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Anyone know of a way to get rid of rub marks on a windshield from the wipers? (short of changing windshield)

Mooser

If they are not too deep you can usually have the windshield polished with cerium oxide paste. There are some DIY kits that you can do with a drill and buffing pad but it's a tedious process.
Check around there should be local companies that will do it fairly reasonably.
M

lowbuck72

JC Whitney sells a kit, comes with the wheel that attaches to a drill and the compound. It's a little slow going, but it works. Was able to remove scratches that I was previously able to detect with a finger nail.

Alan 71

Hi,
The polishing works.
It can be a problem removing scratches that can be felt because that requires removing so much glass that there may be an optical distortion in the area of the glass.
It depend where that distortion his and it's size as to whether it's a distraction while driving.
Certainly worth a try!
Regards,
Alan

Jud Chapin

I would try some Bon Ami first. Good cleanser that would scratch.

Sorry, make that won't scratch.

BKarol

This was a write up in the Car Care forum here. Like Mooser said it is a tedious and tiresome job. A local company might be a better choice but FYI:

https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums...scratches.html

pltmgr

The DIY kits never worked for me.

exposingtime

I have been trying to find a company to do this in South Florida for a few years now. Nobody polishes anymore...they just replace.

I was told to try bar keepers friend as well as one of those do it yourself kits and neither worked.

Mooser

That's a real shame but like a lot of the specialty services, the people who know how to do them are getting long in the tooth and a lot of the new people are replacement techs.

Finding guys like Cliff R and Lars in 5 or 10 years to look at an old Q is going to be quite a stunt.

Pledge and some waxes will fill in some scratches and make them less noticeable, a common process on old stock car windshields (lexan) that would get pretty scratched.

For polishing, try contacting any clubs that have guys to restorations on 20's ~ 40's cars, some of that glass is not replaceable and they may know of polishers out there
M

derekderek

There is bunch of youtube videos on this subject. A guy i used to work with was a boeing employee. They started with 2000 grit and went up from there. Airplanes get sand scratched up pretty good.