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I recently bought a beat up 88 ford f250 pick up truck. The tail light were in super bad condition as you can well see. They are scratched, faded and have white (paint transfer )scuff marks from who knows what.
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I first washed them then started sanding the deep scratches out with 400 grit wet/dry sand paper.
I followed the 400 grit with 1500 grit and sanded the entire lens.
Here you can see a pretty smooth surface with very few defects.
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I have polished out hundreds of smaal parts over the years and I find the easiest way to do it is to mount the buffer in a bench vise and run the part on the pad as you see me doing in this pic.
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I used plastX only to polish out the lens. It took about 10 minutes to do. I followed with a coat of #20. The lens isn't perfect but it is more than acceptable.
Last edited by Superior Shine; Mar 17, 2005, 07:15 AM.Comment
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WOW!!!! Awesome job Joe!!!!!!
The lights look fantastic!!!
From this....
To this.....Awesome!!!
Cheers!
TimComment
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Nice work as always Joe!
Thanks for sharing your tip for working with small parts with our forum too. Sometimes the little things, are the big things, like your technique for using a vice to clamp and hold your rotary buffer.
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Wow, what an outstanding improvement. Those look brand new, great work.Comment
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Great job! Thumbs up.http://www.cardomain.com/id/stepinfetchComment
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They look great!!!! Maybe I should try it on my Impala. They aren't as bad as yours were, but your tips should help. Thanks for the info.
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If the tail lights look like that, I can imagine what the rest of the truck looks like. Let's see some before/after pics on the rest of truck when it's ready.Comment
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Killer job. Looks great
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nice work2000 Grand Prix GTP
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Looks great!
Like the little tip on mounting the buffer in a vise, great idea.
I am always surprised how well neglected plastic can look after a little work.Brandon
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WOW! Great job!
just don't let go of the light while the buffers running
awsome improvement.2000
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Nice work man.. I will give that a try!Comment
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