correct it in any way, from compounding to sanding or any other process, you're effectively removing that coating. There just is no way to remove that oxidation/yellowing without removing what remains of that coating. And once that coating is gone, the headlights look great but are now susceptible to faster degradation than before. That's why you end up in sort of a "routine maintenance" mode with the lenses.

Our new Perfect Clarity Headlight Kit, as mentioned by Mike (The Guz) remedies that problem with the aerosol spray protective coating included in the kit. This is essentially a clear coat paint with very strong UV blocking characteristics. It is independently ASTM Certfied against UV degradation for a full year. Since it is an aerosol, however, you'll want to take the same precautions as you would when spraying a typical spray paint - mask off not just the immediately adjacent panels, but rather an area probably a few feet around the headlight itself, on all sides. If you're spraying with any wind present, be extra cautious. Taking a couple extra minutes to mask well will pay huge dividends in the long run. Heck, you could simply lay a bunch of old shop towels on the paint around the lenses and be well ahead of the game.

Now, it is important to remember that this spray on UV screening clear coat needs at least a very light texture to the surface in order to bond. You can spray this onto a brand new lens, for example, and expect it to stick. Similarly, you can not sand a headlight, buff it out to perfection and then spray this coating on. You must leave at least the 3000 grit sanding mark and spray over that if you intend to go that route. When using the Perfect Clarity Kit with all components, it really is a simple matter of squirting some of the included cleaner onto one of the included gray Scotch-Brite pads and very thoroughly working it against the yellowed, oxidized lens. This technology comes straight from the body shop world where this exact process is used to scuff panels prior to painting. It will take a yellowed, oxidized lens and yield a lightly frosted, silvery-white appearance when used fully and properly. It is onto this cleaned surface that you directly spray the UVprotectant and it almost looks like a magic trick when you do it - that silvery-white frosted appearance immediately turns crystal clear when the UV protectant is applied to it. Apply a couple of coats, pull the masking tape and surrounding masking material off, and you're done.

Michael Stoops