Does toothpaste really get your headlights sparkly clean?

if so, is there a certain brand that's better or does any old kind work?

is there a toothpaste for dummies instruction set?

 

Basically it is like a less wet, wetsand. The kits you can buy remove the top layer of oxidation and do it with progressively finer and finer grit to remove all imperfections and leave a nice finish. I would just buy a proper kit and spend the $20. That's my plan at least.

 

That's pretty funny. I suppose it would work. Try using a cleaner wax with a microfiber towel. It's not a permanent fix but it makes the headlights sparkle for a few months. for a permanent fix you need to coat the lens.

 

Come over to my house and I will do you headlights for you! The toothpaste trick might work, but I have several plastic cleaners and the buffing wheel to clean them, plus the coating to make it last a year. Just make some cookies...

 

Use plastic cleaner or a headlight polishing kit...toothpaste varries in gritt lots from Brand to brand...use the wrong one...and it may cost $$ to fix....

 

I did the kit on my RV lights.... Big Difference!!!

 

I tried it with some cheap toothpaste I had laying around, didn't really work.

 

Some toothpaste does contain properties consistent with very mild abrasives like baking soda.

Depending on how yellow they may be, best/longest lasting results have come from using professional grade headlight restoration kits. This one in particular.

BG Headlight Restoration Kit




If they just need some spiffing up, I have used auto polish before with satisfactory results.

 

What happened to all of the detailers that used to be out here? It looks like there's a bunch of misinformation in this thread. Most of the replies have part of the answer, but in order to properly restore your headlights you need to:

1. Sand/polish off the old, faded coating on the headlight.
1a. If you sand it, then you have to polish out the sanding marks
2(Most important). Reseal the headlight.

A lot of the products that you can pick up at AutoZone aren't going to last terribly long, I'm guessing 3 months to a year depending on conditions.


Now back to the topic at hand; I'm not sure whether toothpaste will work or not (I'm thinking some types with abrasives will) but it's not the best bet.

Hope this helps,
Joe

 

Toothpaste is abrasive, and as others have said this varies from brand to brand. Tooth enamel is harder than the plastic lens covering of your headlight.

I'd use a commercial product.

Check this link for some more advice:

https://www.northamericanmotoring.co...eadlights.html

Perhaps the formula has been changed, but I had no success with Turtle Wax Headlight Lens Restorer.