Scratched Glass! :(
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greentouring
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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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march109
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you can polish them with a porta cable and polishng compound, like you would your paint.
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greentouring
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Ok, cool, thanks..........what's a porta cable? 
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google porter cable 7424
You'll need a specialist polish to even touch glass. Automotive clear coat polishes will be hopeless, trust me.
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greentouring
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Cheers, mate! I was just looking at one of these for 59 Euros! 
Buy it thats Cheap. And as Nico says jewellers rouge for glass,try Frost Restorastion Ltd,Rochdale,England.
Or do a web search.
Or do a web search.
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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.march109 wrote:you can polish them with a porta cable and polishng compound, like you would your paint.
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greentouring
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Thanks for the warning! 
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!)!
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!)!