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| PancakePorsche |
 Nov 12 2015, 01:22 AM
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Member  Group: Members Posts: 236 Joined: 29-July 11 From: Southern California Member No.: 13,373 Region Association: None  |
I have typical cruddy, yellowed white headlight surrounds on my repainted car and I want to restore them the best I can.
Painting them would be easy and look o.k. but I know it is kinda frowned upon by the purest because it is not original and I agree. Any known tricks out there ? |
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| Pat Garvey |
Nov 15 2015, 09:15 PM
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Do I or don't I...........? Group: Members Posts: 5,900 Joined: 24-March 06 From: SE PA, near Philly Member No.: 5,765 Region Association: North East States |
I've tried two methods:
Bleach - use a 25% solution (or less). Soak for 3-5 days. Rinse, let dry. They will look a lot better but remember - these guys are 43 years old! They won't be bright white again AND the bleach (even diluted) will have a negative affect on the life of the parts. This worked for ONE set for me, but no others. OR....paint. No, they didn't come this way, but they can look pretty good if done right. Did 2 sets this way(with a lot of prep work). Looked good, but you could tell they were painted. Choose your poison! |
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PancakePorsche Restoring white headlight surrounds Nov 12 2015, 01:22 AM
gms sandblast and paint with Krylon Fusion for Plastic... Nov 12 2015, 09:28 AM
Johny Blackstain
sandblast and paint with Krylon Fusion for Plasti... Nov 12 2015, 02:21 PM gms
sandblast and paint with Krylon Fusion for Plast... Nov 14 2015, 10:40 AM
Pat Garvey
sandblast and paint with Krylon Fusion for Plast... Dec 11 2015, 07:12 PM Pat Garvey
sandblast and paint with Krylon Fusion for Plasti... Nov 17 2015, 08:03 PM Tom_T I've been told that bleaching them with Clorox... Nov 12 2015, 02:02 PM PancakePorsche Thanks for the tips guys. Since this is not a conc... Nov 17 2015, 12:25 AM Martin Baker These are painted. using the Krylon plastic primer... Nov 17 2015, 11:36 PM Martin Baker These are the best originals I have seen. The pain... Nov 17 2015, 11:45 PM scotty b Funny this comes up. I was just last night playing... Nov 19 2015, 01:38 PM mepstein
Funny this comes up. I was just last night playin... Nov 19 2015, 01:55 PM rhodyguy Try soaking in '30 Second Cleaner'. Or mak... Nov 27 2015, 08:59 AM PancakePorsche Gonna try that ! Dec 1 2015, 02:17 AM scotty b a quick follow up. I stripped one of the painted s... Dec 1 2015, 10:04 AM rgalla9146 Sounds like a lot of trouble.
White ones must... Dec 1 2015, 12:14 PM sbsix I couldn't find any three years ago when I sta... Dec 1 2015, 12:51 PM Cairo94507 Thanks Scotty. I would prefer no paint on them if... Dec 1 2015, 05:41 PM scotty b SOooooo I've now tried Oxy clean and bleach ( ... Dec 13 2015, 06:34 PM Martin Baker I was asked to provide an actual paint code for wh... Dec 19 2015, 12:15 PM NeunEinVier Is it better to use walnut shell or soda media on ... Dec 29 2015, 04:52 PM Garland Started with 3 unpainted very good condition surro... Jan 10 2016, 11:21 AM thenewgarage
Bleached, 600, polished.
I am curious...what... Dec 1 2016, 09:58 AM Garland
[quote name='Garland' post='2287964... Feb 28 2017, 10:50 PM Garland Just noticed that one set has part numbers, I thin... Jan 24 2016, 09:51 AM bonzer5 Great thread! Motivates me to try and strip th... Jan 24 2016, 05:55 PM maddin Does Acetone affect the type of plastic they used ... Feb 14 2016, 06:56 PM maddin ok...I thought I'd give it a go and see how sa... Feb 14 2016, 11:46 PM Pat Garvey
ok...I thought I'd give it a go and see how s... Feb 24 2016, 05:17 PM maddin Hi Pat,
thanks for the reply...I think it'll l... Feb 25 2016, 09:25 PM pete000 To paint or not to paint that is the question... :... Jun 21 2016, 06:51 PM mepstein
To paint or not to paint that is the question... ... Jun 21 2016, 08:50 PM PancakePorsche Do not paint ! Those are excellent for their ... Jun 22 2016, 09:51 PM 1970 Neun vierzehn pete000,
Do not paint them. Leave them as origina... Jun 24 2016, 05:24 PM JmuRiz +1, did you use plastic polish or some kind of aut... Dec 2 2016, 01:55 PM thenewgarage Here is after 24 hours of the 10% bleach recipe.
... Dec 2 2016, 09:06 PM thenewgarage
+1, did you use plastic polish or some kind of au... Dec 7 2016, 09:21 PM Pat Garvey
+1, did you use plastic polish or some kind of a... Dec 17 2016, 07:12 PM thenewgarage
[quote name='thenewgarage' post='2431542' date='D... Feb 28 2017, 09:57 PM |
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