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I had happily (mostly) retired from the pursuit of swirl & hologram free living once I sold my dark blue (not clear coated) 626 in 1995. Sadly, that changed once we bought a used 2005 Corolla earlier this month. I had to Google on "overspray" remove clearcoat and that led me here and I started reading and it not only made sense it made me want to go out and polish.
I'm about to give away the car the Corolla replaced which is a 1990 SOHC (yes, SOHC) Protege SE (yes, DX = DOHC) with 265,000 miles and one owner. Still has the original engine and clutch (no slippage) but sadly the clear coat wasn't as long lived....nor the AC, muffler, alternator, brakes, radiator...at any rate it was time to go...this way the family can ride in the Corolla to save gas while I can take the 3.8L T&C to the bus park n ride.
But before I give the car away I decided it could do one or two last favors and this is number 1 (number 2 will be the 105-206-#26 on the rear deck).
I'd used Blue Coral compound (you know- the real deal thats nice and gritty) on the headlamps every year or so up until a couple of years ago when it just wasn't worth the effort...lots of work by hand.
I'd just used the PlastX on the Corolla using my orbital and that seemed to take a longish time and lots of pressure. Tonight I tried the M105 followed by the Plastx- both by hand and both using a rag t-shirt (cotton). Now remember these bits of plastic will be 20 years old this December (stamped on the 'B' piller).
Here's two views of the driver side (the oxidation was identical on both)- this is Before (duh):
And here's after:
Man I like that shine!
Question I have - is there any problem with using 205-plastX on a clear, modern headlamp?
I'm about to give away the car the Corolla replaced which is a 1990 SOHC (yes, SOHC) Protege SE (yes, DX = DOHC) with 265,000 miles and one owner. Still has the original engine and clutch (no slippage) but sadly the clear coat wasn't as long lived....nor the AC, muffler, alternator, brakes, radiator...at any rate it was time to go...this way the family can ride in the Corolla to save gas while I can take the 3.8L T&C to the bus park n ride.
But before I give the car away I decided it could do one or two last favors and this is number 1 (number 2 will be the 105-206-#26 on the rear deck).
I'd used Blue Coral compound (you know- the real deal thats nice and gritty) on the headlamps every year or so up until a couple of years ago when it just wasn't worth the effort...lots of work by hand.
I'd just used the PlastX on the Corolla using my orbital and that seemed to take a longish time and lots of pressure. Tonight I tried the M105 followed by the Plastx- both by hand and both using a rag t-shirt (cotton). Now remember these bits of plastic will be 20 years old this December (stamped on the 'B' piller).
Here's two views of the driver side (the oxidation was identical on both)- this is Before (duh):
And here's after:
Man I like that shine!
Question I have - is there any problem with using 205-plastX on a clear, modern headlamp?
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