Plastic Lens Restoration

[kenb81]

Hello
i was wondering how many are doing plastic lens restoration? Do you get much work from it? Average price ? and how do you advertise ?

[gt_repair]

I do restoration's and it is starting to do better then the W/S repairs sorta. I did 4 last week and 4 this week. the price will very everywere you go. I think we have some bad lights down here in Arizona, so I charge as much as I can get. Most of my jobs take 2 - 3 hr's. I do not advertize, just word of mouth from the ones I have done and a few shops helping as 25.00 per refferal.

I am keeping a low profile till I get a few mor months under my belt then I can start adv. saying over 12 months doing restoations. that way I have the jump on the other shops trying to sneek into this line.

I did a car show in oct. and it opened a lot of eyes, I got a few jobs off that and a lot that are thinking hard.

I did buy another system before I bought the one GT has but it could not cut even 1/3 of what I do..

I take pic's of before and after so I can show others and for adv.


Don D.

[kenb81]

What brand did you use before the gt system ? What your aveage price?
And there is alot of dirty headlights here in Canada to.

[gt_repair]

I used Brite Solutions as a trial and found it could not cut it.

[gt_repair]

If you had an E-mail address with your profile I could send pics of before and after.

I do not like posting prices on the net.

[kenb81]

I thought i did ken_blake@sympatico,ca also how much is the gt system ?
i couldn't find a price on their website

[kenb81]

sorry i made a mistake on my e-mail here it is ken_blake@sympatico.ca

[kenb81]

what is everybody else using?

[on-site wsr]

I use GT's sys. and have had excellent results ! I can usually get excellent results in less than an hour.
steve s

[gt_repair]

kenb81

I did a couple cars on one of my car lots Friday. I thought I could use my BRITE SOLUTION kit to do that can but it would not cut it. I spent 20 min. just on one lense trying and threw in the towel with that kit and pulled out the POLY HOG and did both lenses in about 30 min. and did another truck in about 30 min. In general I waisted 30 min.'s just trying the other kit.

Bottom line. By the poly hog, it is well worth it. Get in on the ground floor and have the best unit before someone trys to clone it also.

I snoozed for a few months before I bought and now I thing I should had done it sooner. know regrets buying the POLY HOG

Don D.

[crkdupinga]

Don D.

I finally had to put my Bright Solutions in a box and park it in a corner somewhere. There are some light applications where it is adequate, but it has enough drawbacks to be frustrating in a many cases.

What are you using for a final coat once you have achieved a good polished surface?

[gt_repair]

I use the plexus. But I buy it from http://www.ceebaileys.com/plexus/order.htm
I buy the 7oz cans by the case. I only buy one case at a time right now and sell them to the cust. for 12.50 ea.

Did you finally buy the Poly Hog then? More work to do it but what a differance.

Later
Don D.