Headlight Restoration Kit 2020 Test: Which Brand Wins?

did an amazing job with all deep scratches removed and only very scratches remaining

check out how quickly the 3M sandpaper is removing the material... the sandpaper is doing an amazing job... by far the best sandpaper we've tested

unfortunately, this Harbor Freight sandpaper just clogs very easily

Mother's definitely did a better job at removing the deep scratches. The protective coating for both brands seems about the same

the challenge I'm finding with this Meguiar's is that it starts off with a 1000 grit sandpaper where all the other brands had somewhere between a 400 and up to an 800 grit as the starting point

the big difference between the two is that the protective coating on Meguiar's is not sticky and is fully cured

while the Visbella did not remove the protective coating, definitely did help. However, even after several days of cure time the protective coating remained sticky

you can see it's already clogged up and quite frankly it really didn't do much as far as removing material... the product is actually sticking to the Harbor Freight

Pittsburgh definitely did a better job than Turtle Wax but deep scratches remain and without a protective coating the headlight lenses will become damaged by UV exposure in under a year

the tiny pieces of sandpaper in the Turtle Wax just didn't last long enough to remove the yellowing or deep scratches and the protective coating remained sticky even after several days of cure time