What will work?

[TheMajesticking]

Help.

I got bored and painted a design on my headlights. I like them sometimes but at other times I don't. What can I do to remove the paint. I can't really afford new lights right now. Sand em? What? Help a brotha out.

[Tarzan]

I say never do a mod that you can't undo if you're not sure you would like it.

Get some paint thinner or rubbing achocol?

[TheMajesticking]

I only did it becuase they were fogged out beyond recognition. I had nothing to lose.

[BLUEMEANIE]

Thinner, acetone and isopropyl alch could mar or melt the plastic.
Use toothpaste, the plain ol' paste kind. Its a very mild abrasive and will prolly polish out any yellowing you have as well.

[TheMajesticking]

Toothpaste will remove paint? i doubt it.

[89SV21]

I tried the toothpaste thing to get rid of headlight yellowing and it didn't do jack shit. If anything it make the headlights foggier. You can always snag a pair of headlights from a local junkyard. They should be like 50 or 60 bucks for the pair.

[TheMajesticking]

Fuk it. I'll leave em like they are. I may try the whole acetone thing though.

[richcam]

try some bologne( i think i spelled it right,ham) i know if left in the sun for a periord of time ham can remove paint maybe it will work on your headlights

[CamryMax]

With all the help that's going on over here, you didn't even tell us what design did you paint on them?Got pics? I wanna look at that masterpiece

[ryuji16]

try rubbing compound...

but show us what you did first

[userlain]

pictures plz

[BLUEMEANIE]

Originally posted by TheMajesticking
Toothpaste will remove paint? i doubt it.

I only majored in painting at the top art/design school in the country... wtf would I know.

The reason why it will work is because plastic is non-porous, which means very little paint has actually permiated the material. With the majority of the pigment sitting on the surface you should be able to remove it by buffing with a mild abrasive such as a paste wax or toothpaste. ...and a bit of elbow greese.


89SV21 -
If they got foggier you prolly used a toothpaste other than a plain paste which was more abrasive or a whitening toothpaste that not only was more abrasive but also had a bleaching agent in it, i.e. acid.


ryuji16 -
Rubbing compound is WAY too abrasive.

[TheMajesticking]

They look like this Oo oO
It looks a bit creepy and really resembles a benz but I could have done a neater job. I missed a bit of the beam pattern by like an inch. I will get some pics up this weekend. Give me a little bit of time. by the way, thanks for all the help guys.

I only majored in painting at the top art/design school in the country... wtf would I know.

My bad.

[BLUEMEANIE]

Give it a shot if it doesn't work a very mild solvent might, otherwise www.headlightwholesale.com has new headlights for $53ea assemblies/brackets and bulbs included.

[TheMajesticking]

Well I have Turtle wax Rubbing compound and I have jar of Polishing compound. would the polishing compound work?