Posts Tagged ‘Pinball Cleaner’

This idea initially came from Life Hack. The website told me that if I wanted to clear up hazy car headlights, all I had to do was rub toothpaste on them:Image We were enchanted. And if you haven’t heard, I have some hazy-a$$ headlights.  Image

Our hypothesis: Toothpaste would not make my headlights as clean as the internet said they will be. 
The Materials:
Toothpaste
Tooth brush
Slurpee cup full of water
Rag
and a Squirt Gun, of course. Just in case.ImageAfter the initial polish with the toothpaste, the headlight started looking pretty good.
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The haze seemed to be clearing up. Our hypothesis seemed… plausible. I mean, the toothpaste was cleaning my headlight, but it wasn’t sparkling clean like the internet promised.
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We weren’t satisfied. We wanted this headlight to be straight up Wizard-Status.
We got out our bottle of Novus 3, its purpose being the removal of tough scratches on the playfield of a Pinball machine. It’s known to be some pretty powerful, abrasive stuff. See how it says the word “HEAVY” like 4 times right on the bottle?  Image

Our Hypothesis: This was either going to shine my headlights or set them on fire. I was ready and anxious for either or both to happen.
We greased up our elbows and started cleaning half of the other headlight to see if our new hypothesis was correct…ImageThe before and after here certainly looks like a big change. We were definitely on to something:ImageThe final result was impressive; it put the toothpaste to shame. To SHAME!ImageLights on or lights off, the answer was clear. Novus 3 definitely cleans a hazy headlight much better than toothpaste. I know what I’m brushing my teeth with tonight!