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Has anyone tried using airbrushing with head light repair proceses.
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Are you referring to applying a clear coat with an airbrush?
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Yes
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I haven't tried that option. No need to when you can apply a top coat with a paper towel.
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An airbrush typically has a small fan and usually shoots more of an oval pattern. Wrong tool for the job in my opinion. I use a Sata Minijet with a 1.0 SR set-up that works very well for headlights.
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why apply a top coat, if you are professionaly restoring headlights you can restore back to very much like new and finish with a polish
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Does the polish offer any long time protection? I doubt it does but hopefully I will be wrong. The airbrush would certainly not be much use for headlight spraying, where as I can certainly see the Sata doing the job well, that said plenty of guys making a nice job it seems by wiping on.
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the polish will last more than 1 year.
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colsar wrote:the polish will last more than 1 year.
What brand of polish will last that long?
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Post by colsar »

t4k what products do you use to restore headlights??? you are in the UK
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