Scratched Glass! :(

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greentouring
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Post Wed Jul 18, 2007 8:12 pm

A previous owner of my car appears to have cleaned every piece of glass with steel wool! There are scratches galore. If I lived in the UK I might consider buying a non-running Tourer for the glass, but over here it's not so easy. Anyone have any ideas how to try and remove, or at least makes less obvious, the scratched glass?
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Post Wed Jul 18, 2007 8:21 pm

you can polish them with a porta cable and polishng compound, like you would your paint.
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Post Wed Jul 18, 2007 8:25 pm

Ok, cool, thanks..........what's a porta cable? :o:
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Post Wed Jul 18, 2007 8:28 pm

google porter cable 7424
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Post Wed Jul 18, 2007 8:55 pm

You'll need a specialist polish to even touch glass. Automotive clear coat polishes will be hopeless, trust me.

Get some Jewelers Rouge...
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Post Wed Jul 18, 2007 8:56 pm

Cheers, mate! I was just looking at one of these for 59 Euros! :D
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Post Thu Jul 19, 2007 9:57 pm

Buy it thats Cheap. And as Nico says jewellers rouge for glass,try Frost Restorastion Ltd,Rochdale,England.

Or do a web search.
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Post Fri Jul 20, 2007 2:24 pm

march109 wrote:you can polish them with a porta cable and polishng compound, like you would your paint.
Be careful though using a polishing machine and compound as too much pressure can leave ripples in the glass. I've seen this happen and it looks horrendous.
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Post Fri Jul 20, 2007 2:39 pm

Thanks for the warning! 8O I will try on a small area first and see what happens. I'm building a small folder of jobs that need doing, and saving the answers from here to get them all done. Looks like I have my work cut out, but looking forward to it (must be mad!)! :D
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Post Fri Jul 20, 2007 2:43 pm

failing that greentouring i've got an almost complete set of glass for a touring :D
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