Removing Micro-Scratches from Windshield?

Yikes! Yeah, I'll probably just have to deal with it

I know there's the possibility that a pc will do nothing to help. But is there a chance it would possibly make it worse? Like is there a harm in trying? Thinking of either SHR or fmp

http://www.eastwood.com/glass-polishing-kit-for-deep-scratches-5658.html

You can thank me later.

Nothing Adams sells is meant for such a task. Glass is TONS harder than paint.

 

Your best bet is to leave well enough alone or replace the windshield.

 

Chris

Good, honest reply.

Respect.

Yah...I noticed the glass was cleaner but can still see scratches. Dylan knows best.

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You guys should start listening to Dylan a bit more. You can run that PC @ 6,000 with a green pad and SSR and it WON'T EFFECT THE GLASS. It won't remove scratches and it won't effect it barely at all.

at least someone is listening to me here.

You guys should start listening to Dylan a bit more. You can run that PC @ 6,000 with a green pad and SSR and it WON'T EFFECT THE GLASS. It won't remove scratches and it won't effect it barely at all.

Which is why I'm willing to prove it to people as I have some spare, laminated glass :pc:

You guys should start listening to Dylan a bit more. You can run that PC @ 6,000 with a green pad and SSR and it WON'T EFFECT THE GLASS. It won't remove scratches and it won't effect it barely at all.

I wouldn't. I'm guessing if you don't burn it you are gonna hologram it or scuff it pretty hard. If it doesn't impede your driving, and you can live with it, I'd let it go bud.

LET ME TRY SOMETHING FOR YOU.

I don't have my machine here, nor my drill. Let me bring them in on Monday, and TEST THEM OUT FOR YOU ON A PIECE OF SCRAP LAMINATED GLASS using Adam's Premium Car Care Products. That way, you don't kill your windshield without seeing what could or couldn't happen first.

Sound like a deal? PM me on Sun night to remind me mang!

Chris

Again, like I said in my last post:

 

 

 

The products we make simply are not abrasive enough to effect your glass. Glass is 100's of times harder than your paint and think of how much effort you have to put behind correcting your paint.

Thanks Dylan. I'm going to give it a shot at low RPM's tomorrow and let you guys know how it goes. Like I said before, they're extremely minor. They only can be seen when the sun is right in front of it. I'm thinking polish will do more than the SHR, but who knows. Just hope since the products aren't clear, that the windshield won't cloud up.

Wish me luck!

I regularly recommend taking SHR and an orange pad to glass to scour water scale off... the abrasives won't do anything to the surface, but they will scrub off the minerals stuck on top.

orange PC pad or hand applicator?

This seriously needs to be done to my car..

But is there a chance it would possibly make it worse? Like is there a harm in trying? Thinking of either SHR or fmp

Again, like I said in my last post:

Nothing we make is even remotely capable of putting a cut on glass...

The products we make simply are not abrasive enough to effect your glass. Glass is 100's of times harder than your paint and think of how much effort you have to put behind correcting your paint.

I regularly recommend taking SHR and an orange pad to glass to scour water scale off... the abrasives won't do anything to the surface, but they will scrub off the minerals stuck on top.

Yikes! Yeah, I'll probably just have to deal with it

 

I know there's the possibility that a pc will do nothing to help. But is there a chance it would possibly make it worse? Like is there a harm in trying? Thinking of either SHR or fmp

There is a chance it could make it worse. Be prepared to replace it if you try something. I'll go out on a limb here and say there won't be any 110% guarantee! lol

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Nothing we make is even remotely capable of putting a cut on glass... if anything using glass sealant or bg might hide them a little but don't expect to be able to remove them.

I was wondering if using a machine polisher would change the refraction?

I had guy once.who scrubbed his windshield with a Scotch.Brite pad.....the rough dark green side. WHOLE windshield had significant scratches where he scrubbed back and forth. I did try SHR with a PC. Honestly it helped a little. I was afraid.to try.a rotary or a harsher product...not Adams ....on the glass.

Prob Mook has your answer....sounds.like a bear to do though.

I wish you the best!

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You need the powder I have in my shop and a special pad. Cerium oxide i think it is. It makes a mess. Huge mess. In my opinion, even if u had it, I wouldnt try it on laminated glass like your windshield. Its used on a power drill, and that little piggy gets hot.....real hot. I can imagine that it may cause some of the glue in your glass to melt or burn up.

I use it on small scratches for shower and flat glass, as long as i cant feel them with my fingernail.

I can't see the scratches, but it wouldn't hurt to try FMP!

I don't have any product... yet. But the scratches are coming from the sand and dirt from the road. Sand is/has silica in it. Silica is "glass". So when you use your wipers, the sand scratches the glass.

I'm not very good at writing. But that's the jest of it.

I've heard some use the focus pads and a drill for the rotary action.. but you can risk screwing it up.. I'm sure more may chime in..

darn ok. im going to try and go at it with the PC this weekend. I was just curious as to if the PC would actually make the window any worse (scratch, burn, fade, etc).

any tips on what something like that is usually caused by?

Nothing Adams sells is meant for such a task. Glass is TONS harder than paint.

Your best bet is to leave well enough alone or replace the windshield.

Chris

I can't see anything. You can try the SHR on a 4" or PC IDK if it will work, but it wont hurt to try.