Quick & Easy Way to Clean, Renew & Restore Solar Pathway Lights! Wow!! Looks Brand New!!!
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- čas přidán 8. 07. 2024
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Living in a throwaway society; it is nice to see practical ideas for renewing weathered solar lights, preventing waste and best of all saving money by not buying replacement lights.
and you can always throw a new rechargeable battery into them
@@DDepukat Yes very disappointing for the Chinese as they make them to last just one year
Matthew Morgan yes Matt we throw away too much stuff and it all end up in landfill:(. Big hi from Australia!
@@MrBobWareham Businesses profit from planned obsolescence. They build this into their product offerings so consumers have to replace more frequently. There were some legislative efforts in the European Union to prevent this as it is bad for the environment and a predatory practice against consumers. In short, it is not the Chinese only, but the majority of businesses throughout the world including the good ole US of A, e.g., Whirpool.
For $39 , they're going in the landfill when they stop charging
I watched the video and read the comments. Today, I pulled all the old lights out, took them apart, cleaned them, used Magic Eraser and Simple Green for the tops, did the sandpaper that you recommend, and am changing out the batteries now. I will spray them in the morning! Thanks everyone for the awesome tips to help me waste less!
My husband tried a damp magic eraser sponge and it took the haze off immediately. Don't bother with all these steps. We did spray the Rustoleum clear gloss UV resistant non-yellowing on the top after, but you really just need to use a magic eraser to get the film off!
Excellent!
JulieAnkha N. 👍
Hello, can you tell me where I can buy "damp magic eraser sponge"? I have a lot of solar lights for my garden that they dont work anymore, I want to revive them.
Solar panels use all,different frequencies of light to charge.
The UV damages the outer coating of the plastic covering of the solar panel and makes it much less efficient.
@@TheHiddenPearl, just Google or look for "Mr. Clean Magic Eraser". You damp it yourself at home. You don't buy them damp. 😉
Wow! At first I thought it was a lot of steps, but every one of them was worth it. I cleaned all of my Mom's solar lights -- pathway, strings, decorative garden lights ... they are all like brand new. Thanks for the video!
Another handy thing I learned this year is, these lights come with a 200-300 mAh battery. If you replace them with a 900-1200mAh battery, they'll stay on much, much longer.
Jimmy, that's a great tip! Thank you.
@@robertkattner1997 a 4-pack of 1200 MAh batteries costs $9.95, new lights cost $4.96 and up each while each light takes 1 battery. Not sure how your math is working it out, but why trash something you can get more use out of?
Y’all would believe the batteries that come with the light will last forever? Uh yeah.
Thanks I’ll try this when my other batteries die off.
Just remember that you can't get anything out you don't put in there in the first place. The bigger the battery capacity, the more it needs to charge up during the day. In California or Florida there may well be enough sunlight during even winter months to charge up the battery, but here in the UK with around 16 hours of darkness in mid winter (worse in Northern Scotland) and lousy weather (grey and overcast) it is highly unlikely you'll charge up a larger battery sufficiently to keep it in reasonable long term condition. Just a word of caution!
@@boblewis5558 We get plenty of sunshine here in Eastern Virginia during the spring, summer and fall, but in winter when the sun shifts to the south, not so much.
But when we have several days of "English weather," i know exactly what you mean.
GREAT solar path light restore tips! Thank you so much!!!!
Thank you so much kind sir. People that make videos like this are my heroes. Thank you
We really needed this tutorial. I didn’t know what to do except throw our lights away. I think I’ll be able to save 90% of them using your method.
A lot of great information! Some people may not think of this, but it’s important to remove the batteries, when not in use. A simple step sometimes forgotten.
I did a search here on CZcams on how to restore backyard solar lights and your video was the first one to come up. I'm definitely going to try this! Thanks for a well explained video of all your steps.
Gave it a try, worked great. So grateful you posted this. Thank you!
Thank you, I was about to throw mine in the dustbin! Really appreciate you taking the time to help! 😊
Wow! Very precise and I truly love the STEP BY STEP!!! So very helpful and very kid friendly. I had my family pitching in! Thanks so much!
I agree, thank you so much. I was just trying to convince my husband we needed to do something about our solar lights needing to be cleaned. Hell listen to you
Great demonstration! Clear info and direct info, SUPER!
Great help, thanks! I have the exact same lights and used the same clear spray paint and everything worked like a charm. Came out perfect!
