Tip Of the Day (4-15-06)

[Pb]

If you have some scratches in your glass you might be able to polish them out with a buffer. As some of you know, I was recently in a small fender bender and a metal street sign hit my truck. It also scratched the glass pretty good. You could certainly see it and feel it in the glass.

A new window is $250 plus the cost of installation. So I figured I'd try to polish it, but I didn't really expect to be able to totally fix it. With a 4" pad, some heavy cut polish, and some pressure on the pad I was able to totally remove the scratch in about 10 minutes. Saved myself $250. The scratch is totally gone. It's not just filled in or covered up.

You might want to look into doing this if you have some scratches on your windows, and access to a buffer.

[anoiel]

would this work on a crack that has already been repaired but its still visable

[Pb]

Originally Posted by anoiel

would this work on a crack that has already been repaired but its still visable

A crack goes all the way through the glass, so you can't remove it. I'm guessing that a glass repair place used some kind of filler to fill the crack, right? If the filler is a little sloppy on the surface, then you might be able to clean it and smooth it with a buffer and polish, but that's about it. It's worth a try.

[anoiel]

yeah they filled the crack. I might try it to see what happens

[Y0tA _CaM]

my insurance covers my windshield free...that's if something hit it. mine is all scratched up i guess from dirty wipers or w/e so i should throw a rock at it lol.