Headlight Condensation

[MXHOWES at aol.com]

I tried to wipe and clean with a stick and rag, made a mess. I then left some 
water and detergent in the light overnight and hit it with the power washer 
the next day, this worked pretty good. The hair dryer idea didn't work, but I 
do heat the house with a wood stove and left the lights on a screen on top of 
the stove overnight, this worked real good. (If you don't have a wood stove you 
can always leave it on top of your oven while you are cooking Christmas 
dinner <g>)  Make sure your bulb gasket is in good shape or they well get wet 
again, also I had a small rock chip that was letting in some of the water, that was 
fixed with epoxy. Now, in retrospect, after doing all of this you will be 
able to see just how sandblasted and chipped the lenses are and wonder.......why 
didn't I just get some new ones? ($$$)

Re:

One headlight on each of my Audi's has a "foggy" lens. Stock equipment. It
is not condensation, as the foggy appearance is always there.

Can this "fog" be cleaned out by removing the headlamp assembly and washing
the insides with a windshield washer solution? Kinda slosh it around on the
inside then rinse it out.

A hair drier rigged with a copper tube would work to dry out the insides.

Anyone try cleaning the insides?