Best way to black out headlights?

[Armyman14]

Actually I don't even have to remove them do I? Im just sanding and polishing

 

[Stangshcky12]

Sand and dry, sand and dry, sand and dry till your happy (to see what areas you need to focus more on)

The less little clear dots the better it'll look

For the little effort it requires to take them off I would
It'll be easier to sand

 

[Armyman14]

Sand and dry, sand and dry, sand and dry till your happy (to see what areas you need to focus more on)

The less little clear dots the better it'll look

For the little effort it requires to take them off I would
It'll be easier to sand

Okay so I just make sure that all of it is sanded there are no clear dots, that's what I sanded off but I just sprayed over the haze to get rid of it.

 

[Demon-HeMi]

check out my thread on your tails...

http://www.ramforum.com/f76/how_tint_your_tails_using_rattle_cans-3232/

BTW where in tx are you, i might could help you with your lights

 

[Armyman14]

check out my thread on your tails...

http://www.ramforum.com/f76/how_tint_your_tails_using_rattle_cans-3232/

BTW where in tx are you, i might could help you with your lights

Yeah thanks a bunch for that write up! That's actually where I got this idea and what instructions I followed but I got confused after I used the 2000 grit and it had a haze on it and I didn't appear in your pics to have a haze like mine. I'm in Plano

 

[Demon-HeMi]

well for rattle can clear coat i dont suggest anything but duplicolor, ive tried others and none are good unless you buy the $30 cans sold at auto paint supplies stores, in my write up i used heavy coats, then after you let the clear cure (i suggest 24 hours) you wet sand with 2000, and after you get them 100% smooth hit them with a rubbing compound/ polish, if you have access to a buffer its much easier

 

[Armyman14]

well for rattle can clear coat i dont suggest anything but duplicolor, ive tried others and none are good unless you buy the $30 cans sold at auto paint supplies stores, in my write up i used heavy coats, then after you let the clear cure (i suggest 24 hours) you wet sand with 2000, and after you get them 100% smooth hit them with a rubbing compound/ polish, if you have access to a buffer its much easier

I do still have my friends buffer that I borrowed haha. I couldn't find any Duplicolor but ill see of I can find some somewhere. So yours aren't matte black like mine correct, their glossy?

 

[Demon-HeMi]

this is what mine look like after a sand and polish:



here are some others ive done using the same method:





it works with colors too lol:

 

[Armyman14]

this is what mine look like after a sand and polish:

here are some others ive done using the same method:

it works with colors too lol:

Haha I thought about doing red but they are already red!! Before you polished they weren't that shiny though right? I did do thick coats of clear and they have been in there for about a week noe

 

[Demon-HeMi]

this was after spraying the clear coat...



and this is what it looked like after sanding with 2000

 

[Armyman14]

I don't think mine were as shiny but that might be because yours were in the sun. I had mine in the garage, I'm gonna take em off tonight, sand em an polish em! Should I go guy some meguiars or will some turtle wax brand rubbing compound work?

 

[Armyman14]

Well here's what I got:

Before I started today



After I sanded



After I polished



Some difference but not a whole lot maybe it's because I used a different clear coat

 

[Stangshcky12]

Did you just try polishing them by hand once?

 

[Armyman14]

Did you just try polishing them by hand once?

Yep that's what I did

 

[Stangshcky12]

Keep polishing lol

 

[Armyman14]

Keep polishing lol

Do I need to keep sanding or just polish over and over?

 

[Stangshcky12]

Depends on how well you sanded haha
Polishig should shine them up

 

[Armyman14]

Depends on how well you sanded haha
Polishig should shine them up

Idk! I'm so lost on it now haha. I might go out tomorrow do like 3 coats of polish and see what the hell does that if it works great! If not I'm just gonna forget about it!

 

[Demon-HeMi]

honestly all pix look the same to me, when your done sanding, if you look at the light from an angle, you should see a perfect shine and reflection, but at the same time to look at it will appear really dull, it is possible you used a clear coat that dont work as good, ive used some that absolutely suck and wont ever come out right

 

[Demon-HeMi]

you said you used krylon right, if so i would go to autozone and get some duplicolor clear, sand these lights with 1000, and re spray the clear, then wait 24 hours for the duplicolor to cure and try the polishing process again