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Old 01-20-2008
Brent Deines Brent Deines is offline
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Default Re: Sealer or no sealer

Thanks guys, this is exactly the kind of feedback that I was hoping for. I don't know if Delta Kits will ever get into the headlight restoration market or not, but even if we don't I would like to help my customers find other quality products that will help improve their business. I hope others will chime in as well.

My personal feeling so far is that a coating should be applied, but it has to be something that is proven to be compatible with the plastic. Apparently some of the new car manufacturers use a better sealer than others, and apparently it is a well kept secret.

I also think that getting the lens as perfectly smooth as possible before applying the sealer is important.

I may have mentioned this before but we purchased a new Nissan Altima in 1997, and the lenses did not yellow for almost 10 years, and even then were not all that bad. I would like to get the secret formula that they used! I polished out the lenses 6-9 months ago but did not use a sealer and now they are beginning to yellow again. Next time I will try a sealer, but which one? That is the million dollar question for me.

Our Altima has spent most of it's life outside in the elements, but in Oregon, which is probably not near as harsh as Arizona. Any thoughts on how much faster the Altima headlight would have yellowed in Arizona?
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