I made a huge mistake and accidentally used lacquer thinner on my headlight instead of adhesive remover!

Will a headlight restoration fix this!? Or do I need to buy a new headlight!?

Thanks in advance for any input.

 

ebay is your friend lol lacquer thinner is like Turpentine Mineral spirits Turpenoid Lacquer thinner Denatured alcohol ect. I use them to blend down oil paints. Not good for paint or plastic. Google Will lacquer thinner attack plastic.
GL!

 

yeah, we have a special plastic on the c-130, and someone thought it would be easy to take the sealant off with lacquer thinner...lets just say we had to replace a 1300 dollar plastic lens...

i agree with allnarotordo

 

I have a friend who owns a detail shop and he is going to try to do some magic on it tomorrow. I will let you all know how it goes. It really depends on how deep it ate into the plastic.

Cheapest light I saw on Ebay was around $250 and the rest were up around $600. NOT COOL.

 

Well look at it this way. Now you know what and what not to use on the head lights and save your self some moneyz down the road.

 

Elite Auto Detailing in Boise just saved me $650. Wet sand, wax and buff and it's (nearly) as good as new!

So Stoked. I'll post a "after" pic later when I get home.

 

And here it is. Before and after.

 

beautiful job by the autoshop......

 

You got really lucky! Don't lose the lesson!

 

Ya. Life saver!