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    Polishing windshield...

    Would a microfiber pad be better for glass polishing than a foam pad?

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    Re: Polishing windshield...

    Define "Polishing" - are you just trying to clear up the glass, or are you needing to remove heavy wear/wiper marks and sand etching? If it's the latter, I would recommend CarPro CeriGlass and Rayon pads. Here's a brief how-to I posted a while ago from a rear window on a Mercedes.

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    Re: Polishing windshield...

    Wiper marks. That's a good write up.

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    Re: Polishing windshield...

    I have a number of write-ups on this topic, usually a little searching using the words glass polishing pits mike phillips on Skynet will pull them up.

    The nutshell version is this,

    MOST IMPORTANT: If this is your first time - DO NOT test your glass polishing system and skills on the DRIVER'S SIDE WINDSHIELD. Just in case something goes wrong.


    PROVE your system on other glass or the passenger side of the windshield.


    Besides the above,

    Cover everything up or plan on washing the car afterwards. I would still cover everything up as the splatter dots will get everywhere. This is not an exageration





    I teach the "Buddy System" in my classes. That is have a buddy to spritz some water onto the glass as your compound dries out. It's easier and faster to polish glass with a buddy than by yourself. If you're by yourself you have to stop polishing each time you want to add more water - makes the job take longer.

    ONLY use a "matched system". For example CarPro makes a cerium oxide glass polish and MATCHING pads. If a company makes a system -get the system.

    Divide large glass like a windshield into 4 sections. Work one section at a time.


    That's off the top of my head.

    It's hard work and takes a long time. In the 11+ years I've been answering threads like this one on this forum I would say most people that try give up.

    Buffing out slanted glass, windshields is very labor intensive.




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    Re: Polishing windshield...

    Here's how I cover a car for glass polishing....









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