Barry, sorry to hear this, and I've never heard of it either.
Question though. You said you'll "have to polish the thing out". Maybe
I'm just stupid, but I've never heard of a way to polish scratches,
chips, or even "acid bug etchings" out of glass. Can you expand on this
a little? What are you using to polish it out?
Thanks,
Brad
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On Tue, 23 Oct 2001 12:45:30 -0700 Barry Schwartz <bschwart@pacbell.net>
writes:
> I did a search for car covers on the net and while perusing some of
> the
> choices I came across this from J.C. Whitney (go figure): (SKU)
> 78ZX7651PF
> '63-80 Triumph Spitfire 15" x 30" Glass Sunroof Each 149.95
> Hummm. . .wonder how hard it makes folding the top after
> installation. . .
> By the way, I noticed that on my just installed windscreen I had
> what
> appeared to be a bug splat. No big deal, just clean it off right.
> Would
> not come off and upon further examination, with magnification cause
> I
> couldn't believe it myself, the glass was actually etched. This is
> definitely something encountered while at speed, classic shape of a
> teardrop, round in front with feathered trailing edge about 1/2 inch
> wide
> an 2 inches long just above my field of vision of course. Its not
> really
> bad, but noticeable. I just can't see what would have caused this.
> Acid
> bugs?? Anybody else come across this. Never had something like
> this
> happen in almost thirty years of driving. Chips, rocks, cracks,
> delamination, yes but this. . .got me stumped - I'll have to polish
> the
> thing out, and naturally just a few months AFTER I installed the
> bloody
> thing!! I guess I should just be thankful it didn't hit the paint
> :-)
>
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