My recent purchase to part out has an undamaged tinted windshield other than it has some wiper scratches. Has anyone ever tried the kits to polish out the scratches? I'm curious to try one but I don't want to bother wasting $35 if they don't work.
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1966 Strato Chief 2 door, 427 4 speed, 45,000 original miles
1966 Grande Parisienne, 396 1 of 23 factory air cars
Hi Carl if you can feel the depth of the scratch with your fingernail it is probably a waste of money. I worked 40 years for PPG Industries and the best product for removing light scratches was Jeweler's Rouge.
Hi Carl if you can feel the depth of the scratch with your fingernail it is probably a waste of money. I worked 40 years for PPG Industries and the best product for removing light scratches was Jeweler's Rouge.
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Hmm, thanks. I'll have to look that up. I've never heard of it. You can't really feel a groove so much as just a rougher area. I'll see if I can get pics tomorrow. It's a fairly wide scratch but doesn't seem to be deep.
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1966 Strato Chief 2 door, 427 4 speed, 45,000 original miles
1966 Grande Parisienne, 396 1 of 23 factory air cars
Believe this , if you will. I have a 1950 Pontiac that I rebuilt a few years back, and the windshield and a side window had some light scratches from wipers and window sweep.
I was told by the gentlemen that help paint our Pontiac to use a fine , very fine Steel Wool. The result was wiper blade scratches almost non existent but the window sweep were too deep to completely remove, better but not perfect. Worked for me or least to my level of satisfaction.
Regards
-- Edited by silver steak on Monday 21st of August 2023 06:53:35 AM
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New Brunswick , 1950 Pontiac Silver Streak 2 Dr Sedan, 1967 Beaumont, 1985 Sierra 1500 One Owner
Believe this , if you will. I have a 1950 Pontiac that I rebuilt a few years back, and the windshield and a side window had some light scratches from wipers and window sweep.
I was told by the gentlemen that help paint our Pontiac to use a fine , very fine Steel Wool. The result was wiper blade scratches almost non existent but the window sweep were too deep to completely remove, better but not perfect. Worked for me or least to my level of satisfaction.
Regards
-- Edited by silver steak on Monday 21st of August 2023 06:53:35 AM
Well thanks, I never would have thought of that.
I have nothing to lose, it's too scratched up this way. Just do it dry, or with some sort of moisture, water or soap maybe?
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1966 Strato Chief 2 door, 427 4 speed, 45,000 original miles
1966 Grande Parisienne, 396 1 of 23 factory air cars
Carl If you are using 0000 steel wool it is metal on glass and should have some kind of liquid/cream. If used dry it will scratch as well, maybe dawn dish soap? Jeweler's rouge is used in the jewelry trade for polishing out scratches in gold, silver and other precious metals. At PPG we had a small container of it, a fine red powder and it was mixed with a small amount of water to make a paste and a good micro fibre towel to work it on the glass. May need to do it more than once. Meguiar's makes a product called Scratch X that might work, also Compound may work as it work's on head lites. Lots of options.
Carl If you are using 0000 steel wool it is metal on glass and should have some kind of liquid/cream. If used dry it will scratch as well, maybe dawn dish soap? Jeweler's rouge is used in the jewelry trade for polishing out scratches in gold, silver and other precious metals. At PPG we had a small container of it, a fine red powder and it was mixed with a small amount of water to make a paste and a good micro fibre towel to work it on the glass. May need to do it more than once. Meguiar's makes a product called Scratch X that might work, also Compound may work as it work's on head lites. Lots of options.
That is what is nice about this forum, all kinds of wisdom, I used fine grade Steel Wool, and it did not scratch my windows! But U know better it seems and U never actually tried it !
-- Edited by silver steak on Monday 21st of August 2023 11:20:37 AM
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New Brunswick , 1950 Pontiac Silver Streak 2 Dr Sedan, 1967 Beaumont, 1985 Sierra 1500 One Owner
Try the 0000 steel wool. I had new windshield installed recently by an older service guy, been in the auto windshield business for 20-25 years. I had a small scratch, that is what he went and got in the shop and removed the scratch.
You can try "Flitz polish (Home Hardware $19/tube) Super fine, I have used it on paint marks successfully.
Take your time, try polishing a little at a time, it won't all come out the first application. Try the steel wool first, then Flitz ( gunsmiths use it to remove rust from barrels WITHOUT removing the blueing)
Eastwood kit is way more expensive than I remember but after many evening hours of working at my Packard windshield it did make a noticeable difference but I didn't keep at it to try and remove the deeper scratch. This is 25 years ago. www.eastwood.com/glass-polishing-kit-for-deep-scratches.html
Would have been much easier if the windshield was on a bench vs having to lean over the fenders.
Polished the side and rear glass on the car I am now working on using this powder from Amazon-GLASS POLISH 90001 Fine Grade Cerium Oxide, Glass Polishing Solution, Glass Polishing Powder | 50 Grams
Brand: Glass Polish 13.95. Have a velcro felt pad to attach to the grinder/sander to work it with. It removed the scuz,small scratchs and smoothed some lines in the side glass that were made by the window guides. Did not remove them completely but looks much better and the glass feels silky smooth
