So, here i am, taking off my headlights to clean them. I gather all the cleaners i need, nail polish remover, metal polish, paint cleaner, wax, glass cleaner. So I sprayed the nail polish remover on...wipe...I see all the yellow gunk come off onto the cloth. Then the npr dissolved some of the plastic. Now i have this thick ***-like layer that isn't residue and can't be wiped off. Now i have to buy whole new headlights. Any solutions?

Conclusion: At least, I'm going to end up with SHINY and CLEAN headlights eventually

 

um yikes, where did you hear about using polish remover to clean headlights? I've never heard of doing that.

 

a nice search would have save you some money


best headlight cleaner is toothpast


for your mistake..

search next time...

 

Time for plastic cleaner and polisher man.

 

Nail polish remover is pretty much the same thing as paint remover- most of them are not safe for plastics, which you obviously found out the hard way. How bad is the damage? Does the plastic look all melted? Maybe you might be able to save it by wetsanding... otherwise, what year Integra do you have? I'm going to have a set of 94-97 headlights for sale in about a week

 

That just sucks. Your supposed to use removers for plastic.

 

maybe that was your *** rag you used to wipe it off

 

i think he got it mixed up with rubbing alcohol....many people use rubbing alcohol to clean their headlights...since rubbing alcohol can be used to remove nail color/polisher whatever, he thought it'll be the same to use acetone or nail polish remover....well atleast thats what i think...

 

Eagle One NeverDull works well too.

 

I would try some high grit compound to polish it a bit.

someone at the garage did this on my high beam lamp and i almost ripped him a new butthole. We used compound to undo the process. Depending on how deep the nailpolish remover went, the compound should fix most of it..

 

try rubbing compound..do it several times using plenty of elbow grease..afterwards wax the lens...made my lights look like new took out most of the scratches and abrasions (sp) and look very clear now...gl..

 

goo gone will work.

 

i used a clump of 3m clay...worked well with my 94-97 headlights they were yellow now they are clean. too bad i dotn have a pic for you..just add some water before you use the clay then your good.

 

nail polsih remover has aciton in it.. eats up plastic.. alcohal would have worked better...
ebay would be a good plcace to look for used head lights.. take ur old head lights out and ship them to me.. hehe .. trying to gut one out and make one in to an intake..hehe ... fabracating can be fun

 

Nail polish remover is mostly just Acetone. It's used as a solvent for fiberglass resin and various other materials. I have no real advice on how to reverse the damage, a chemical change has taken place on the surface plastic.

 

i used autosol to clean my headlights...... they weren't dirty but it seemed to make them look a little better..... i hear a lot of guys use autosol for their headlights....