Window Glass Polishing
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Burning Brakes
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From: Pensacola Florida
Window Glass Polishing
I've just acquired a set of used windows to replace the heavily damaged ones I currently have.
These are used and in good condition but I would like to polish them before installing to remove any small scratches and just generally spruce them up.
Anybody have any experience at glass polishing? I have a Meguire's DA polisher and pad assortment. Would that do the trick or do I need something more aggressive? What pad and what compound?
Rick
These are used and in good condition but I would like to polish them before installing to remove any small scratches and just generally spruce them up.
Anybody have any experience at glass polishing? I have a Meguire's DA polisher and pad assortment. Would that do the trick or do I need something more aggressive? What pad and what compound?
Rick
Safety Car
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From: San Marcos CA
Glass polish is made from Cerium Oxide and can also use a different pad like flat rayon discs.
Regular aluminum oxide paint polish isn't even capable of scratching glass as far as I have tried. There's a small kit of products from CarPro USA detailing that I bought and it took water spots and grime right off of some windows that had been exposed to perpetual rain in the Pacific NW.
http://www.carpro-us.com/glass/
with a machine, get the 5" rayon discs and skip the hand polish pads.
Regular aluminum oxide paint polish isn't even capable of scratching glass as far as I have tried. There's a small kit of products from CarPro USA detailing that I bought and it took water spots and grime right off of some windows that had been exposed to perpetual rain in the Pacific NW.
http://www.carpro-us.com/glass/
with a machine, get the 5" rayon discs and skip the hand polish pads.
Pro
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From: Middletown Delaware
I've just acquired a set of used windows to replace the heavily damaged ones I currently have.
These are used and in good condition but I would like to polish them before installing to remove any small scratches and just generally spruce them up.
Anybody have any experience at glass polishing? I have a Meguire's DA polisher and pad assortment. Would that do the trick or do I need something more aggressive? What pad and what compound?
Rick
These are used and in good condition but I would like to polish them before installing to remove any small scratches and just generally spruce them up.
Anybody have any experience at glass polishing? I have a Meguire's DA polisher and pad assortment. Would that do the trick or do I need something more aggressive? What pad and what compound?
Rick
Melting Slicks
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From: Lunenburg MA
You can polish out *light* scratches and wiper haze from the windshield, but the rest of the glass is tempered. What you see is what you get unless it's overspray or other debris on top of the glass.
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Burning Brakes
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From: Pensacola Florida
Considering the price difference between these used windows, $70 for both, and new ones I believe I can live with a few small scratches for now.
Rick
Pro
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From: St James New York
I'm with Joe C. 
I've used a glass polishing kit from Eastwood that worked great.
http://search.eastwood.com/search?w=glass%20polishing
I've used a glass polishing kit from Eastwood that worked great.
http://search.eastwood.com/search?w=glass%20polishing
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Burning Brakes
Joined: Dec 2014
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From: Pensacola Florida
I'm with Joe C.
I've used a glass polishing kit from Eastwood that worked great.
http://search.eastwood.com/search?w=glass%20polishing
I've used a glass polishing kit from Eastwood that worked great.
http://search.eastwood.com/search?w=glass%20polishing
Rick
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