My girlfriend just bought a rather old eg hatch and the owner failed to replaec the wiper blade so there are a few semicircular scratches. Does any body know a good scratch remover for glass? I found a home made recipe to fix it but I am relucctant to try that. Thanx before hand fells!

 

bump, somebody's gotta know

 

i need to know too

 

bump here also.. i know there is a polishing system that has a brush you put on your drill but i dont know the name of the maker

 

i heard that a certain grade of brillo pad or something will take out scratches. I forgot what number, but it should say on the box, what its good for. Trick i learned at the shop

 

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just <FONT SIZE="3">FLITZ IT</FONT>

lol

 

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sorta, this was more of a glass only thing and it was a flat pad like a sanding disc

 

bump i need to know this also have the same problem, the moron who had my coupe b4 me did the same thing

 

Luckily when I bought my car, somebody had placed a brick through the windshield. So, instead of worrying about the scratches. I just got to buy a new windshield for it.

Anyways...I know that eastwood sales a glass polishing kit that is supposed to take out small chips and scratches. There are probably cheaper ways to take out the scratches though.

 

updog

 

bump

 

This sounds retarted but crisco on a portable hand buffer works wonders....Im being serious too....

 

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Is this true? Can someone confirm this?

 

I'm bringin' this up from the dead

 

get a new [freak]ing windshield !!!

 

Clear nail polish?

 

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Why would you do that when it can be fixed? Its much cheaper repairing it than getting an OEM winshield installed. Most aftermarket ones have defects in them.

 

i know that one of the companies that does the headlight restore kits also sells one for windshields, the company is called crystal view. also i know that at the local plastic shop, plastics 2000, they sell like a polishing/rubbing compound for glass. i have not tried either of these things, so i dont know how it works.

 

old school hot rod guys use toothpaste...yes this is true...toothpaste.

 

does any kinda of tooth paste matter?

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I don't want to go that route because I want to keep the OEM windshield and plus it would cost more

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that's true... thanks for chiming in man

 

Pure white toothpaste, I'd assume.

That's what I've used on CDs in the past.

 

toothpaste is/was used because it has a sort of grit to it, combined with a high speed polisher works as a rubbing compound.

alternatively, you could also buy a proper bottle of rubbing compound and use a high speed polisher to do the same or better.

personally i dont know if this will help at all, but its worth a try

i would assume you would need a pretty harsh grit rubbing compound and or several grits of compounds in order to get results.

 

turbodan is correct...depends on how deep the scratches are as well

 

it's not bad at all... nothing where it'll catch my finger nail... it just creates a glare during the day or at night causing it difficult to see through... safety first you guys think doing it by hand will help? I don't have a high speed buffer readily available

 

If you use compound and a buffer make sure to keep it very wet with water otherwise it will overheat and crack.