Has anyone had experience in polishing out scratches or found a service that polishes glass?
Techniques?
Products?
tools?
Secret Potions?
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Has anyone had experience in polishing out scratches or found a service that polishes glass?
Techniques?
Products?
tools?
Secret Potions?
Guess the lack of response pretty much answers your question. I thought I had seen some previous threads where folks described their success polishing out scratches, but I have never been successful doing it.
you polish glass with rouge
Polishing glass is possible and if you have skill patience and right devices can give you incredible results.
I polished my heavy scratched glass and it now seems new.
You need a rotary polisher and a Dual Acton polisher with rayon pad and a cerium oxide compound.
I used CarPro pads and compound.
The process required about 4 hours of work and leaded to a like new windshield glass.
For really deeeeeeep scratches you can sand the glass.... But please before sanding a glass make some test on a old unused car glass.
I been trying to get the acid rain spots from original glass off too.. I have used white vinegar straight 5% with a non sctrach pad.. werid blue powder is coming off..
It looks 75% better and pops with reflection now.. .. But i still see the dots in the outside glass.. Reading online vineger baking soda mix with 00 wool pad.. I am going to give it a go,,
its hard work rubbing and rubbing to break the scale..
Try these guys : https://glassrestorationinc.com/car-glass-repaired.php
I have a guy I use here in Austin who's great but they're hard to find. Many of them won't do automotive, only commercial.
Worth remembering also that the commercial glass polishing will remove original logo, obviously depending which side the scratches are on.
I have heard that a clay bar can sometimes do wonders. If needed, follow up with Cerium oxide. Griots Garage has products you can use.
A good polisher can preserve any logos or markings. My guy tapes them off then feathers the polishing around the logo and buffs it out. Turns out beautifully.Quote:
Originally Posted by 9er
+1 for livefromNY.
If you are worried simply use your nail on the logo you will discover that the Sigla logo is stamped on the inner side of the windshield
Thanks all for the feed back. Sounds like more art than science. Best to have a sample piece to experiment with.
That is definitely not true for some of the logos on my '65 car.Quote:
Originally Posted by fizeus
I remember hearing once to use toothpaste.
Down under here in New Zealand our roads in places have crappy surfaces and stone chips are common. All the major Auto Glass replacement companies offer to fill and polish these (and cracks that are recent) out.
They also offer commercial shop front glass repairs for when people (would love to use an expletive ) scratch graffiti on the glass.
Below is a link (not that its geographically handy) but surely there are companies that can help you.
I had a M5 bmw that someone wearing a ring had stuffed the inside surface and this was repaired (same day) to near perfect.
Hope it helps or alternative it is out with the old screen and in with a new (yip,,, pain in the proverbial)
https://www.novusscratchremoval.co.n...+on+Glass.html