First of all, I'd like to thank Science for making this all possible.
This idea came to us from Life Hack. The website told me if I wanted to clear up hazy car headlights, I just had to use toothpaste:
Kelly and I were both enchanted. And if you haven't heard, I have some hazy-a$$ headlights.
We rolled up our sleeves and put on our Myth Buster's outfits.
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.
After the initial polish with the toothpaste, the headlight started looking pretty good. It seemed to be clearing up the haze. Our hypothesis seemed... plausible. I mean, the toothpaste was cleaning my headlight, but it wasn't sparkling clean like the internet promised.
We weren't satisfied. We wanted my 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 supposed to be some pretty powerful, abrasive stuff. See how it says the word "HEAVY" like 4 times right on the bottle?
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.
Kelly went to work, cleaning just half of the headlight to see if our next hypothesis was correct...
The before and after here certainly looks like a big change. We were on to something:
The final result was impressive. Look how clear that headlight is.
"Why, Natalie. Is that a new headlight?!"
"No, good sir. I just used Pinball cleaner on it."
"By Jove! It looks magnificent!"
Lights on or lights off, the answer is clear. Novus 3 definitely cleans a hazy headlight much better than toothpaste. This myth is busted, sucka! (That was our initial project right? Pitting the 2 against each other? How did we get here again?...)
Thanks again, Science!
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