Has anyone experimented with Scratch-X as a glass polish?

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Ben Carufel

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I was using a clay/Scratch-X/Klasse AIO combo on my bumpers tonight (which happen to be on my workbench and not on my car at the moment :)) and figured I'd try it on the glass of my sidemirrors, which were disassembled further down the workbench. Don't ask, I'm more or less doing a rolling restoration at this point.



It worked really well on the sidemirror glass by hand, so it got me wondering how this stuff would work with a drill attachment and foam pads.



Has anyone tried it? Results?



Thanks!
 
I wouldn't try it unless you are sacrificing the glass. Modern auto glass is so soft that glass polish mfr's are reformulating their products in order to prevent scratches. One mfr I know of has reformulated their polish four times in the past couple years, getting milder every time. Many windshields have coatings on them to repel water or reduce UV glare so something like Scratch X will literally grind that coating off.



Be careful with paint polishes used on surfaces other than paint.
 
I see your point -- I just wonder how much damage it could possibly do to a windshield like mine, which was put on my car in Munich, Germany in September of 1988. :D



You can imagine what kind of shape it's in. 211,000 miles and change later I should probably just get a new windshield...
 
Ben Carufel said:
I see your point -- I just wonder how much damage it could possibly do to a windshield like mine, which was put on my car in Munich, Germany in September of 1988. :D



You can imagine what kind of shape it's in. 211,000 miles and change later I should probably just get a new windshield...
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Of course there's no way I or anyone else can answer that question. Having this bit of added info would have altered my advise a bit, but the basic commentary I offered stands.



Try it if you want but realize you are doing so at your own risk. Good luck and let us know what happens.
 
Zaino glass cleaner contains a mild abrasive that is recommended to be applied with a power polisher. I would think that other mild abrasives would also work.
 
If the rain/glare repellent (assuming there is one) were to end up being grinded off the glass, couldn't an application of Aquapel every couple of months substitue/makeup for the loss of repellent?



-Brian
 
ScrampaTeg03 said:
If the rain/glare repellent (assuming there is one) were to end up being grinded off the glass, couldn't an application of Aquapel every couple of months substitue/makeup for the loss of repellent?



-Brian
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You may be assuming that underneath the repellent is a smooth, perfect surface that's just unprotected. The reality is that if a repellent was ground off, the glass is going to be in bad shape from the abrasive. Soft glass is like soft paint in that it shows marring and abrasive damage readily. Once done there's no easy way to fix it short of replacing the glass. The goal should be to not abrade the glass surface in the first place.
 
Ben, I have used it with success on a 76 Vette w/shield. It didn't really do much for the fine scratches in the glass but it seem to "brighten" and clean it well.
 
bretfraz, Doesn't autoint have a section about glass polishing and they use their paint products for it?



I haven't looked at their technical stuff in awhile. I might have to go read some more.
 
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