JoLin
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Getting the 2007 Mitsubishi ready to sell. The headlight covers were a mess- just like the 'before' pictures on the infomercials. One of the car magazines reviewed a bunch of them, and the Rain-X kit came in near the top, but much cheaper than most, like 3-M.
I bought it on Amazon through one of their partners. Free shipping, no tax, Just under $12.00 total. I used the kit today. There's a 'lubricant' you use with 3 levels of small rubberized 'sanding' pads. Each is finer than the last. Where Rain-X advised performing a step once or twice, I did each 3 times. Took about an hour and some elbow grease, but they came out literally like brand new.
My only beef is that, while there are more than enough materials to do several sets of headlights, there isn't enough of the lubricant. The bottle's nearly empty. There's a note on the package that says it contains 'surfactants'. I looked that up and it's simply something that breaks the surface tension of water, making it 'wetter'. Well, that's what stuff like dishwashing detergent does. I have a bottle of glycerine (available for about $3.00 at any drug store), so I think I'll use that when I do the boat gauges in the spring.
Just wanted to share- it's cheap and works like a champ.
My .02
I bought it on Amazon through one of their partners. Free shipping, no tax, Just under $12.00 total. I used the kit today. There's a 'lubricant' you use with 3 levels of small rubberized 'sanding' pads. Each is finer than the last. Where Rain-X advised performing a step once or twice, I did each 3 times. Took about an hour and some elbow grease, but they came out literally like brand new.
My only beef is that, while there are more than enough materials to do several sets of headlights, there isn't enough of the lubricant. The bottle's nearly empty. There's a note on the package that says it contains 'surfactants'. I looked that up and it's simply something that breaks the surface tension of water, making it 'wetter'. Well, that's what stuff like dishwashing detergent does. I have a bottle of glycerine (available for about $3.00 at any drug store), so I think I'll use that when I do the boat gauges in the spring.
Just wanted to share- it's cheap and works like a champ.
My .02