Windshield scratch removal
10-20-2012, 11:45 AM
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Windshield scratch removal
I already did a search on this and nothing turned up....my '65 has the original windshield in it and quite a few wiper scratch marks (not deep) ... is there anything that I can use to polish it up and remove the scratches?
10-20-2012, 12:55 PM
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Many places sell glass polishing kits. If the scratches are deep enough to catch your fingernail, they're usually too deep to polish out.
If you polish too deep, you'll create an optical effect, like the lenses in a pair of glasses.
If you heat the glass up too much, it'll crack and/or begin to delaminate.
You can give it a go.
All that being said, you might be able to find an old time glass shop that can still polish windshields.
There was one such place when I lived in Baltimore.....
Chuck
10-20-2012, 01:07 PM
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Yes.
Many places sell glass polishing kits. If the scratches are deep enough to catch your fingernail, they're usually too deep to polish out.
If you polish too deep, you'll create an optical effect, like the lenses in a pair of glasses.
If you heat the glass up too much, it'll crack and/or begin to delaminate.
You can give it a go.
All that being said, you might be able to find an old time glass shop that can still polish windshields.
There was one such place when I lived in Baltimore.....
Chuck
Many places sell glass polishing kits. If the scratches are deep enough to catch your fingernail, they're usually too deep to polish out.
If you polish too deep, you'll create an optical effect, like the lenses in a pair of glasses.
If you heat the glass up too much, it'll crack and/or begin to delaminate.
You can give it a go.
All that being said, you might be able to find an old time glass shop that can still polish windshields.
There was one such place when I lived in Baltimore.....
Chuck
Chuck is absolutely correct, if the scratch is deep enough to catch with a fingernail you'll only create a bad optical effect by trying to polish it out.
If it's more like a surface blemish and not too bad, you might have some success by polishing it out. As with most things of this nature, one is usually better off finding someone who specializes in this sort of repair rather than trying the do-it-yourself route. If you should choose to go the do-it-yourself route, Eastwood (along with various other firms) sells a glass polish or a glass polishing kit to allow you to do so. Google "Eastwood automotive" for their website and do a search on "glass polishing" or similar.
Best Wishes,
