Polish windshield scratches

4SPEED427 · A Poncho Legend!

Polish windshield scratches

ARCADIAN · Poncho Master!

Hi Carl if you can feel the depth of the scratch with your fingernail it is probably a waste of money. I worked 40 years for PPG Industries and the best product for removing light scratches was Jeweler's Rouge.

ARCADIAN

cdnpont · Canadian Poncho Superstar!

I tried an amazon polish system.

Waste of 35 bucks to be honest. Didn't make any difference to the scratch.

4SPEED427 · A Poncho Legend!

ARCADIAN wrote:
Hi Carl if you can feel the depth of the scratch with your fingernail it is probably a waste of money. I worked 40 years for PPG Industries and the best product for removing light scratches was Jeweler's Rouge.

ARCADIAN

Hmm, thanks. I'll have to look that up. I've never heard of it. You can't really feel a groove so much as just a rougher area. I'll see if I can get pics tomorrow. It's a fairly wide scratch but doesn't seem to be deep.

4SPEED427 · A Poncho Legend!

cdnpont wrote:
I tried an amazon polish system.
Waste of 35 bucks to be honest. Didn't make any difference to the scratch.

Were you trying to do wiper scratches too?

You likely bought the same system I'm looking at on Amazon.

cdnpont · Canadian Poncho Superstar!

Yes, a wiper scratch

4SPEED427 · A Poncho Legend!

You likely just saved me $35. I'll wait for Chris to give me an update now that I've posted what the damage is like.

silver steak · Addicted!

Hi There

Believe this , if you will. I have a 1950 Pontiac that I rebuilt a few years back, and the windshield and a side window had some light scratches from wipers and window sweep.

I was told by the gentlemen that help paint our Pontiac to use a fine , very fine Steel Wool. The result was wiper blade scratches almost non existent but the window sweep were too deep to completely remove, better but not perfect. Worked for me or least to my level of satisfaction.

Regards

-- Edited by silver steak on Monday 21st of August 2023 06:53:35 AM

4SPEED427 · A Poncho Legend!

silver steak wrote:
Hi There
Believe this , if you will. I have a 1950 Pontiac that I rebuilt a few years back, and the windshield and a side window had some light scratches from wipers and window sweep.
I was told by the gentlemen that help paint our Pontiac to use a fine , very fine Steel Wool. The result was wiper blade scratches almost non existent but the window sweep were too deep to completely remove, better but not perfect. Worked for me or least to my level of satisfaction.
Regards

-- Edited by silver steak on Monday 21st of August 2023 06:53:35 AM

Well thanks, I never would have thought of that.

I have nothing to lose, it's too scratched up this way. Just do it dry, or with some sort of moisture, water or soap maybe?

ARCADIAN · Poncho Master!

Carl If you are using 0000 steel wool it is metal on glass and should have some kind of liquid/cream. If used dry it will scratch as well, maybe dawn dish soap? Jeweler's rouge is used in the jewelry trade for polishing out scratches in gold, silver and other precious metals. At PPG we had a small container of it, a fine red powder and it was mixed with a small amount of water to make a paste and a good micro fibre towel to work it on the glass. May need to do it more than once. Meguiar's makes a product called Scratch X that might work, also Compound may work as it work's on head lites. Lots of options.

silver steak · Addicted!

ARCADIAN WROTE

Carl If you are using 0000 steel wool it is metal on glass and should have some kind of liquid/cream. If used dry it will scratch as well, maybe dawn dish soap? Jeweler's rouge is used in the jewelry trade for polishing out scratches in gold, silver and other precious metals. At PPG we had a small container of it, a fine red powder and it was mixed with a small amount of water to make a paste and a good micro fibre towel to work it on the glass. May need to do it more than once. Meguiar's makes a product called Scratch X that might work, also Compound may work as it work's on head lites. Lots of options.

That is what is nice about this forum, all kinds of wisdom, I used fine grade Steel Wool, and it did not scratch my windows! But U know better it seems and U never actually tried it !

-- Edited by silver steak on Monday 21st of August 2023 11:20:37 AM

LT1Caddy · Poncho Master!

Try the 0000 steel wool. I had new windshield installed recently by an older service guy, been in the auto windshield business for 20-25 years. I had a small scratch, that is what he went and got in the shop and removed the scratch.
You can try "Flitz polish (Home Hardware $19/tube) Super fine, I have used it on paint marks successfully.
Take your time, try polishing a little at a time, it won't all come out the first application. Try the steel wool first, then Flitz ( gunsmiths use it to remove rust from barrels WITHOUT removing the blueing)

HTH

CdnGMfan · Canadian Poncho Superstar!

I have also heard that you need to avoid breathing any of the silicate dust or particles, so wear a mask.

norontcan · Canadian Poncho Superstar!

Eastwood kit is way more expensive than I remember but after many evening hours of working at my Packard windshield it did make a noticeable difference but I didn't keep at it to try and remove the deeper scratch. This is 25 years ago.
www.eastwood.com/glass-polishing-kit-for-deep-scratches.html
Would have been much easier if the windshield was on a bench vs having to lean over the fenders.

Big Bear · Addicted!

Polished the side and rear glass on the car I am now working on using this powder from Amazon-GLASS POLISH 90001 Fine Grade Cerium Oxide, Glass Polishing Solution, Glass Polishing Powder | 50 Grams
Brand: Glass Polish 13.95. Have a velcro felt pad to attach to the grinder/sander to work it with. It removed the scuz,small scratchs and smoothed some lines in the side glass that were made by the window guides. Did not remove them completely but looks much better and the glass feels silky smooth