Solar Light Cleaning Hack

Melanie
by Melanie
3 Materials
$10
1 Hour
Easy

So if you have solar lights, then no doubt at some point and time they developed that white hazy film over the panel. I have tried several hacks, the toothpaste, WD40, vinegar, nail polish remover...you get my drift. Some worked temporarily, others not at all. I finally found a product that works with little effort.

So here are my lights. I have 20 in total.

Some are worse than others, most look like this. I began by wiping the dust off my lights with a damp cloth.

Here is the product I will be using. It is used for cleaning foggy headlights. It is a cleaner and polisher. It's called Meguars PlastX.

You will need a sponge and soft cloth to clean lights.

I applied the Maguars directly from bottle on the lights.

Using my sponge I wiped cleaner on the surface and let sit about 15 minutes.

After the 15 minutes, you're going to take your soft cloth and start to wipe and buff off the cleaner.

Here is your light clean and free from the white haze.I continued the process on my other lights.

Here they all are clean and ready to go . The cleaner puts a protective coating on the lights. This was super easy and alot less messy than some of the hacks I have tried over the years! Now I just need some sun to come out and charge my lights!

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  • C C on May 30, 2023

    i wonder if you could use the MR CLEAN dry erasers??

  • Kath Kath on Sep 03, 2023

    Hi love this my lights are just like that !! My question is would it help to do this on brand new lights ??

  • Pat Jarvis Pat Jarvis on Nov 20, 2023

    Why didn’t this work on my lights? The grayish color stayed

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  • Nik Nik on Jun 15, 2023

    For old black plastic, car headlamps, led garden lights use "Rust oleum clear" in a spay can does excellent work just did my old yellow headlights on my car 2007 I had nothing to loose but now I see much better at night and the garage "secret" wanted 80 bucks for it. It cost me 10. $ to do all that

  • Darlene Petty Weinberg Darlene Petty Weinberg on Jun 17, 2023

    Thank you so much for this tip. I love it!

    I have so many solar lights that don't work, even with new batteries. Got to get busy!

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