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Re: Griots Garage glass polish issues.
This can result from not using enough water during polishing
You have to keep these glass polishes wet, when using Rayon pads so that the polish does not clump up into larger chunks and damage the glass
I have only used the CarPro Rayon pads with CeriGlass Polish
In my opinion, unless you have light scratches caused by wiper blades...glass polishing is often not worth the time, effort, dollars and potential damage
Glad you followed the advice to not start with the windshield
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Re: Griots Garage glass polish issues.
I know others have had issues with perfection from the griots system (I think it was Swanic or Klasse). I think the pads were the suspected cause. Since you did switch pads, perhaps you didn't cut enough with the fine polish? Maybe try the fine polish with the glass cutting pads?
If you still have no luck,, consider the car pro system maybe?
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Re: Griots Garage glass polish issues.
![Quote](https://www.autogeekonline.net/forum/images/autogeek/misc/quote_icon.png) Originally Posted by AGOatemywallet
This can result from not using enough water during polishing
You have to keep these glass polishes wet, when using Rayon pads so that the polish does not clump up into larger chunks and damage the glass
I have only used the CarPro Rayon pads with CeriGlass Polish
In my opinion, unless you have light scratches caused by wiper blades...glass polishing is often not worth the time, effort, dollars and potential damage
Glad you followed the advice to not start with the windshield
I polished with slightly damped pads but next time I will try it with more waters
But when I watched griots video, it didnt show any part of using water, but maybe that was bad video :/
maybe i will update tomorrow after re-polishing
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Re: Griots Garage glass polish issues.
If I remember correctly, someone posted a how-to where they recommended priming the whole pad with polish before starting.
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Re: Griots Garage glass polish issues.
I am by no means an expert, but like previously mentioned, keeping the surface wet/moist at all times and how you apply pressure with the speed is some of the key components.
I did practice on different methods on sample glass from a junk yard to get the hang of it prior to using on mine or customers.
Personally i prefer using a rotary over a random orbital on glass.
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Re: Griots Garage glass polish issues.
Is glass polishing to remove water spots,I never used glass polishing with a machine nor by hand what's the purpose of doing all that work.
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Re: Griots Garage glass polish issues.
![Quote](https://www.autogeekonline.net/forum/images/autogeek/misc/quote_icon.png) Originally Posted by Audios S6
I know others have had issues with perfection from the griots system (I think it was Swanic or Klasse). I think the pads were the suspected cause.
I think a number of us decided that the Lake Country pads (the ones that are white on both sides) seem to not give as good results as the CarPro (which have red Velcro) or the Griot's (at least the newer Griot's with the black backing).
Guys, if we were polishing paint and the OP got the results he did with a rocks in a bottle compound, we would tell him he didn't break down the compound enough, or that he skipped to too fine a polish and therefore couldn't remove the compound marring--couldn't that be what's going on here?
I still like the idea of the sanding method, which takes some of these variables out, although it seems to me someone posted about this recently and had the same problem with the sanding method.
I know this doesn't help anything/body but taking a long view on this it seems like as a community there is just not enough of a knowledge base about glass polishing and too few products/techniques tried vs. the different glass and problems (I have noticed that the Asian cars seem to have really soft glass--at least the windshields--that easily get ice scraper marring and wiper trails).
What I mean by that is this sounds like a paint polishing discussion from 10 years ago, maybe 10 years from now we'll (as a group) have the glass polishing licked.
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Re: Griots Garage glass polish issues.
![Quote](https://www.autogeekonline.net/forum/images/autogeek/misc/quote_icon.png) Originally Posted by Dannyk
I am by no means an expert, but like previously mentioned, keeping the surface wet/moist at all times and how you apply pressure with the speed is some of the key components.
I did practice on different methods on sample glass from a junk yard to get the hang of it prior to using on mine or customers.
Personally i prefer using a rotary over a random orbital on glass.
that is my next plan, with spray bottle next to me haha
and I agree on rotary and actually i posted thread for recommendation on rotary and will be getting PE-14 whenever I could ![Big Grin](https://www.autogeekonline.net/forum/images/smilies/Dgrin.gif)
![Quote](https://www.autogeekonline.net/forum/images/autogeek/misc/quote_icon.png) Originally Posted by GSKR
Is glass polishing to remove water spots,I never used glass polishing with a machine nor by hand what's the purpose of doing all that work.
same reason we polish paint,
to remove water spots and minor defects.
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Jae @ ONYX Detail Garage
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Re: Griots Garage glass polish issues.
Guys, if we were polishing paint and the OP got the results he did with a rocks in a bottle compound, we would tell him he didn't break down the compound enough, or that he skipped to too fine a polish and therefore couldn't remove the compound marring--couldn't that be what's going on here?
well that is why Im here, to find out if I did something wrong, but since griots have only "Glass polish" and "Fine glass polish"
so it cant be from skipping a step.
and with fine glass polish, I def broke down the compound enough, but with glass polish, I couldn't really tell if it broke down completely or not.
I did about 5 passes with it FYI
I know this doesn't help anything/body but taking a long view on this it seems like as a community there is just not enough of a knowledge base about glass polishing and too few products/techniques tried vs. the different glass and problems (I have noticed that the Asian cars seem to have really soft glass--at least the windshields--that easily get ice scraper marring and wiper trails).
What I mean by that is this sounds like a paint polishing discussion from 10 years ago, maybe 10 years from now we'll (as a group) have the glass polishing licked.
I totally agree with you on this,
I think we are lacking a lot of information on polishing glass and products...
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Jae @ ONYX Detail Garage
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