Aged windshield...
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Aged windshield...
My '63 still has the original windshield. I'd like to keep it because the New Jersey inspection sticker indicated that the car is due for inspection in May 1971. I can't lose that! Problem is that there's a gazillion or so little dingies or whatever that normally cause no problem but, driving directly into the sun or a car coming the other way with its brights on, the little thingies light up like stars and blind me. Is there any coating or polishing that would east the problem? Thanks!
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go to a bodyshop ,they have a film/tape to put on the backside and then peal it off, and they should be able to get the decal off,,but tell them what your trying to do first,,and take a few pics of it too,,then you could buy a new windhheild ,then put the decal back on
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My 67 also has it's original windshield with the same issues and a 1968 inspection sticker on it. I'm not changing it.
BTW if you do you could always go this route.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/NEW-JERSEY-1...-/361280768376
BTW if you do you could always go this route.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/NEW-JERSEY-1...-/361280768376
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Always a big chance of breaking windshield when you try to take them out. It is a 50/50 chance you take. Even glass installers take a big chance of the old one breaking as they try to take them out.
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There was a recent thread where someone suggested using a clay bar on the windshield. I tried it and it worked amazingly well.
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My 67 also has it's original windshield with the same issues and a 1968 inspection sticker on it. I'm not changing it.
BTW if you do you could always go this route.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/NEW-JERSEY-1...-/361280768376
BTW if you do you could always go this route.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/NEW-JERSEY-1...-/361280768376
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Try an auto glass shop. There is a buffing compound for glass. In years past, they could do a good job buffing out the scratches on the windshield from bad windshield wipers. Then it became cheaper to just replace the glass.
Also Google Glass Buffing and you may come up with some DIY products from Eastman and other suppliers as well as companies that specialize in buffing products. This might save your dated glass.
Also Google Glass Buffing and you may come up with some DIY products from Eastman and other suppliers as well as companies that specialize in buffing products. This might save your dated glass.
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I have a glass buffing/polishing kit I bought from Eastwood many years ago, it has served me well over the years. I'd check with them if you like DIY stuff....
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My '63 still has the original windshield. I'd like to keep it because the New Jersey inspection sticker indicated that the car is due for inspection in May 1971. I can't lose that! Problem is that there's a gazillion or so little dingies or whatever that normally cause no problem but, driving directly into the sun or a car coming the other way with its brights on, the little thingies light up like stars and blind me. Is there any coating or polishing that would east the problem? Thanks!
My light wiper scratches on the '63, I hired a pro and I was very skeptical of the results. In a couple of hours he had it done and I swear I couldn't tell it wasn't new. Had to eat crow on that one, here are the folks I found locally:
http://glassscratchgone.com/
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Update, Frank: I just had a chipped windshield replaced on one of my SUVs, and the tech easily swapped the VA inspection sticker over to the new windshield with no problems, and it looks perfect. This is allowed by the VA codes. Also, there are no more USN base stickers.
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Update, Frank: I just had a chipped windshield replaced on one of my SUVs, and the tech easily swapped the VA inspection sticker over to the new windshield with no problems, and it looks perfect. This is allowed by the VA codes. Also, there are no more USN base stickers.
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I buffed my '61 glass and got some scratches out, fairly deep, but it created some distortion and was a lot of time and work.
My light wiper scratches on the '63, I hired a pro and I was very skeptical of the results. In a couple of hours he had it done and I swear I couldn't tell it wasn't new. Had to eat crow on that one, here are the folks I found locally:
http://glassscratchgone.com/
My light wiper scratches on the '63, I hired a pro and I was very skeptical of the results. In a couple of hours he had it done and I swear I couldn't tell it wasn't new. Had to eat crow on that one, here are the folks I found locally:
http://glassscratchgone.com/
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I sent an email to the glassscratchgone guy near me and he told me it's not a surface problem. Apparently polishing won't help. I was thinking that everything was fine with it back in '70. (At least I don't remember problems with it.) So it must have been the years of storage? Drat!
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Well, I'll defer to the experts; at least you took a shot and I'm not surprised.
Those guys cleared up my wiper scratches nicely, you could even 'catch a fingernail' in the scratches in a couple places before polishing. Which I was always told was the "kiss of death" for trying to fix them...not true, apparently...
Those guys cleared up my wiper scratches nicely, you could even 'catch a fingernail' in the scratches in a couple places before polishing. Which I was always told was the "kiss of death" for trying to fix them...not true, apparently...
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You can't do anything about sand pits except replace.
The clay bar thing takes off stuff (over spray) sticking up above the glass surface, but does nothing to the places where the glass is pitted.
If you have just few, larger pits, that are not cracks or stone bruises, but still are noticeable from the outside, you can use glass repair resin to make the white pit look go away, even if it doesn't fully fill the pit, it makes it less noticeable to an observer.
That is not an answer in your case with a bazillion sand pits.
Doug
The clay bar thing takes off stuff (over spray) sticking up above the glass surface, but does nothing to the places where the glass is pitted.
If you have just few, larger pits, that are not cracks or stone bruises, but still are noticeable from the outside, you can use glass repair resin to make the white pit look go away, even if it doesn't fully fill the pit, it makes it less noticeable to an observer.
That is not an answer in your case with a bazillion sand pits.
Doug
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