How to Remove Car Wax From a Headlight

Remove wax residue from your car's headlights.

After getting your car washed and looking sweet, it's time to apply a wax coat. Sometimes when applying wax around the edges of your vehicle, you can smudge the headlights and get wax residue on them. You can easily remove car wax from your headlights and have your car looking spotless.

Things You'll Need

• Bucket
• Dishwashing detergent
• Water
• Sponge
• Cloth
• Spray nozzle
• Garden hose
• Spray bottle
• Isopropyl alcohol

Instructions

1. Fill a bucket with hot water, add a decent amount of kitchen dishwashing detergent and grab a sponge.

2. Dip your sponge into the bucket and use a vigorous scrubbing motion on the part of your headlight containing wax residue. Repeat dipping your sponge, re-soaping and scrubbing until the wax residue has been removed from your headlight. If dish soap does not work, you may need to try a solution of two parts water to one part isopropyl alcohol in a spray bottle to strip the wax from your headlight.

3. Rinse your headlight with a high-pressure nozzle sprayer attached to a garden hose. Buff dry with a soft cloth. If wax residue is still visible on your car's headlight, you may need to repeat these steps.

References

• HowToCar: How to Remove Car Wax