When we purchased our son's first car, a 2004 Chevy Malibu Classic, the windows were not great. He got home from work one evening and informed me the glare was terrible during the evening and the sand etching was very bad. I purchased CarPro Ceriglass and Pinnacle polish kit. I also purchased a backing pad and 5" pad for my Flex 3401 to do the bulk of the work. You can use the product straight or I misted water on the windows as well which helps keep the product moving. After I was done I treated with Pinnacle Glass Coat.
It's not going to pull out deep scratches, but for finer scratching and sand etching it worked very well. For something as severe as deep etching, or scratches, it would have to be a full-on wet sand and machine correction which I would have a professional facility that specializes in that do.
I dug back in some picture archives and found these two shots of the glass after I was finished with it. It's a slow process because you are polishing glass, but it worked. My friend commented "A hammer and a call to Safelite would have been faster." LMAO
When we purchased our son's first car, a 2004 Chevy Malibu Classic, the windows were not great. He got home from work one evening and informed me the glare was terrible during the evening and the sand etching was very bad. I purchased CarPro Ceriglass and Pinnacle polish kit. I also purchased a backing pad and 5" pad for my Flex 3401 to do the bulk of the work. You can use the product straight or I misted water on the windows as well which helps keep the product moving. After I was done I treated with Pinnacle Glass Coat.
It's not going to pull out deep scratches, but for finer scratching and sand etching it worked very well. For something as severe as deep etching, or scratches, it would have to be a full-on wet sand and machine correction which I would have a professional facility that specializes in that do.
Didn't know you could wet sand deep scratches and get them out.
Here's the video I watched of the process/company. YouTube
I didn't watch the video because in the opening statement it said for minor scratches that you cannot feel with your fingernail. You said deep scratches..big difference.
I have 3 white scratches, in close proximity to each other, on my driver’s side window. I hadn’t noticed them until my windows were tinted.
Here's your picture so we can all see it easier.
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I own a Bauer 6” da and Griot’s 3” da. I am planning to use the Griot’s to try and buff them out. But had the following questions :
- What speed should I use / pad?
- What product(s) should I use? Is it available at most stores ?
High speed for that tool.
As far as I know, there are not glass polishes at the retail level that contain cerium oxide. So you must shop online. We carry CarPro Ceriglass here at Autogeek and I've used it MULTIPLE times and when used correctly it works.
In fact, most of the stories I've read and heard from people that have "tried" to remove scratches and pitting from their car's windshield go like this,
Didn't know you could wet sand deep scratches and get them out.
I have all the pictures to show how I machine sanded a scratch out the the back glass on an Audi R10 a few months ago.
Took me about 5 hours.
I used the RUPES Nano in rotary mode to start and then worked my way out with 5" discs. It was really hard as in took a lot of muscle and patience. I would say that 99.9% of the population could NEVER do this type of work successfully and would give up before they were done leaving an even bigger mess.
I always tell people this process is MESSY. Here's my latest technique to avoid getting splatter dots al lover the place.
And for years now I've shared what I call
The Buddy System
Practicing what I preach....
I think after some people try and give up their windshield somehow accidentally get cracked or broken and they call their insurance company.
Thank you for the replies. So I just need something confirmed. A local detailer I spoke with said my scratches could not be addressed. He said : “Once you can feel them with your finger, cerium oxide won’t help. You need to replace the glass.” He basically said that cerium oxide and rayan pads aren’t for scuffed glass.
Thank you for the replies. So I just need something confirmed. A local detailer I spoke with said my scratches could not be addressed.
He said :
“Once you can feel them with your finger, cerium oxide won’t help. You need to replace the glass.”
He basically said that cerium oxide and rayon pads aren’t for scuffed glass.
Is this accurate ?
He's mostly correct.
Your fingernail would have DROPPED into the scratch on the Audi in the picture above. I fixed it. But I would say he's correct. As I stated above, 99.9% of the population could not fix it.
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