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DaC
11-06-2011, 06:03 PM
So today I tried the Griot's glass polish liquid along with their glass polish pad..... the result was a very scratched glass.... :cry:
I did put a lot of pressure over it.....
Is there a way to fix it ? Maybe trying to polish it again but using light pressure ?
What's the right way to use this stuff ?

Sorry, no pics
Twister
11-06-2011, 08:22 PM
I would try lighter pressure and see if it helps
rakkvet
11-07-2011, 01:33 AM
Please post pics. I use the Griots polish on glass all the time and have never scratched the glass with it. It mostly helps with hard water spots. Maybe you had some debris on the pad.
oldmodman
11-07-2011, 01:39 AM
Please post pics. I use the Griots polish on glass all the time and have never scratched the glass with it. It mostly helps with hard water spots. Maybe you had some debris on the pad.

Are you using the Griots glass pad too?

Griot's Garage 3 Inch Glass Polishing Pads, Glass Polishing Discs, Remove scratches from glass, polish water spots (http://www.autogeek.net/griots-glass-polish-pads-3.html)

Or maybe the Lake Country pads?

Polishing pad
Lake Country 5.5 Inch Glass Polishing Pad (http://www.autogeek.net/lc-glass-polishing-pad.html)

And cutting pad
Glass Polishing Pads, glass cutting pads, glass leveling discs, abraded discs, auto glass polish (http://www.autogeek.net/glass-polishing-pad-4inch.html)
DaC
11-07-2011, 02:48 AM
I would try lighter pressure and see if it helps

Will do...


Please post pics. I use the Griots polish on glass all the time and have never scratched the glass with it. It mostly helps with hard water spots. Maybe you had some debris on the pad.

Well this was a new pad... so the debris must came from factory if this was the problem...
But I might now have giving attention very much ti the windshield cleaning although I did clean it when washing the car with ONR but really didn't gave too much attention to it.....

I'll try to get some pics today and post....


Are you using the Griots glass pad too?

Griot's Garage 3 Inch Glass Polishing Pads, Glass Polishing Discs, Remove scratches from glass, polish water spots (http://www.autogeek.net/griots-glass-polish-pads-3.html)

Or maybe the Lake Country pads?

Polishing pad
Lake Country 5.5 Inch Glass Polishing Pad (http://www.autogeek.net/lc-glass-polishing-pad.html)

And cutting pad
Glass Polishing Pads, glass cutting pads, glass leveling discs, abraded discs, auto glass polish (http://www.autogeek.net/glass-polishing-pad-4inch.html)

Yeps... brand new Griot's 6" Glass pads.....
rakkvet
11-07-2011, 07:55 AM
Before I use the glass polish and polishing pads I clean the windows with glass cleaner then use a razor blade, if necessary, to remove any stuck on bugs or other debris. I use the glass cleaning clay after that with some Speed Shine. After I do all of that I polish the glass.

I hope this helps.

BTW, the paint cleaning clay works just as well in my opinion.
DaC
11-07-2011, 08:15 PM
Ok guys!
I managed to get a couple of good shots from the problem I caused....

http://img408.imageshack.us/img408/2708/dsc06318mini.jpg
http://img14.imageshack.us/img14/6756/dsc06323mini.jpg

What do you guys think ?
Rsurfer
11-07-2011, 08:20 PM
Ouch!

Ok guys!
I managed to get a couple of good shots from the problem I caused....

http://img408.imageshack.us/img408/2708/dsc06318mini.jpg
http://img14.imageshack.us/img14/6756/dsc06323mini.jpg

What do you guys think ?
DaC
11-07-2011, 08:37 PM
Ouch!

Yeah... it hurts.... but you can see from my finger print that these are very thin scratches... and I was wondering if revisiting it with light pressure would help.... if not I'm in for a new windshield......
Mike Phillips
11-07-2011, 08:43 PM
Yeah... it hurts.... but you can see from my finger print that these are very thin scratches... and I was wondering if revisiting it with light pressure would help.... if not I'm in for a new windshield......


Light pressure isn't going to abrade the glass and level the upper surface with the lowest depths of the scratches.

You need a rotary buffer, the glass cleaning pads and a glass polish that contains cerium oxide. I don't think the Griot's contains cerium oxide and currently we're still out of stock in our Diamondite Line.


I had a brand new windshield with the built in antennae and tinting across the top for less than $150.00 and it was done at my house.

I thought it was a great deal.


:)
Setec Astronomy
11-07-2011, 08:45 PM
What were you trying to correct on the glass? Did you just polish that one spot? What machine are you using? Did you just lay on that one spot?
DaC
11-07-2011, 08:48 PM
Light pressure isn't going to abrade the glass and level the upper surface with the lowest depths of the scratches.

You need a rotary buffer, the glass cleaning pads and a glass polish that contains cerium oxide. I don't think the Griot's contains cerium oxide and currently we're still out of stock in our Diamondite Line.


I had a brand new windshield with the built in antennae and tinting across the top for less than $150.00 and it was done at my house.

I thought it was a great deal.


:)


Oh boy..... thank you for the help mike! :dblthumb2:
It's a shame that I don't have any rotatory at hand...
The windshield already had wipers trails and even the new wipers were skipping...
I'll contact my insurance company as I have a clause for windshield change... it's not expensive at all... around $60-$70 and some more $30 to tint.
DaC
11-07-2011, 08:50 PM
What were you trying to correct on the glass? Did you just polish that one spot? What machine are you using? Did you just lay on that one spot?

Well, my wipers were skipping... so I tried to give them a smooth surface.... well... at least they aren't skipping anymore.... lol
I'm using Griot's 6" ROP with Griot's Glass Pads and Griot's Glass Polish....
The problem is that I put too much... I mean... too much pressure when I was polishing it... and also didn't took much care in cleaning the windshield before attempting polishing it...
Setec Astronomy
11-07-2011, 09:02 PM
Well, ok...if the Griot's polish is anything like the Diamondite, it dries out quick and you've got to keep misting things with water so you've got some lubrication. Sometimes when you polish things and make the surface shiny, you then see imperfections that were always there but couldn't see before the surface was reflective.

I'm not 100% convinced you did that unless it's only in the one spot that you were working on and you're sure it's not anywhere else...but glass today is soft, those glass polishing pads are hard, and if you had a piece of grit stuck between them, anything is possible.
DaC
11-07-2011, 09:14 PM
Well, ok...if the Griot's polish is anything like the Diamondite, it dries out quick and you've got to keep misting things with water so you've got some lubrication. Sometimes when you polish things and make the surface shiny, you then see imperfections that were always there but couldn't see before the surface was reflective.

I'm not 100% convinced you did that unless it's only in the one spot that you were working on and you're sure it's not anywhere else...but glass today is soft, those glass polishing pads are hard, and if you had a piece of grit stuck between them, anything is possible.

Yes it does dries very quickly...
I might say that I'm pretty sure it wasn't there before... my glass wasn't very bad at all....
It's in the entire windshield..... I really didn't follow any precaution and ignored doing the test spot.... and did all the windshield at once.....
Man... I must be an Ogre.... :bash:

Well... as I'm already in for a new windshield, I guess I'll give another try to see what happens.... I'll use a spay to mist water like you said....