Hi All,
Before going insane and dealing with LBC's I spent 30 years in the
optical business grinding and polishing glass, CR-39 and Polycarbonate.
I can assure you that you can grind away the pits and scratches and
polish the glass afterwards. BUT, notice the size of the letters? When
you do any processes like this you will be removing some materiel and you
will be doing it in a hand held manner, so you will have a very high
probability of coming up with some pretty wavy surfaces. They will be
polished, but when you look through it, you may wish you hadn't done it.
It also involves some very messy slurries and polishing agents that will
have to be cleaned up afterwards. Might be more work than installing a
new windscreen.
Putting in a new windshield and looking through the new sufraces is
better than getting a new prescription and new glasses from the doctor.
Paul
PAsgeirsson@juno.com
On Tue, 11 May 1999 13:24:38 EDT Ajhsys@aol.com writes:
>In a message dated 5/11/99 11:48:09 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
>dannyr@flint.umich.edu writes:
>
><< In the Archives from last summer, there were a couple suggestions
>for
> polishing scratched glass, if not too deeply pitted or gouged: one
> suggestion was to try alcohol and xxxx steel wool; another was to try
>
> a 3M product that is probably readily available for that purpose.
> Going to try both. But has anyone had any luck with either? May be a
>
> way to stay away from replacement and that headache. >>
>
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>Although I don't have any practical experience with polishing a
>windscreen, I
>would be careful about using XXXX steel wool. I think that it would
>be too
>coarse and would cause more scratches.
>
>If you don't have experience (like me!) I'd suggest you stick with a
>product
>that is guaranteed. I have found that The Eastwood Co. has lots of
>good
>stuff, and they do offer windscreen buffers. Go to
>www.eastwoodco.com and
>search for "windshield."
>
>I don't know about the 3M product, but if it's specifically for
>buffing glass
>it's probably good as well, and may be less expensive. You might even
>want
>to start with a very mild cleanser like Bon Ami and a power buffer.
>It won't
>hurt, and the mild polishing may be enough.
>
>Just my 2 cents, YMMV.
>
>Allen Hefner
>'77 Midget
>'92 Mitsubishi Expo LRV Sport
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