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Old Oct 29, 2010 | 03:08 PM
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Old Oct 29, 2010 | 03:37 PM
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looks to me like it's easier to just get a new windshield.

which is what I'll end up doing.
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Old Oct 30, 2010 | 05:48 PM
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how about Glass Plus, a lint free rag and some elbow grease! mine come out perfect after 2 or 3 hard wipedowns. then again i have never turned on my wipers in 8 years.
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Old Oct 30, 2010 | 10:26 PM
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You all are going to think I am crazy but 0000 steelwool works well to.
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Old Oct 31, 2010 | 07:24 AM
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What are wiper streaks?
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Old Oct 31, 2010 | 07:50 AM
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I clay all the glass in my cars.Seems to work pretty well.I follow that with a coat of Rejex or Megs Tech Wax.

At speeds above 50,usually don't need wipers.No wiper drag either.

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Old Oct 31, 2010 | 10:30 AM
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I clay all the glass in my cars.Seems to work pretty well.I follow that with a coat of Rejex
same here works great !!
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Old Oct 31, 2010 | 11:52 AM
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I bought a kit with cerium powder from Caswell a few years back. It works awesome and there is enough powder in it do do many windshield. It works very well.

Get some old blankets and mask off your car in case you sling some of it around using a buffer. It's very abrasive and it dries like clay.
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I have used Diamondite kit to remove vertical scuffs from side windows (that come from dirt in between the glass and the seal). It doesn't actually polish the glass, but it removes the gunk on the bottom of the scratches and then adds a layer of wax like substance to reduce distortion. It works for a year or so, until the scratches collect dirt again. It's not good enough for windshield though.

The wiper scuffs can also be reduced a bit by very thorough cleaning, but the scratches themselves can't be removed without distorting the glass.
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