Science Experiment or ...

Let's see if this really works.  

The 2001 headlight plastic was fading (but not as bad as some I've seen on the West Coast)

 So I scrubbed with 3 different pads, cleaned, rubbed some more.

Not wanting to break out the hose to do the final rinse, I called someone and asked for other suggestions.   At first this seemed like a great idea.   But later I realized I clearly had called the wrong person as you will see later.