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16th June 2019, 20:41 | #1 |
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Condensation after polishing headlights
Polished up the ZTT headlights and the TT headlights on Saturday, both cars didn’t need too much work, mild polish with a rotary on its slowest setting plus a coat of uv protection applied by hand, eBay unbranded stuff like a thick clear liquid. It rained about an hour later and most of the night.
This morning all 4 headlights had condensation inside!! None have ever suffered from this before. Seem ok now once dried out, I’ll see what they’re like in the morning. Anyone else had this? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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I think what's happened is that as you've polished the lights, they have got warm.
The warm air has nowhere to easily escape (unless you take out a bulb or two) and takes on water vapour from the atmosphere. When the light cools down - hey presto - condensation. This slowly evaporates off through the small gaps around the bubs. No harm done. Happy to hear other ideas and explanations. Andy. |
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