2 questions

[jpu471]

Does anyone know how to replace the wall charger for the Brinkmann Xenon light?

For less than 20.00?

 

When I try to restore my headlights, I first sand with two grades of paper ending with 3000.  When I polish with a drill and wool pad the lens gets clearer but never back to crystal clarity.

Am I missing something?

[camaro2ssblack]

Does anyone know how to replace the wall charger for the Brinkmann Xenon light?

For less than 20.00?

 

When I try to restore my headlights, I first sand with two grades of paper ending with 3000.  When I polish with a drill and wool pad the lens gets clearer but never back to crystal clarity.

Am I missing something?

 

The inside of your headlights are probably oxidized if you truly worked the sandpaper and polish to completion.

[Chris@Adams]

What kind of drill are you using? If battery what size? 

[BRZN]

There's a place around me called Batteries Plus that have chargers for a decent price.

 

Wool pad? What polish are you using? The pad polish combination may be to aggressive. I like to finish polishing out clear plastic with as fine a combo I can get. Adam's White Foam pad and PFP usually does the job for me.

[jpu471]

It is a Craftsman Lithium 20volt

I used the M heavy duty restoration with the yellow wool pad and their headlight polish.

I have not been able to get crytal clarity using the Adams methods

Sand paper is 1000 and 3000

I dont think the oxidation is inside

Maybe I am not polishing long enough

Thank you all

[BRZN]

20 volt Craftsman cordless drill should be good.

Yellow wool pad, have to ask yourself, why don't we use wool pads on paint anymore to polish? Answer, leaves swirls and holograms. You could very easily have the exact same in the plastic lens using wool.

On hammered headlights I'll start as low as 600 grit and work my way to 2500. 3000 is overkill with headlights. Thing is to progress from the coarsest grit wet paper through to the finest. I'll go 600, 800, 1000, 1200, 1500, 2000, 2500 then the polishes. Adam's polishes work just fine for me.

 

Edited July 18, 2014 by BRZN

[Ricky Bobby]

Wool pad and not starting with low enough grit is the problem.

 

Start with 600, 800, 1000, 1200, 1500, and 2000.

 

Then compound with orange pad and polish with white and apply UV protectant.

[Team Adam's]

Yep, the guys nailed it.

 

Wool pads are very aggressive on a surface as soft as plastic, and skipping from 1000 to 3000 paper is likely where most of your issues come from.  That's too big of a jump when you're working with paper that fine.

[jpu471]

thanks again