Rearview Plastic Product

[gigi]

Today is the first 'top-up' day we've had since May. Yes, I despise the season of fall. It means only one thing: winter is coming. The north-east sky is grey and ominous with winds blowing NNE at 15 - yuk! NOT a beach day, but a perfect
day for a carwash. Off to the local car supplies shop we went. We came upon a terrific product for reducing the cloudiness of the plastic window in the convertible top. Being unsure of protocol on this site regarding brand names, I will tell you the product was worth every penny of the four dollars spent on it. I would highly recommend it. We even used it on the plastic headlight, tailight and every other plastic lens on our other vehicles. Between all four cars, not even a third of the bottle was used and all the plastic looks years younger. I've been searching for a great product to use on the plastic window and finally found one!

[mdrburchette]

Please tell us what you've found! We don't have a problem with having brand names mentioned...good or bad.

[gigi]

The product is made by Meguiar's and is called PLASTX. Since dinner, I've been trying it on every piece of see-thru plastic in the shed. Same result; reduced cloudiness and improved visual clarity. I'm debating on trying it on the shower liner in the bathroom next. If this stuff gets rid of soapscum, I'll save a bundle at the dollar store!

[mdrburchette]

Cool. Let me know how it does with soap scum. It's a bummer dragging the buffer into the bathroom.

[gigi]

I had to see it to believe it. I applied a six inch area (at the bottom where the liner hangs into the bathtub-the most gross part) of each product, the PLASTX and the product, Works, that I usually scrub the tub with. The liner is clear. I can read the newspaper thru it. Simply amazing. I've got to get a case of this stuff! Explaining this one to my husband is going to be great! I'm sure he will have no problem moving his carwash-toolcarrier from the shed into the house!

[kristoj]

That is a great product. I use it on all my cars. Works great on the rear window, but also on other plastic parts like headllight covers, tailights, dash gauges, etc.

[ga.spyder]

Hey John,
My wifes van has pitted,discolored lens cover over the headlights.Did you use this product on this ,or similar? Were the results positive? I have seen some products that are made to ''recondition'' headlight covers ,they seem overpriced to me. I detailed aircraft years ago and Meguiars Mirrorglaze was the only product that could be used on the windscreens.Came in 4 levels of aggresiveness.
Craig

[kristoj]

Craig,

The PlastX product is a lighter duty polish for minor surface scratches or mild cloudiness. If your lenses are pretty far gone -- yellow, pitted, etc. -- I would go with something a little more agressive. You mentioned Mirrorglaze. They do sell a Mirrorglaze product that is recommended for headlights: http://www.autogeek.net/meguiars1017.html. For $20, it would be worth a try. Even if the headlights don't come out as good as new, I'm sure the improvement would be noticable (and a lot cheaper than replacing them).