Drivers put cars through torture. Work, extracurricular activities for the kids, the supermarket---we take our cars everywhere and it shows. We pay attention to our scuffed paint jobs and our filthy interiors, but we often neglect an important safety features in our cars: the headlights. Cloudy, yellowing headlights are an inevitability of car usage, but it's also unsafe, especially when driving around at night. In a couple of hours, you can restore the clearness and safety of your headlights by using waterproof sandpaper and polisher, avoiding the costly fee of brand-new headlights.
Wipe off dirt and particles with a towel or microfiber cloth dampened with an ammonia-based cleaning solution, such as Windex or Simple Green.
Sand the wet headlights with the 800-grit sandpaper. Sand the lights until you've reached the desired amount of clarity or until the yellow tint has been fully removed. This process may need to be repeated twice.
Sand the headlights with 2000-grit sandpaper to smooth out the roughness from the previous step. This higher grit will leave the headlight with a sleeker finish.
Polish the headlights with a polishing compound, such as Turtlewax or 3M, with a microfiber cloth or a towel. This will leave your headlights looking clearer.
Buff at 1000K with an electric buffer and a buffing compound if you have one. This step is optional and will alleviate some of the time spent polishing.
Remove remaining residue from the compounds by wiping the lights down once more with a towel or microfiber cloth dampened with a cleaning solution.
