Lacquer Thinner to remove VHT Nightshade from Taillights?
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Lacquer Thinner to remove VHT Nightshade from Taillights?
I did a search on here and didn't come up with much. From what I've seen, it appears that lacquer thinner will take it right off, but at the same time, I don't want to mess up the taillights. Only reason I'm doing this is because my car didn't pass inspection with the smoked tails. Anyone else have better options for removing this stuff?
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I would be careful with the lacquer thinner. I used it to remove vht on a previous car once and although it took the vht off it caused some hazing on the lense. I would try wet sanding first.
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So would using something like 400 grit not be a good idea? I've got that at home already. I just need a quick fix so I can take it back in tomorrow to pass inspection. I'm sure 400 grit isn't ideal, but will it work without ******* up my taillight lenses?
#13
Wouldn't using the finer grits after going with the 400 grit keep it from looking dull and ugly? Obviously giving them a good polish after all the sanding is done will help too.
I honestly plan on re-spraying them with VHT Nightshade once I get the car passed. I'm only removing it because I have to in order to get it to pass inspection.
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Yeah, bad sentence structure there I meant it would look dull and ugly after the 400 grit but it should at least pass inspection I would think. Yes, the finer grits would then sand out the ugliness.
Maybe you should look to get a cheap set of tails for inspection purposes. Like buy a set that have warped lenses for dirt cheap.
Maybe you should look to get a cheap set of tails for inspection purposes. Like buy a set that have warped lenses for dirt cheap.
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Need a coarser grit to start with. I had an issue with unevenness and cracking the first time I used niteshades so I sanded it down and started again. Coarse grit didn't take too long to do it, and I can guarantee you I certainly don't have arms of steel Of course use a finer grit to get rid of the deeper marks before tinting again.
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I used Goof Off, no problems