I'm new to the solar pathway lights so I appreciate these details. Many thanks. :)
Great job explaining all procedures and details as well. Your approach preserves the longevity of this equipment as well. Thanks !
I know you did this video 6 years ago but I just stumbled upon it. LOVE your narration of the steps and this will be helpful for me. I’m off to check out your newer posts!
Actually I found this very helpful! Thank you!!!
Thanks SO MUCH! you saved me from replacing pathway lights left at my new home.
Wow,looks like brand new again!Thanks for sharing !
I have a lot of solar items, decorations and path lights, and they all have that cloudy panel problem. I'm so glad I found this video-now I can restore them and enjoy them again!
Yes!! Thank You Very Much!!! Weekend Project It Is!
Brilliant ! I’m going to restore all my solar garden lamps today, and my headlights too! Thanks so much!
Well that was easy. Looks brand new. Thanks for posting this.
This was very helpful, thank you. I had not thought of taking in my pathway lights over Winter, but now I will probably do so. My area of the country does get quite a bit of of sunlight through at least December, though. Still, it may be a good idea to service them as you do in the video and store them until sometime in March or so once it starts to warm up again. I wish I had seen your video a long time ago. I threw a way a really nice set of lights some years back because I just thought they were no good after one season! Oh, well....c'est la vie.
Thank you just in this video itself I found several tips and ideas for all my yard deco I have. For sure I will be bringing in my lower priced led solar lights in for the fall and winter.
Wow, you gave me the precise information I needed to restore the solar pathway lights I acquired. Mr. Plant Abundance, you are utilizing the Internet in the manner that the original creators of it intended it to be used: to share information and knowledge. I commend you and thank you very much for doing so! I enthusiastically gave you a 'thumbs-up' and I subscribed to your channel!
Thank you for your feedback and kind words : ) Much appreciated!
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I'm definitely going to give this a try on my statue solar light. It hasn't worked in about a year but I still love the statue too much to toss into the trash.
Thank you for sharing
Thanks I work at a home improvement store I'll pass this great info on!!!
Thanks so much for your video! Worked great on my old solar lights I bought at Costco 8 years ago~ using your method I did metal part as well with Rustoleum bronze & they look brand new! ( I leave mine out year round so they were in rough shape) Again ~ Thank you!
Thank You very much for sharing this will all of us. I like to keep two of the lights outside on my Deck all year long, clearing the snow and ice away when possible in the Winter months. Whenever we have a power-outage because of a nasty storm, I bring these into the house for lighting. They're much safer than candles, or oil lamps and you be amazed at how much light and illumination these actually provide. (p.s. the newer LED lights which fit on top of a fence post have zero illumination....they're more for decorative purposes and not for lighting up a pathway or the deck, as I'm certain many people may already know or have discovered so they're no good for emergency lighting purposes.)
Thanks for your tip, gotta go clean my mini solar panel now 😄
I've done this, and it works.I kept all of them, and I thank you 😊. I'm glad I did not toss them.
Cheers bro great vid, i just put a load of them around the garden, i now know how to clean & restore them thanx .
Thank you for the information, wish I could have known along time ago. It would have saved me lots of money. Thank you again..
Great little video tutorial!!
Excellent video. Thanks so much! I was actually searching how to do this to the charger unit for the electric fence I put around my garden.
My wife is going to love this. Thanks
Excellent video! Thank you so much for sharing this.
Thanks great advice now to find stainless steel and glass lights,I have used plastic for years but really fed up with throwing them away at the end of the year.This I can easily master.
What a great instructional video!! Thank you so much! I had NO idea how to restore my lights. Thanks to you: Now I do!!❤❤❤🙃🙃🙃🙃
I did clean my solar lights but as well as yours. Thanks for the extra info on the cleaning. I can't wait to try your verison.
Excellent idea definitely will use this on mine thanks for sharing
Awesome video. It works! Easy and professional cleaning.
Great! I am all about revitalizing!
Thanks for the tip, and if I may add, if you have an outage or misplaced your AAA-AA battery charger, these path lights can act like little solar powered battery chargers for your AA OR AAA chargeable batteries.
Thank you for complete detailed steps on cleaning our solar lights.
This was the first video that came up from my search for something like this.
