Bad advice: ruining headlights by reading blogs on the internet
- July 1, 2022
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After opening a forum or a group of motorists, you can come across a whole set of solutions and “life hacks”: according to the “authors”, almost any car
After opening a forum or a group of motorists, you can come across a whole set of solutions and “life hacks”: according to the “authors”, almost any car repair can be done by hand using a flat screwdriver and a “13” wrench . But there is a nuance. And it’s not about tape or Vedashka at all. Details are on the AvtoVzglyad portal.
Nothing excites a domestic car owner more than the opportunity to improve or repair their vehicle at minimal cost. Emphasize the last sentence. In three out of four cases, cutbacks are made by replacing the master in the workshop with a loved one in the garage. However, a mechanic is not just a set of tools and a lift, it is also some experience that can be gained in the garage as well. The question is at what price.
Suppose you can also look on the internet and do according to the instructions. Theoretically – yes, but in practice the probability of “fiasco” is extremely high. “Bank fighters”, having read and seen enough “YouTube tips”, start broadcasting the same lifehacks further, sometimes without checking them on their own skin and their own car. The result is funny, and often very unpleasant. A good example is headlamps.
Over the years they become cloudy, darker, opaque. They don’t really shine and look, let’s face it, crappy, spoiling the whole look of the car. Basically, you should get your hands on it, not your wallet. The surest way, judging by the reports of experts, is to peel off the old varnish and apply a new one. Theoretically, everything is true and simple, a bottle of varnish will cost 300 rubles, another hundred for “skins” and two hundred for adhesive tape. In total, for $12 at the Central Bank rate, you can get twinkling headlights and an inspired storytelling for lazy Friday nights. Well, the point is small: check in practice, because there’s a battered headlight on hand.
After thoroughly washing the “lamp” from annual deposits of salts and other “calcium”, we remove the top layer of varnish with one and a half thousandths of “sandpaper” and moisten it with plenty of water. Everything, as in the instructions. After we have dried and degreased – a few drops of white spirit or solvent can be found in any garage. Not alone, so with a neighbor. The next step is varnish in three layers. The intermediate drying time is 10 minutes from the recommendation on the bottle itself. A tricky business!
The headlight, covered with new paint, sparkles as if it had just come out of the box. So the internet was right? However, after a few minutes, on closer examination, details become visible: all over the area, small cracks appear in islands, the number of which only increases with drying. What is wrong?
The focus of the automotive optics restoration procedure is that this can only be done with a two-component varnish, which is mixed immediately before painting. Simply put, an ordinary aerosol will not work – the varnish will “undermine”, making the “lamp” even worse than before. It is possible to qualitatively restore the headlight only with the help of an airbrush and special compounds, and any repair with “improvised means” will only lead to sad consequences. But of course they don’t write about that in the blog.
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Nothing excites a domestic car owner more than the opportunity to improve or repair their vehicle at minimal cost. Emphasize the last sentence. In three out of four cases, cutbacks are made by replacing the master in the workshop with a loved one in the garage. However, a mechanic is not just a set of tools and a lift, it is also some experience that can be gained in the garage as well. The question is at what price.
Suppose you can also look on the internet and do according to the instructions. Theoretically – yes, but in practice the probability of “fiasco” is extremely high. “Bank fighters”, having read and seen enough “YouTube tips”, start broadcasting the same lifehacks further, sometimes without checking them on their own skin and their own car. The result is funny, and often very unpleasant. A good example is headlamps.
Over the years they become cloudy, darker, opaque. They don’t really shine and look, let’s face it, crappy, spoiling the whole look of the car. Basically, you should get your hands on it, not your wallet. The surest way, judging by the reports of experts, is to peel off the old varnish and apply a new one. Theoretically, everything is true and simple, a bottle of varnish will cost 300 rubles, another hundred for “skins” and two hundred for adhesive tape. In total, for $12 at the Central Bank rate, you can get twinkling headlights and an inspired storytelling for lazy Friday nights. Well, the point is small: check in practice, because there’s a battered headlight on hand.
After thoroughly washing the “lamp” from annual deposits of salts and other “calcium”, we remove the top layer of varnish with one and a half thousandths of “sandpaper” and moisten it with plenty of water. Everything, as in the instructions. After we have dried and degreased – a few drops of white spirit or solvent can be found in any garage. Not alone, so with a neighbor. The next step is varnish in three layers. The intermediate drying time is 10 minutes from the recommendation on the bottle itself. A tricky business!
The headlight, covered with new paint, sparkles as if it had just come out of the box. So the internet was right? However, after a few minutes, on closer examination, details become visible: all over the area, small cracks appear in islands, the number of which only increases with drying. What is wrong?
The focus of the automotive optics restoration procedure is that this can only be done with a two-component varnish, which is mixed immediately before painting. Simply put, an ordinary aerosol will not work – the varnish will “undermine”, making the “lamp” even worse than before. It is possible to qualitatively restore the headlight only with the help of an airbrush and special compounds, and any repair with “improvised means” will only lead to sad consequences. But of course they don’t write about that in the blog.
Source: Avto Vzglyad
I’m Sandra Torres, a passionate journalist and content creator. My specialty lies in covering the latest gadgets, trends and tech news for Div Bracket. With over 5 years of experience as a professional writer, I have built up an impressive portfolio of published works that showcase my expertise in this field.
