What is this????

[richy]

I feel really stupid posting this, and OBVIOUSLY I have too much stuff on hand, but for the life of me, I don't know what this disc is for. It's about 4" in diameter, has hook and loop on one side and is kinda coarse on the other. Maybe it came from AG, I don't know. I don't remember ordering it or what it's for. I have 3 of them I think. Check it out:


http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t12/rhowitt/Detailing%20shots/DSC_0003-17.jpg

http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t12/rhowitt/Detailing%20shots/DSC_0004-17.jpg

[fahoumh]

Maybe it's a Lake Country Glass Polishing Pad or Griot's Glass Pad?

[rider9195]

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

Possibly these. My glass polishing pads are very very firm. So if that one is, then it is most likely a glass polishing pad.

[richy]

Thank you gentlemen! That sure looks like it! The funny thing is I have no recollection ordering them. Obviously an impulse purchase, LOL.

[The Pad Man]

It is a Lake Country Glass Polishing pad. Used for removing scratches and wiper marks from glass.

[richy]

It is a Lake Country Glass Polishing pad. Used for removing scratches and wiper marks from glass.
You know, I've never tried that. Would M105 be sufficient with it or would I need to use Power Gloss?

[shoeless89]

You know, I've never tried that. Would M105 be sufficient with it or would I need to use Power Gloss?

Give 105 a try and let us know!

[richy]

Give 105 a try and let us know!

Well, the first thing I'm going to do when I get home is put them in a bag and label them "glass polishing discs". Now, the key will be whether I can actually remember that I have the damned things if and when I would need them. We'll see...don't hold your breath, LOL.

[shoeless89]

Well, the first thing I'm going to do when I get home is put them in a bag and label them "glass polishing discs". Now, the key will be whether I can actually remember that I have the damned things if and when I would need them. We'll see...don't hold your breath, LOL.

My car needs them :)

[richy]

My car needs them :)

Cinci's not that far from Detroit, no? You bring cigars, I'll supply the Canadian beer, and we'll get 'er done!

[Mike Phillips]

You know, I've never tried that. Would M105 be sufficient with it or would I need to use Power Gloss?


I've buffed a lot of glass in my life and if you actually want to remove scratches "in" the glass you need a glass polish that contains cerium oxide and make sure the directions state it's recommended and approved for use with a rotary buffer to remove scratches out of glass.


Tip
Don't test or experiment on the driver's side of the glass, at least not in their field of view. Just in case the polish and/or process doesn't go to plan.


Here's a little Tape-Line Before and After I did to my furnace's windshield a couple of weeks ago...


This windshield is extremely scratched over time from beach sand being dragged across it from the wipers. This is common to cars in coastal areas.

http://www.autogeekonline.net/gallery/data/715/ScratchesINGlass001.jpg

http://www.autogeekonline.net/gallery/data/715/ScratchesINGlass003.jpg


These are deep scratches in a 2004 Honda that has spent it's entire life parked outside in Stuart, Florida.
http://www.autogeekonline.net/gallery/data/715/ScratchesINGlass003c.jpg


Here's the same windshield and the same exact location as above...
http://www.autogeekonline.net/gallery/data/715/ScratchesINGlass009.jpg



Glass Polishing is very messy
Just for anyone reading this into the future... glass polishing is very messy. Do yourself a HUGE favor and break out some old bed sheets or "something" and cover as much of the car as you can...

See my thread here...

How to remove tiny pinhole pits in glass windows using a rotary buffer (http://www.autogeekonline.net/forum/diamondite/40436-how-remove-tiny-pinhole-pits-glass-windows-using-rotary-buffer.html)

http://www.autogeekonline.net/gallery/data/761/MBwithPitsinGlass02.jpg


The LC Glass Polishing Pads do work well, they work best with a rotary buffer and a flexible backing plate to as the glass offers no give and a rigid backing plate offers no give or flexibility.

Since the pads are thin and hard, if the glass offers no flexibility the only thing left you can control that can offer flexibility is the backing plate. Since glass is curved, it helps.


:)

[The Pad Man]

Most likely 105 or PG will just clean the surface. Glass is extremely hard to polish. Thats why the true glass polishes have cerium oxide in them. Cerium oxide will polish glass, but when polishing glass, you create heat which if your not careful, you may crack the windshield. If you do polish with any chemical, be sure to seal the windshield with a rain repellent type product. if not, the water almost sticks to the glass which is not good at all.

[richy]

Yes, cerium oxide. I actually have some of that on hand now too that I think of it. I have just never had the occasion to use it yet. At least now I have both the product and the pad should I choose to.

[Becciasm]

Cinci's not that far from Detroit, no? You bring cigars, I'll supply the Canadian beer, and we'll get 'er done!

If you're looking for a beach vacation we have a nice place not far from the ocean.. I can acquire cigars. I like Canadian Beer.

:)

[fahoumh]

Cinci's not that far from Detroit, no? You bring cigars, I'll supply the Canadian beer, and we'll get 'er done!
My car could use them too...:p