On Thu, 20 Oct 2011 19:41:46 +0100, Davey wrote:

On Thu, 20 Oct 2011 17:00:41 +0000 (UTC) Jules Richardson
wrote:



We've got about 210,000mi on the car at the moment, and the clear
plastic lenses for the headlights are getting decidedly yellowed/murky
after so long - they're getting to the point where taping candles to
the front of the vehicle might be more effective

I keep seeing ads for some sort of restorative polish stuff (which may
well be snake oil) - but it got me wondering if a DIY concoction might
be worth a try - e.g. I've found in the past that combinations of
toothpaste and baking powder work very well for removing scratches from
CDs, for instance, but I wondered if anyone can recommend any other
home remedies? :-)

cheers

Jules

When I was in the US, the stuff you want was regularly advertised on TV,
made by a well-known company. I'll try to find out what it was called.

Yep, they advertise it all the time, although it's one of those "but
wait! Get another can free!" type of TV deals that smacks of taking
months for delivery and then turning out to be total crap :-)

(my favourite of those at the moment is that flexi-seal "rubber in a can"
stuff, where they cover a screen door mounted into the bottom of a boat
with the stuff - they don't say how many billion cans they used doing
that, and I noticed that delivery time is a whole 6 months)

cheers

Jules