Scratched Windscreen

[altreed]

Does anyone know of a windscreen polish that removes light scratching?

As we have had a bit of frost, I have used a windscreen scraper to remove the ice. We also suffer from sahara rain and get a lot of sand on the car after rain. Unfortunately I have noticed light scratches on the glass.

I would like to polish out these scratches but dont know what is best to use.

Any suggestions?

Cheers

 

[jimmy]

Professional companies offer this service. You could try T-cut, glass is much harder than paint so it wont harm it. I was told once that toothpaste or pearl drops works well on glass but have never tried it myself.

 

[pluggers]

Someone mentioned this product to me ages ago when I wanted to take out some scratches,Jewlers rouge me thinks.As Ive never tried it,to be honest I never even heard of it before then, but was told it should work?

 

[Satch]

Does anyone know of a windscreen polish that removes light scratching?

Glass is not actually a solid. Because of the high melting point at normal temperature it is a supercooled fluid. (so effing what, millions cry!)

The answer is that it will very slowly flow, as seen in old windows where the glass has started to bow out at the bottom. So heavy long term rubbing with a chammy leather alone can actually make the glass flow into small scratched areas.

I have done this on a couple of old glass items and it works. But be warned, it takes a long time!

 

[scotth_uk]

I can announce with hand on heart that the Autoglym glass polish is totally useless. If anyone else has had any luck with it, please advise how you achieved any results at all.

:-(

 

[nickmann]

Hi,

I went through lots of pain when I polished out loads of wear-scratches on my last w/screen. I found that even using a polishing machine, nothing that you can buy in an automotive shop will make the slightest bit of difference, at all, under any circumstances, no matter what claims are made on the label.

I found references to "Jewellers' Rouge" on the net, so I called up an industrial glass place and spoke to them about it. They said it would work on a wineglass, or jewelry, on a buffing-wheel at high rpm - but sadly not on a big area area like the pad of a polishing machine. Something to do with needing high speed and heat generation.

I got some proper glass-polishing compound from The Polishing Company via mail order from the net. It is a pinky-coloured powder (cost £5) that you mix with water to form a slurry. This you pour over your windscreen and then fire up the polisher. I have a random-orbital polisher (Draper, £30). It took maybe an hour or two to get the fine scratches reduced to a point where they were tolerable. It works, but it takes a long time to make any difference.

If I had to do it again I would seriously consider putting a brick through the screen and claiming a new one on the insurance. (Has anyone actually done that - how many awkward questions does the assessor ask?)

Good Luck

PS - Sooner or later some-one will mention toothpaste. Just hit them.

 

[sym]

Try "Rain-ex" or similar. . . . As well as being great at keeping your glass clear of water, it does fill minor abrasions / stone chips, and removes scratches to a certain extent. Seemed to improve my screen appearance anyway. BTW, the last application was about 8 months ago, and its still doing what it said on the box !

S.

 

[kikkthecat]

PS - Sooner or later some-one will mention toothpaste. Just hit them.

I was told once that toothpaste or pearl drops works well on glass but have never tried it myself.

DO WE FORM AN ORDERLY QUEUE ??? (Just kidding Jimmy )

 

[scotth_uk]

Big fan of Rain-X here. On a windscreen in good condition, it makes a hell of a difference. Totally removed any requirement for me to clear the screen every 30 seconds or so in light rain.

 

[aka$h]

I have put rain-x on all my side windows but someone said it might not work to well on the windscreen as the merc wipers move in 2 directions. Has anyone expirenced any problems with singel wipers and rain-x?

Thanks

 

[sym]

I have put rain-x on all my side windows but someone said it might not work to well on the windscreen as the merc wipers move in 2 directions. Has anyone expirenced any problems with singel wipers and rain-x?

Thanks

no problemo at all. Just some funny looks from other drivers as I drive through pouring rain with no wipers on !

Seriously though - when I do rarely need to use the wipers, there is no problem at all. The wiper is designed to move the way that it does ; you do sometimes get the occasional momentary smearing effect directly after it has wiped, which clears within nanoseconds.

S.

 

[altreed]

mHmm, sounds like a job for the professionals.

Thanks for your advice and suggestions. I don't fancy taking a draper power tool near my car myself, I'll enquire at a windscreen place.

I too am a fan of Rain-x, I had that on my Golf Gti for years. Haven't got round to applying it to the merc for some time. I'll get the windscreen place to apply a healty coating after a good polishing.

 

[polishingpete]

Scratched glass

Have you tried www.scratchrepair.co.uk

 

[uumode]

Does anyone know of a windscreen polish that removes light scratching?

As we have had a bit of frost, I have used a windscreen scraper to remove the ice. We also suffer from sahara rain and get a lot of sand on the car after rain. Unfortunately I have noticed light scratches on the glass.

I would like to polish out these scratches but dont know what is best to use.

Any suggestions?

Cheers

This removes LIGHT scratches (whispy very light haze type)
http://www.halfords.com/opd_product_details.asp?id=18695&type=0&cat=283
but anything other than light it doesn't work.
E.g. it doesn't work on wiper blade arc scratches.