Thanks for a very informative video. We have (lol) over one hundred solar lights. Guess I better get cracking!
excellent, helpful, and clear instructive video, subscribed. thanks for making this
Great video documentary of how to restore the solar cells. Thx
Awesome! Just what I needed....thank you. 😎
Thank u for sharing step by step cleaning resorting the pathway lights 👍🏽👍🏽👌🏾
Thanks so much for this tip! I’ve saved the cardboard cut out & have used this each spring. What a difference this makes on my 12 year old-can’t find anymore- Solar lights!
Well done! Instructive and thorough.
Good info short, clear, good editing.
Wow, came in timely matter, was about to replace my lights, now I can restorer them.
Never knew this was so common sense a fix - thank you!!
Great step-by-step instructions. I have the materials in the garage and will go on the attack this week. Thank you.
Did not have sand paper so used my emery boards, also used clear nail polish. Working great. Thank you.
Fantastic video ... thanks for the great demo ... I followed your instructions and my light (which by the way is the same one you have) works like new. THANKS!
I just bought new lights glad I watched your video. Great job
Great procedure, on restoring back the clear coat to solar grid on lights and etc
I was skeptical but this really works.. Thanks a million.
Man excellent video short , to the point and no nonsense .
Thanks man !
I was thinking the exact idea. I had bought that Armor All Kit for my car headlights a few years ago.
And I was just thinking it probably is a similar idea.
Hit the machine Google machine, Yellowing Solar lights.. And you popped up.
Thanks for making this video. Clear, understandable, and clear audio. And it was under 5 minutes.
I am passing this on to 3 of my buddies. 👍
day i did my Solar light (1) just in Case i mess it up,followed your instruction , fantastic it worked locks like New.
BIG MONEY SAFER .Will pass your Video on .THANK YOU
Great video, thanks for sharing. I have a lot of these type of lights with exactly the same issue but I followed your steps on the video and sure enough, works like a charm. Now I am on a mission to restore all my lights.
Glad it helped
This is just what I was looking for. I’ve changed batteries but still won’t work. The solar part was my next step as there 10 years old . This video just showed me how to restore them.Thank you so much. Was really hoping not to have to replace them as there were a little pricy. Awesome video!!!!!!
Did it work?
3 months on, did it work out?
Thank You so much I may get some of these. Now thanks to you I can take care of them.
It works thank you from Ireland
I also use the same procedure to renew the solar panel,but I also spray the light cover with the clear,it makes it look new again,just clean the plastic with alcohol before painting it.
I have to say thank you so much for teaching me this. I have lots of solar lights and , always worry about that solar panel. Can’t wait to go to HD and get some sandpaper . eXCITED!,, Thanks.
Thanks a bunch! I have same lights, and have not been able to find enough of them to replace this year. Now I will go with your method. Hope it works
Thank you so much for sharing, I have so many garden lights, that look awful, this weekend I'm going to do what you showed us in this video, I hate to throw something away, because things aren't made the way they used to be years ago...
Incredibly useful, thank you 😊
Thank you for your knowledge now I know how to restore my old lights
Thanks a million!! I've wondered how these could be fixed!👍
Awesome idea. Thank you
Thank for the info you did a Beautiful job.......
Great tips. I was on the verge of replacing mine, but will try to follow your advice and restore them.
Good tip. Did the same thing to cloudy headlights on one of my cars. Scary sanding it to where it looks ruined, but that clear works like magic to fill it in.
Thanks for the tip I'll give it a try
Wow, I might do one or two of these are a time instead of buying a new set! Hell yeah.
It's crazy how l just found your video. I've been wondering about this. So thank very much for sharing my dear sr , your video was very informative 👍
Great tip! These turned out fantastic.
Very useful; thanks so much!
Thanks for this video! Our landscaping light solar panels were so clouded that they hardly lit up at night. This process was a breeze and they look like new!
Did it help them light up more at night? You saw a difference besides how nice they look restored?
Great howto & vid!
Thanks for sharing!
Thanks A B!
Very helpful, I will do this to my lights in a few months. Thank you!
Thank you for the great information. We are going to do this in a few days. I appreciate your knowledge 🙏
Awesome! I will be giving this a try ! TFS😊
My pleasure Little Bean! Thanks for tuning in!
Short and to the point ...thanks!!!
Wow! such great info... where there's a will, there's a way! Ty all!
Thank you very much it was a great job you are our hero thanks again
Sweet, thank you! I'm going to try this right now, wish me luck!
Good video, made the solar lights look like new.