7. Revive Your Solar Lights
Solar lights offer an excellent — and movable — source of lighting around your walkways and flowerbeds, but they tend to malfunction after being left out in the changing weather season after season. Often, the malfunction is due to dirty, cloudy plastic over the solar panel.
Fortunately, you can avoid wasting your money on replacements. Instead, revive those dingy solar lights by first wiping them down with a soft, damp cloth — especially the solar panels. Once they’re dry, apply a coat of clear nail polish over the solar panel area to revive and protect it. The lights should work like new once again. A bottle of nail polish is rather small so make sure to grab as many as you’ll need for the number of lights you have.
The total estimated cost for reviving your solar lights is $9.90, or the cost of five bottles of nail polish. Here’s what you’ll need:
Clear nail polish: $1.98 per 0.5 fluid ounces
