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    spray paint and or oxidation and how to remove it?

    Hi I bought an 94 Mustang GT about 3-4 months ago I'm fixing up and I noticed that there was yellow spots showing through the trim on the tail lights. I don't know if it's black spray paint or oxidation or combination of the two or what. I can sand it and it'll go down to yellow don't even know if the tail light were painted body color or black but I'm wanting to clean them up as much as I can. I've tried Meguiars PlastX polish/cleaner without much success of getting the black down to yellow but can remove some of the grayness. What else can I use besides sandpaper and Meguiars PlastX polish/cleaner to clean them up?





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    Re: spray paint and or oxidation and how to remove it?

    You could use a compound such as UC, followed by a polish such as UP.

    On the actual lenses, you could use UP/M205 or the PlastX you have.
    Originally posted by Blueline
    I own a silver vehicle and a black vehicle owns me. The black one demands attention, washing, detailing, waxing and an occasional dinner out at a nice restaurant. The silver one demands nothing and it looks just fine. I think the black vehicle is taking advantage of me, and the silver car is more my style. We can go out for a drive without her makeup and she looks fine. If I want to take the black one out, it is three or four hours in the "bathroom" to get ready.

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      Re: spray paint and or oxidation and how to remove it?

      Well I wet sanded the trim and got it basically yellow again but still black spots where either it didn't all come off or went through to the bare plastic. I don't know if it was painted body color from the factory or someone spray painted it yellow. As for the lenses there not really cleaning up any with the PlastX might have to get out the buffer or DA and see if that'll help any

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        Re: spray paint and or oxidation and how to remove it?

        So you're trying to get them yellow? Is that the body color you're referring to?

        For the areas where the black didn't all come off, you'd obviously want to keep working those with sandpaper and/or compound. The areas that went through to the bare (black?) plastic unfortunately can't be saved, if you're trying to get them yellow, unless you respray them.

        Personally, I would sand (as you've done), then mask up the lenses and just paint the trim yellow.
        Originally posted by Blueline
        I own a silver vehicle and a black vehicle owns me. The black one demands attention, washing, detailing, waxing and an occasional dinner out at a nice restaurant. The silver one demands nothing and it looks just fine. I think the black vehicle is taking advantage of me, and the silver car is more my style. We can go out for a drive without her makeup and she looks fine. If I want to take the black one out, it is three or four hours in the "bathroom" to get ready.

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          Re: spray paint and or oxidation and how to remove it?

          A quick Google Images search shows a bunch of different colored 1994 Mustang GTs and they all have tail light housings painted the same color as the rest of the car. What is your plan here? We assume it's to clean up the whole assembly, painting the surround/housing to match the body of the car and clean up the dulled lenses at the same time.

          If you can easily remove the lenses from the housing (our hope is that they held in with screws from the other side and have a weather seal around them) we would definitely go that route. Pull the lenses, sand down the housing but don't bother stripping them completely. Get a decent primer and apply a couple of coats at least, let it dry fully, then sand with 1000 grit to improve the finish. Spray with a couple coats of color to match the body of the car, let it dry and then shoot a few coats of clear. As for the lenses, pick up our new Perfect Clarity Headlight Restoration Kit and just use that..... it will clean those up beautifully. Let everything dry completely before reassembly.

          If the lenses do NOT come out, then it's a bit a trickier but not impossible. You'll want to clean the lenses first (the cleaning solution and Scotch-Brite pad in the Perfect Clarity Headlight Kit is perfect for this and will let you get into the tighter areas fairly easily) and leave them scuffed from that process. Then prep the housing as described above but before spraying primer and color you'll want to mask off the lenses completely. That looks to be pretty straightforward here as you should be able to trim your masking tape with an X-acto Knife to get a clean edge that flows with the curves. Primer, sand and color coat the housings, then pull the masking tape off the lenses. Let everything dry and then clear coat the whole piece in one go. Don't use the UV protective aerosol spray from the Perfect Clarity Kit if you're doing the restoration on fully assembled units - there may or may not be a compatibility issue with the underlying color coat and we'd hate for you to be the one to find out that there actually is. Just clear coat the whole assembly with an appropriate clear coat and you should be good to go.
          Michael Stoops
          Senior Global Product & Training Specialist | Meguiar's Inc.

          Remember, this hobby is supposed to be your therapy, not the reason you need therapy.

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