Experience with windshield repairs

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I've got a few scratches here and there on my windshield. I've been talking to a few people and was told that there are detailing shops that can cut/polish some of the imperfections on it.



Does anyone have any hands on experience with such services?
 
I used a product from Eastwood that helped with some windshield scratches on my old DD. It uses a special pad that you let soak in water for about 5minutes. You apply a little of the powder (Cerium Oxide) and work it in wet until it has a slurry-like consistancy. There is a real danger with heat buildup that can warp the windshield, so you have to keep the slurry wet and watch for excessive heat. It will dimish scratches but do nothing for pitting.
 
I guess it oughta be obvious, but I'd sure be careful with really abrasive stuff...wouldn't want to get it on the paint, for instance.



Eh, I just live with flaws until they bug me too much, and then replace the windshield. I sorta consider it a regular (if long-interval) replacement item.
 
summit racing sells a kit with a pad and some cerium oxide glass polishing powder. It's pretty cheap too.
 
I used some of the Diamondite stuff on the LC glass cutting pad via rotary...did pretty well on wiper tracks and random ice scraper scratches, but they weren't too deep...I was a bit white-knuckle worrying about messing up the optics and overheating the plastic in the middle...but it came out pretty well.
 
http://www.autogeek.net/diglclsy.html



I used the Glass Resurfacing Creme with the 4" Glass Cutting Pad (rotary). It was very difficult for me to wade through that page with the overlapping product descriptions, but was able to get results with what I used. The stuff I was trying remove was mostly noticeable from scattering at night, not when you look at the windshield from the outside, so if you have deep scratches, I'd be real careful and not be too optimistic about getting them out (without distorting the windshield). I had to keep spritzing water on the windshield to keep it cool and keep the polish wet.
 
Yeah, that Lake Country kit is probably very similar. TH0001 had a thread where he polished the windshield of his wife's car with it, if it's still here; I can't find it.
 
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