you can't stop oxidation with meguiars. Any suitable durable clear coat spray?

[link626]

I tried plastX on a really yellow fogged up light, and it didn't clean it up well. i guess if i kept polishing, most of it would come off. But then I'd have to do it again next month when the oxidation comes back.

What the headlamps need is a clear coat paint.

has anyone found a suitable clear coat spray that can resist the elements?
Has anyone here tried a clear coat spray?

There are a few I found on google, like Krylon uv-resistant acrylic clear spray, and 2k spraymax clear. Krylon claims it's a permanent coating, and since you can spray it on paper, wood, plastic, metal, I think it's flexible.

very very few people on the web mentioned clear coating their headlights. I found one person who did, and he said the yellow gunk didn't come back.

Searching Youtube videos, one $20 headlight restoration product sold at Walmart applies a final hard clear coat, and claims it's a permanent solution.


so, has anyone done this before?

[Mike Phillips]

Re: you can't stop oxidation with meguiars. Any suitable durable clear coat spray?

Have you found ANY other companies product that will stop oxidation on you car's headlamps?

very very few people on the web mentioned clear coating their headlights. I found one person who did, and he said the yellow gunk didn't come back.

Try doing what he did and that should solve the problem. You can also replace them with new ones.

[link626]

Re: you can't stop oxidation with meguiars. Any suitable durable clear coat spray?

no. no creams will stop oxidation.

But that's not the point of my thread.

After removing all the yellow with PlastX, or any other product, the plastic needs a clear coat.

i'm trying to find a solution where i don't have to keep going back and polishing the headlights again and again.


a few people have said that automotive clear paint will crack. So i'm on this quest to find an alternative solution

[jfelbab]

Re: you can't stop oxidation with meguiars. Any suitable durable clear coat spray?

http://www.invisiblemask.com/overview.html

http://www.autosportcatalog.com/index.cfm/fa/p/pid/332/sc/14419

Google will show up dozens of similar options.

[roushstage2]

Re: you can't stop oxidation with meguiars. Any suitable durable clear coat spray?

Get some adhesion promoter and some automotive clear coat and have at it.

[Ryan L.]

Re: you can't stop oxidation with meguiars. Any suitable durable clear coat spray?

I agree with Jim and Tyler, any automotive clear coat should do the trick.

I have had great luck with Dupli-Color's clear coat and it seems to be holding up well. It's available at most automotive parts stores like AutoZone, Kragen, Napa, etc.

Ryan

[CAShine]

Re: you can't stop oxidation with meguiars. Any suitable durable clear coat spray?

I say try the clear coat. Did the people you spoke to tell you why they thought it would crack?

[link626]

Re: you can't stop oxidation with meguiars. Any suitable durable clear coat spray?

I agree with Jim and Tyler, any automotive clear coat should do the trick.

I have had great luck with Dupli-Color's clear coat and it seems to be holding up well. It's available at most automotive parts stores like AutoZone, Kragen, Napa, etc.

did you spray the clear coat on the plastic headlights?

I say try the clear coat. Did the people you spoke to tell you why they thought it would crack?

i didn't speak to anyone. I was just browsing the web, and someone posted that automotive clear paint will crack. So i was hesitant.
I suspect the tiny amount of plastic expansion and shrinkage causes it to crack i dunno.... though it makes no sense because the clear coat on the car body can withstand desert heat

or maybe automotive paint chips easily, which is another problem..... meaning you can't lay on the clear coat too thick on the plastic

[Mike Phillips]

Re: you can't stop oxidation with meguiars. Any suitable durable clear coat spray?

no. no creams will stop oxidation.

That was my point.


Maybe weigh the cost of replacing the headlights to the cost of what it will take to clear coat them, (do-it-yourselfer style).

What kind of car is this on?

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[Eddie6th]

Re: you can't stop oxidation with meguiars. Any suitable durable clear coat spray?

Hi,i have one point of interest here(same as other thread). Why are these particular lights oxidizing on a monthly basis?

[roushstage2]

Re: you can't stop oxidation with meguiars. Any suitable durable clear coat spray?

Perhaps the coating on them had worn off or been removed mistakenly (sp?) which caused rapid oxidation. Sort of like a single stage paint with no wax...

[Eddie6th]

Re: you can't stop oxidation with meguiars. Any suitable durable clear coat spray?

Hi Roush,I've not heard of this before.I don't know much about protective coatings on thse items? Can the plasx not help here?

[Mike Phillips]

Re: you can't stop oxidation with meguiars. Any suitable durable clear coat spray?

Hi Roush,I've not heard of this before.I don't know much about protective coatings on thse items? Can the plasx not help here?

PlastX can abrade the surface and remove hazing, yellowing and scratches. PlastX has a protective polymer and this can help to slow down oxidation but in some cases there are older plastic headlights and probably plastic materials that don't hold up as well as the most current plastic technology and sometimes they can get to the point of no return no matter what you use on them.

[Eddie6th]

Re: you can't stop oxidation with meguiars. Any suitable durable clear coat spray?

Thanks Mike.I've never encountered that particular problem.So,I can see the point of coating them,if possible.

Always handy to know,if I come across an older model of car.

[AeroCleanse]

Re: you can't stop oxidation with meguiars. Any suitable durable clear coat spray?

Are you waxing your headlights?