Ceri-glass risk?

[Mike Phillips]

Oh yes, really good question. The PC was slow in removing defects or barely making a dent.

Gotcha...

Just to note, when I wrote my article showing how to do it with a PC it was because I know a LOT of people don't own a rotary buffer but since the late 1980s millions of Porter Cables have been sold plus all the copies of the PC.

So while I normally use a rotary buffer because it's a lot more powerful and this shows up as "speed" to you and I, I purposefully tested using a Porter Cable to see

If it could be done

And "yes" it can be done. This opens the door to millions of people being able to polish out scratches from glass using the tool already in their garage.


Then in my how-to article here,


Glass polishing - How to remove scratches in glass


I included this comment....

My comment....
You can remove scratches out of glass using either a rotary buffer or a dual action polisher like the Porter Cable type. With the dual action polisher it will take a little longer but in my opinion the glass polishing process is easier on you when using a dual action polisher versus using a rotary buffer.

I agree any free spinning orbital will be slower than a rotary buffer but lots of people don't own a rotary buffer but they do own a,

PC
Meguiar's G100
Meguiar's G110
Griot's 6" DA
DAS 6
HF

Etc. etc. etc.

So if they don't mind taking more time they too can polish glass - but "yes" it will be slower.

[AZpolisher15]

Thanks for all the advice, guys. The System Approach it is. I've got the ceriglass and the carpro pads. I'll be diving in with a GG6. Being my first time, Deep Cleaning is my goal, rather than correction. I'll get a technique dialed in and maybe "dig deeper" next time. We'll see how it goes! Thanks again.

[Rsurfer]

Thanks for all the advice, guys. The System Approach it is. I've got the ceriglass and the carpro pads. I'll be diving in with a GG6. Being my first time, Deep Cleaning is my goal, rather than correction. I'll get a technique dialed in and maybe "dig deeper" next time. We'll see how it goes! Thanks again.

If your not removing defects (real messy) and just want to deep clean, try Duragloss Nu Glass.

[JeffM]

I used it on a 50k truck of mine brand new with the wrong pad. It left weird marring in the windshield.

I admit I wasnt educated enough and just dove in feet first...

[Rsurfer]

I used it on a 50k truck of mine brand new with the wrong pad. It left weird marring in the windshield.

I admit I wasnt educated enough and just dove in feet first...

Get the right pad (Car Pro) and re-do it.

[TTQ B4U]

Thanks for all the advice, guys. The System Approach it is. I've got the ceriglass and the carpro pads. I'll be diving in with a GG6. Being my first time, Deep Cleaning is my goal, rather than correction. I'll get a technique dialed in and maybe "dig deeper" next time. We'll see how it goes! Thanks again.

If you're just going to use Ceriglass to clean, use a stiff-arse yellow or gray pad. THat's my combo for extremely etched in water spots. I also used them to fix the marring I caused. Got it about 80% corrected, then hit it with the CarPro ones to fix it the rest of the way.

[Icarus]

I bought both the CarPro Rayon and LC glass cutting pad, should I not use the LC one? Thanks.

[Dan Tran]

Please use the CARPRO ones.


High-End Paint Correction and Opti-Coat Ceramic Coatings * Portsmouth, NH

[Icarus]

Please use the CARPRO ones.

Any specific reasons why?

[fightnews]

I've had the ceriglass and carpro rayon pads for about a year now... I've since read horror stories about making glass worse with these products. Is there inherent risk if I'm not doing correction work but just want to give my windshield a "deep clean"?

I used it 1X recently but I never read any of that stuff? I used it very heavy (had to) to make it work. I used the 6" griots glass pads. I used the flex 3401 on speeds 1-3 i think. Treated it like a polish except that I did 1/2 the windshield as 1 section.

It came out good I don't notice a huge difference but it definitely got it clean. I would do it again.