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[Nick W]

This link may be a read to you. 

https://www.omegaowners.com/forum/index.php?topic=90643.0

Thank you, it appears i may just need to stick at it a bit longer, and really take my time. I shall have another go at it tomorrow for a good few hours if needed and hopefully get it done.

A good few hours?


It's a 30minute job, from start to finish, by hand, in the dark, in the street, including drinking the beer.


The important thing to remember for any polishing process is to start with a grit that's coarse enough to remove the damage, removing those marks with progressively finer abrasives. Missing out grades isn't a shortcut, especially when your desired finish is a bright, shiny, scratch-free surface on clear plastic.

[ABCDEFG]

This link may be a read to you. 

https://www.omegaowners.com/forum/index.php?topic=90643.0

Thank you, it appears i may just need to stick at it a bit longer, and really take my time. I shall have another go at it tomorrow for a good few hours if needed and hopefully get it done.

A good few hours?


It's a 30minute job, from start to finish, by hand, in the dark, in the street, including drinking the beer.


The important thing to remember for any polishing process is to start with a grit that's coarse enough to remove the damage, removing those marks with progressively finer abrasives. Missing out grades isn't a shortcut, especially when your desired finish is a bright, shiny, scratch-free surface on clear plastic.

Tell me your secret mate, while I am definitely not in a rush, it takes me about 30 minutes to gather everything I need, fanny around, tape everything up as needed and then actually start. Although I will admit half of that is down my extreme disorganisation. 

[Nick W]

A decent chunk of that 30minutes is getting everything ready. I don't have much storage space, so I try and keep everything organised - all my abrasives and the sanding blocks are in an old ammo box, and the rubbing compound is kept on the paint shelf.


Headlamps aren't a large surface, so the time spent actually working on them is very short.

[johnnydog]

Does it really matter how long it takes? As long as he is happy with the end result, it can take as long as it needs to. The super human people that can do this headlight restoration job, or strip down and renew a full suspension job in only 'x' mins / hours, including having brew, getting it on with the missus (or boyfriend or whoever floats your boat) are not sending the right messages out to OOF members that may not be handy with the spanners or tools etc and working on their own cars as others like to think they are.
Encouragement to do their own jobs and advice when it goes wrong should surely be what it's all about - not 'it only takes me 'x' minutes to do this job', which generally is a load of bo##ocks anyway).
Take your time and long as you need to to do the job right and to your own satisfaction....

[ABCDEFG]

Does it really matter how long it takes? As long as he is happy with the end result, it can take as long as it needs to. The super human people that can do this headlight restoration job, or strip down and renew a full suspension job in only 'x' mins / hours, including having brew, getting it on with the missus (or boyfriend or whoever floats your boat) are not sending the right messages out to OOF members that may not be handy with the spanners or tools etc and working on their own cars as others like to think they are.
Encouragement to do their own jobs and advice when it goes wrong should surely be what it's all about - not 'it only takes me 'x' minutes to do this job', which generally is a load of bo##ocks anyway).
Take your time and long as you need to to do the job right and to your own satisfaction....

Thank you, I am a complete novice and have a LOT to learn but really willing to get stuck in and work on my car. It ended up taking me around an hour and half just on one side, but the result was absolutely fantastic and everyone who offered advice really helped me. When I get round to it, it will definitely take me half as much time to finish everything off. This forum is full of people willing to help others out, and that's what makes OOF great for those trying to learn and work on their cars.   

[johnnydog]

No problem! I'm just glad you managed to greatly improve them irrespective how long it took - the satisfaction in getting them sorted yourself is worth the effort! Well done