Mobile Headlight restoration ?'s

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jyu1210

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So I been doing restoring a few pair of headlights recently and I'm starting to get into the mobile headlight restoration business. The thing is I been using my pc7424xp to apply the compound onto the lenses after sanding, but if I were to go mobile on this, is there another machine I could use that doesn't need a power cord? Would a drill apply yield the same results as the pc? People who actually do the mobile headlight restoration would be helpful ! Thanks !
 
Lots of the headlight kits you buy are meant for a drill. Buy one and use your our products after.
 
What kind of drill do you guys recommend? I noticed most drills only go up to 1300rpm, what drills are you guys using for your mobile headlight cleaning ?
 
a generator would be better. a inverter comes in two basic types modified sinewave and true sinewave. there was a person not long ago that wanted to run a flex 3401 off his battery using an inverter, he went with a modified sinewave type and it wouldn't run the flex (think it needs a true sinewave). modified sinewave inverters are cheaper than true sinewave inverters, but not all things will run on the modified sinewave. i would still opt for the generator over an inverter.
 
You'll find the pros don't use drills, they use D/A sanders/polishers like Griot's and Metabo. And use 3" pads. 4" and larger are too big for headlight restoration. If you use the right materials, you shouldn't be sanding that mush and you could start out by hand sanding.



ray6
 
they do make rotary 3" polishers (same action you get from a drill). a poor mans version would be to use the drill your already own. most of the people i know doing this use a combination of both rotary and da action tools, just depends on the job.
 
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