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RE: Possible to polish windshield?

To: Mike Welch <mikew@turbopower.com>, spitfires@Autox.Team.Net
Subject: RE: Possible to polish windshield?
From: Mike Welch <mikew@turbopower.com>
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1998 15:11:13 -0600
Spit polishing the hood will have to wait until after I paint it<g>.
Believe it or not, Brasso does take out the small pits (toothpaste will work
too, I just don't like that mint smell<g>)


Mike Welch
Colorado Springs, CO, USA
'68 (+/-) Triumph Spitfire MK III
'60 Jaguar MK II 3.8
http://home.turbopower.com/~mikew


-----Original Message-----
From: Laura G. [mailto:savercool@msn.com]
Sent: Tuesday, September 29, 1998 10:03 AM
To: Mike Welch; spitfires@Autox.Team.Net
Subject: Re: Possible to polish windshield?


BRASSO?!!

And do you "spit" polish the hoodd? (You know-for all the little rock pits)

Laura G. and Nigel
-----Original Message-----
From: Mike Welch <mikew@turbopower.com>
To: spitfires@Autox.Team.Net <spitfires@Autox.Team.Net>
Date: Tuesday, September 29, 1998 8:31 AM
Subject: RE: Possible to polish windshield?


>I've used Brasso, the brass polishing liquid, on my windshield, and the
>small pits went away in about an hour of scrubbing.
>
>
>Mike Welch
>Colorado Springs, CO, USA
>'68 (+/-) Triumph Spitfire MK III
>'60 Jaguar MK II 3.8
>http://home.turbopower.com/~mikew
>
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: jw@mail09.mitre.org [mailto:jw@mail09.mitre.org]
>Sent: Tuesday, September 29, 1998 6:06 AM
>To: spitfires@Autox.Team.Net
>Subject: Possible to polish windshield?
>
>
>With the low angle of the sun, I really notice how pitted my
>windshield is. Normally, you can just see a slight hazy look, but with
>direct sun, it looks like its been sandblasted. Is there any
>possibility of polishing with rubbing compound or other material? It
>is extremely fine pitting, you can't even feel it with a fingernail.
>Joe
>72 Spitfire
>



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