Another Round of Polishing Glass

[swanicyouth]

My passenger side rear window had some nasty scratches in it. I think the previous owner must have parked someplace where a branch hit the window.

Looks OK from here, Right?

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Under Brinkmann Tuff Max LED:

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Ouch

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I specifically took those before photos at the gas station at night, as that is how the glass defects show up best.

Defects in the day:

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Ok, so you can see the glass has scratches. The scratches are quite bad, especially because the window has black factory tint. Some of the scratches are so bad, you can catch your fingernail on them slightly. I'm going for 90% correction.

Here is the view taking a step back. I put a tape strip on the inside of the glass, so I know the area to focus on, as the scratches are all above a certain area of the glass:

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Checked the glass for bonded contaminants. None found.

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Assembled the goodies:

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Primed the CarPro glass pad and used this much Cerri Glass:

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Spread out the polish on speed 2

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Total polish time (2 rounds): 16 minutes.

The after mess:

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Cleaned just the glass to see how I did

Left upper glass:

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Right upper glass:

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Here is a photo where it looks like dirty glass under the light. It's actually the dust on the light lens reflecting back through the glass:

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Now its time to detail the truck and clean up the mess. I clean the pads in my homemade "bottomless bucket" pad cleaner/#2 bottomless bucket in 2BM.

Pads can be blasted clean with a hose or pressure washer:

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But, as you can see, all the spent soap and polish just rinses away:

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I did a full detail and 2BM wash using PB's Super Slick Suds in the foam gun and 1Z Exclusiv Gloss in the bucket.

Back at the gas station with the glass:

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I would say I got 95% correction on the glass. Once again, very happy with these CarPro glass products. Polishing was done keeping the polish drippy wet with DI water using heavy pressure until the polish got pretty diluted. Then pressure and speed were lightened until I was just about polishing with water.

All clean:

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Car has no dressing. Tires have Tuff Shine Tire Clear Coat and trim has Dlux with Permanon Car Super Shine on top.

Clean wheels:

http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/10/19/ymysubu6.jpg

Really clean wheels:

http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/10/19/uhuqamyt.jpg

DLux with Permanon on all trim and running boards. They bead like a MoFo:

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[swanicyouth]

My Reward. Red Top Pepperoni Pizza (local favorite). The sauce is put on last, that's why the pepperoni is hidden. Also, mozzarella cheese fries:

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And... Shaq Soda:

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[goodinblack]

Nice job. :thumbup::):cool:

Just need to eat healthier.

Lol

[allenk4]

Great results!

I was planning on leaving the scratches in my side glass because a lot of the glass polishing threads make it sound like a nightmare.

I am re-inspired to try to correct mine.

Thanks

[swanicyouth]

Great results!

I was planning on leaving the scratches in my side glass because a lot of the glass polishing threads make it sound like a nightmare.

I am re-inspired to try to correct mine.

Thanks

Its easier than polishing paint IMO. You just need the products I used, specifically ONLY get CarPro pads and Ceri Glass. I say its easier than polishing paint because your dealing with a very hard surface that only requires a single step to correct. You just need to keep the polish wet. You don't have to worry about towel marks either. You do not need a rotary or a forced rotation machine to do this.

[artofdetailing]

Its easier than polishing paint IMO. You just need the products I used, specifically ONLY get CarPro pads and Ceri Glass. I say its easier than polishing paint because your dealing with a very hard surface that only requires a single step to correct. You just need to keep the polish wet. You don't have to worry about towel marks either. You do not need a rotary or a forced rotation machine to do this.

nice job!

[Sicoupe]

Great fix! They look brand new now:)

[Mike@DedicatedPerfection]

Wow. Now that is a great looking vehicle with dedicated care to keep it looking its best.

Thanks for the write up. Enjoyed the read.

[Hazcat]

Nice write up on the glass and I enjoyed reading about your trim protection.

[NickZ28]

Awesome results...I have been thinking about doing glass polishing on my 2010 Jeep Commander. The front windshield is terrible. You have inspired me to attempt it!

[ken tuep]

Wow! Great results, does this cause any haziness or slight dulling? Its hard to believe it cuts so well (glass of all things) and finishes out so well.

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[swanicyouth]

Wow! Great results, does this cause any haziness or slight dulling? Its hard to believe it cuts so well (glass of all things) and finishes out so well.

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Not if you use the CarPro stuff. I've corrected almost all the glass on this vehicle as it was quite bad. The finish is 100% optically clear to my eye.

I tried to show that in the pics, but I know pics can lie. That's is why I went to all the trouble to do the before and after at the gas station at night.

Believe it or not, I "worked" on that window for like 10 mins at the gas station just to get the dust off the glass without creating any streaks to take those photos. Those light even pick dust that has settled on the glass.

Also the "after" picks were done with a much brighter light (1000 lumen LED vrs 300 lumen LED)

[ken tuep]

Good stuff! My truck is needing a bit of love on the windows. I'm gonna pic this up, thanks for the thread!.

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[allenk4]

How many ml's of CeriGlass would you estimate it would take to do the six windows on an SUV?

How many hours?

[allenk4]

Would you suggest using the 3" CeriGlass Pads or 5" ?