Windshield scratches (removal)

[rob hod]

    Brett,

    Thanks for the pointers, much appreciated!

    I remember when the Autoglym range first came out, at the time it had
heavy endorsement from Aston Martin. I got on well with the cutting polish
and glaze, but looking back i'm not sure that it wasn't one of the early
products in the silicone car polish craze. I'll certainly check out the
glass polish though

    Cheers

rob
----- Original Message -----
From: Brett Dikeman <brett at cloud9.net>
To: rob hod <rob3 at hod3.fsnet.co.uk>; <quattro at audifans.com>
Sent: Thursday, April 25, 2002 7:46 PM
Subject: Re: Windshield scratches (removal)


> At 6:24 PM +0100 4/25/02, rob hod wrote:
> >     Now that we're getting a bit of sunlight in the UK, I'm beginning to
get
> >annoyed by various imperfections in my windsheild.
> >
> >     Years ago the received wisdom was that you got hold of something
called
> >'Jewellers Rouge' and used this to polish out imperfections.
>
> Jewler's Rouge is mostly for polishing metal...very thick, you could
> barely describe it as "paste"; it usually comes in stick or block
> form, and has a consistency similar to a grease pencil, only harder.
>
> There are various kits that include an appropriately sized pad etc,
> but one major problem is that you can, if you polish too small an
> area(with any polish), end up unevenly heating up the glass and it'll
> crack.  Slow, careful, and even is the name of the game.
>
>
> BTW, best glass cleaner I've ever used is Autoglym glass polish.
> Might be cheaper for you, since it's made in the UK.  Always been
> very happy with the results; I don't use it very often(mostly when I
> really want to get the windshield clean, or I'm doing a periodic
> "detail" of the car), so a bottle has lasted me at least a year or
> more(I think I still have about half left), not bad for maybe 2x the
> cost of a bottle of windex.  It will -not- remove even the slightest
> defect in the windshield, but it will get it -perfectly- clean(clean
> enough that water beads+rolls like you just applied RainX or
> similar.)  Supposedly Jag-e-u-ar and one or two other British car
> companies recommend the stuff; I just find it's quite unique(it's an
> ammonia based gel w/some sort of very fine chalk-like powder in it,
> dries -very- fast, maybe a little too fast; always wanted to try
> adding a little extra ammonia to it.)
>
> Oh, I wouldn't really recommend using it a lot on the inside of the
> rear window, for obvious reasons.
>
> Brett
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