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Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: alan2450 on 17 September 2007, 21:33:17
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Anyone know a method of removing fine scratches from the windscreen?
I have been told brasso will do it :o
The scratches are very fine and not in my main line of sight but when it rains the are more evident, I do not want to go to any great expense. Thoughts?
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It would take one hell of a long time and elbow grease to polish out even fine scratches out of a wind screen with brasso glass is an extreamely hard substance but it could be done if you have got alot of time on your hands
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In the glass trade, we use a compound called 'jeweller's rouge' to polish out fine scratches in glass. I'm not certain what compound it is but I think it's cerium oxide.
We normally use a low speed grinder with a wet polishing bonnet. This can be effective on very shallow scratches but can easily 'burn' the glass and does take a very long time. It's normally cheaper to cut another piece of glass although on thick glass, say 19mm, which has been processed and toughened, we may give it a go to try to rescue it.
I have the same problem on my windscreen but don't think I could be bothered to spend the time necessary to make any difference. Not sure about Brasso but any mild abrasive would have some effect.
As to glass being hard, a green plastic kitchen scourer will leave bad scratches in glass so be careful. :)
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Accidently drop a hammer through it and get a new one on the insurance ;-)
Those stone chips are a bugger
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I had experience on fathers and one friends car. Both windscreens were damaged with screwdriver..
I use G3 style polish(a bit thicker one not G3 dont remember the name) with a polish machine (nearly impossible by hand)
On fathers car half a day was enough to remove..
But friends car was a new megane and we both worked totally 3 days to remove..Result very good..
If you dont want to loose time you can use 1200 grid and after machine...
Plus : also you will need to use a finer polish to make it shine again...
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i`ve got the same problem with my windscreen so when i get paid this month it s time to use my fully comp insurance to get a new windscreen outa em for winter....
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3 days to remove
Sheeeeeite! :o
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Thanks for the all the options, don,t have 3 days to spare :o so i will just live with them until that stone fly's up from that lorry ;)
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Toothpaste also works. Its a little more coarse than Brasso but needs a mop in a drill to get the best effect, especially if waiting for a quarry lorry to come along..... :y
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Older models are more easy to do but new models dont know what chemicals are inside or kind a treatement they are really tough..
ps : must add.. on the megane it was deep as 1 mm
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Toothpaste also works. Its a little more coarse than Brasso but needs a mop in a drill to get the best effect, especially if waiting for a quarry lorry to come along..... :y
Gritters will be out soon :-X
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Be careful before you have an 'accident' with your windscreen. They just never seem right once they've been replaced. It not just a case of popping a new one in these days, they are part of the structure of the car and are a specialist job. And by specialist I dont mean the spotty youth who will turn up in the auto windscreens van.
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www.frost.co.uk sell a windscreen scratch repair kit for £21 ((type windscreen in the search box)) IT WORKS!!!!!!!!!!
Hard work -uses a drill and a pad I removed a number of scratches that some kind person put over my windscreen in line of my sight - took about an hour of concentrated effort. Other items from frost are interesting too
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This summer I changed my windshield because of a fracture..Really a trouble job..They break and cut the original isolation done in the factory..And their isolation can not be compared to that..
Worth trying the polish job before everything else..