Monday, April 09, 2007

Tail Light Clear Coat Polish

So today as a learning project to fixing the crack lines on my spoiler clear coat in the future, I decided to fix up my Tail Light Clear Coat that took the abuse of a Canadian Winter and salt and looked dull and had the same crack lines. Before picture of the tail light: 

 

You see the lines and how dull it is. Hence why I took them off the car and put my all reds back. My weapons of choice: 3m Swirl Remover (get it here!) and 600 grit Sandpaper: 


 

Mothers Powerball (get it here!): 

 

 So wet sand the clear coat down to remove imperfections and for me I used 600 grit as anything higher would not remove the lines / cracks that were in my clear coat: 



 Remember! if you sand to far you may remove all the clear coat. Keep checking to make sure you don't completely remove the clear coat. Once it is sanded and you see the cracks / lines gone and it looks smooth, its time to use the swirl mark remover: Here it is on the sanded part of the tail light: 



I used too much here I think, but oh well :) Then use the Mothers Powerball to shine those tails up real nice. Here's two pics of how clear they are: 



  

Here's three pics showing the difference in Before and After:






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8 comments:

ian said...

wow!
I just stumble on your site and i think its one of best imformative DIY step by step guide! Keep up the good work and give us more insights to your DIY work!
Could you show us how to polish old glasses to brand new?
Which grit of abrasive to use?
What chemical to use?
What tool to use?

Anonymous said...

ur blog has got some good resources on problems related to car body... I to have a similar type of resource at Automobile Paintless Dent Removal and Door Ding Repair Plz chk it out

supermaine said...

How about scratches on a bash guard? Can you recommend something to fix that? Thanks!

nchatenet said...

Can you do something about polymer or polyurithane bumper repair? I just bought this R-GT Body kit from someone that was in an accident and it has a 12" crack at the bottom of the bumper. I would like to know how to fill and seal it, sand it, prime it and paint it if possible? The bumper brand new would cost $1,700 plus paint

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Unknown said...

If you sand to far you may remove all the clear coat. Keep checking to make sure you don't completely remove the clear coat.

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