Dewalt Random Orbital sander...

Dolbs4082 · January 2nd, 2012, 10:23 PM

Tonight i was out drinking in the garage and decided to wet sand my tinted fog lights... i've got a new grille showing up tomorrow and im putting them behind the grill. plus with the tint it blocked ALOT of the light, and i'd rather have some bright ass fogs again.

Well, after removing the clear/tint with some 500 with the sander i started wet sanding with some 1500 grit sand paper... i ran out of my 2500/3000 grit paper a while back on another project and didnt realize it.

Then i got the crazy idea... i took a micro-fiber towel and cut a ~6" square off of it. i then put a nice dab of sratch-x on the lense. Since the sander was hook and loop style, the micro fiber clinged right to it...

Then i just started polishing the lense...

Turned out pretty good, i'll see if any of my pictures turned out... (i really doubt they did... i was shaking cuz it was so cold out haha)

1996 GT · January 3rd, 2012, 12:35 AM

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Six Banger · January 3rd, 2012, 01:00 AM

Originally Posted by Dolbs4082

Tonight i was out drinking in the garage and decided to

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MustangLouver · January 3rd, 2012, 09:23 AM

Originally Posted by Six Banger

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MyLILPwNy! · January 3rd, 2012, 09:38 AM

That was a lot of work for an easy job. I taped up my front end and just wiped mine off with a little acetone. Took 30 minutes at the most. Your right about it blocking light. My lights were shit with it on there.

Before

After

Dolbs4082 · January 3rd, 2012, 09:55 AM

had you cleared yours? for some reason when i tried acetone it wouldnt come off... plus i had wetsanded my fogs before during and after tinting them. so even if i would have gotten the tint off, my lenses wouldnt have been flawless... (yours cleaned up great! im never going threw this process again though...)

dgt_mustang · January 3rd, 2012, 10:07 AM

I gotta fix my, i fucked it up pretty good sanding it last time, just have not gotten around to fixing it, never thought to use my oribital buffer, ill do this maybe tomorrow, gotta go buy some scratchX.

Dolbs4082 · January 3rd, 2012, 10:24 AM

and beer... dont forget the beer! haha

January 2nd, 2012, 10:23 PM	#1
Dolbs4082 I Blumpkin Entirely Way Too Much 2005 Mustang GT Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: kansas Posts: 5,959 iTrader: 0 reviews	Dewalt Random Orbital sander... Tonight i was out drinking in the garage and decided to wet sand my tinted fog lights... i've got a new grille showing up tomorrow and im putting them behind the grill. plus with the tint it blocked ALOT of the light, and i'd rather have some bright ass fogs again. Well, after removing the clear/tint with some 500 with the sander i started wet sanding with some 1500 grit sand paper... i ran out of my 2500/3000 grit paper a while back on another project and didnt realize it. Then i got the crazy idea... i took a micro-fiber towel and cut a ~6" square off of it. i then put a nice dab of sratch-x on the lense. Since the sander was hook and loop style, the micro fiber clinged right to it... Then i just started polishing the lense... Turned out pretty good, i'll see if any of my pictures turned out... (i really doubt they did... i was shaking cuz it was so cold out haha) __________________ MM + Cleavage member #22

January 3rd, 2012, 09:38 AM	#5
MyLILPwNy! Random Shemale Nudity FTW 2007 Mustang GT Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Way to damn cold, CT Posts: 4,534 iTrader: 0 reviews	That was a lot of work for an easy job. I taped up my front end and just wiped mine off with a little acetone. Took 30 minutes at the most. Your right about it blocking light. My lights were shit with it on there. Before After __________________ Somebody call for a really hairy plumber? Bow chicka bow wow! I came here to lay down some pipe. Bow chicka bow wow! So, I hear you have sisters. Bow chicka-who are twins-wow wow!

January 3rd, 2012, 09:55 AM	#6
Dolbs4082 I Blumpkin Entirely Way Too Much 2005 Mustang GT Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: kansas Posts: 5,959 iTrader: 0 reviews	had you cleared yours? for some reason when i tried acetone it wouldnt come off... plus i had wetsanded my fogs before during and after tinting them. so even if i would have gotten the tint off, my lenses wouldnt have been flawless... (yours cleaned up great! im never going threw this process again though...) __________________ MM + Cleavage member #22

January 3rd, 2012, 10:24 AM	#8
Dolbs4082 I Blumpkin Entirely Way Too Much 2005 Mustang GT Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: kansas Posts: 5,959 iTrader: 0 reviews	and beer... dont forget the beer! haha __________________ MM + Cleavage member #22

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