# Product question: "Wipe New"

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/product-question-wipe-new/677096>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [December 24, 2013, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/product-question-wipe-new/677096 "2013-12-24T18:58:12Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\
**Post date:** [December 24, 2013, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/product-question-wipe-new/677096/1 "2013-12-24T18:58:12Z")

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I just saw a commercial for this product: [http://www.wipenew.com/](http://www.wipenew.com/)

Anyone try this? I’m looking for something to restore my headlight covers.

ETA. Amazon reviewers are evenly split between one star and five stars.

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**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\
**Post date:** [December 24, 2013, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/product-question-wipe-new/677096/2 "2013-12-24T19:17:33Z")

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The responses at the [asseenontvonsale](http://www.asseenontvonsale.com/cleaning/wipe-new/) website are definitely mixed.

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**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\
**Post date:** [December 24, 2013, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/product-question-wipe-new/677096/3 "2013-12-24T19:20:09Z")

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I haven’t heard anything good about Wipe New other than their own commercials. AFAIK, it’s pretty much an expensive alternate to Armor All.

If your headlights are cloudy, yellowed or scratched, you really want something to restore them, like [this from 3M.](http://www.amazon.com/3M-39045-Headlight-Renewal-Protectant/dp/B004GFTC0E)

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**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\
**Post date:** [December 24, 2013, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/product-question-wipe-new/677096/4 "2013-12-24T21:58:17Z")

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Good suggestion. Thanks.

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**Author:** ![TimeWinder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bcef8e/32.png) [@TimeWinder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TimeWinder)\
**Post date:** [December 25, 2013, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/product-question-wipe-new/677096/5 "2013-12-25T02:00:19Z")

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> [@ThelmaLou](#):
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> ETA. Amazon reviewers are evenly split between one star and five stars.

Knowing nothing about the product, that’s a good sign to run away. Manufacturers can astroturf themselves 5-star ratings, but you know the 1-star ones are from actual customers.

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**Author:** ![Shawn1767](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Shawn1767](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shawn1767)\
**Post date:** [December 25, 2013, 9:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/product-question-wipe-new/677096/6 "2013-12-25T09:53:08Z")

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Try reading Rob Cockerham’s experience with restoring his headlights.

[http://www.cockeyed.com/lessons/headlight/headlight.html](http://www.cockeyed.com/lessons/headlight/headlight.html)

(in the end he finds out that toothpaste works just as well)