Rotary to polish scratches out of windshield?

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evo77

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With 70K on the clock for the old SRT my windshield is in need of some TLC. I've got some wiper scratches and tiny specs all over the windshield which I assume is pitting from being sandblasted from dirt/debris over the years of driving.



Any recomendations on a good product to use with a rotary? What about pad choice?



How do paint polishes stack up, say like a Meg's #83? I mean a glass polish works the same way in the sense where there are diminishing abrasives right?
 
A rotary with the strongest compound won't help you with your problem. You need to replace the windhield or take it to someone who repairs glass(removes scratches). The pitting won't be able to be removed at all, that's not repairable.
 
Depending on the state you live in, a cracked windshield will be replaced for free. In FL for instance, you notify your insurance company of the cracked windshield and they tell you where to take it. No charge to you whatsoever and no rise in insurance costs.
 
This applies to a windshield that has *serious* damage that impeeds the drivers direct view. Pits and scratches are a normal wear and tear item, and are not a covered loss. Right? Chips and bulls eyes will warrant repair if it's not the the drivers line of vision.
 
In FL, any chip in line of vision will warrant a change in windshield...My info was for "educational purposes only" so to speak.
 
I comes down to termanolgy. Yes, a chip would, but not a pit. Pits are very tiny and every single windshield on the road has them. There's a big difference in the two in the eyes of an appraiser.
 
:LOLOL I thought you were telling him to have his insurance company replace his damage for free. OK, I get your point. :hifive: :thx
 
David Fermani said:
:LOLOL I thought you were telling him to have his insurance company replace his damage for free. OK, I get your point. :hifive: :thx
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Im not telling him to cause more damage than he already has, but for educational purposes only, these are the laws.
 
I don't know too much about these specific products, but I recently asked a good friend of mine that repairs glass for a living. He mentioned that these sytle of systems *can* remove *some* light scratches and marks on glass, but what happens is that it ends up distorting the visibility of the glass. He uses a special system that suctions to the glass and injects a liquid into the sealed repair area. Silimar to the Scratch Hogg. I think when you're doing it professionally, the glass has to be perfect to satisfy your customers. You can try these kits you posted, it might work for you.
 
Yeah I guess for $50 it might be worth a try and a much less expensive alternative than a replacement windshield.



I was just hoping for others who might have tried these products to chime in to give their 2cents.



Thanks David.
 
David is right in that a lot of insurance companies will pay for the replacement of your wind shield if you have full glass coverage. There generally has to be a crack that impedes the driver's vision.



I know a guy I used to work with a long time ago was a real nut. His passenger side wiper fell of the arm during a rain storm. The bare arm scratched the crap out of his windshield of his 2 year old F150. One of the other guys we worked with asked him if he had glass coverage. Nut calls his insurance agent and finds out he does. Agent explains the field of vision clause and the crack has to be X inches long (while ago don't remember the number). Nut gets BB gun stands with barrel by end of the hood and pumps 12-14 times and shoots the windshield right where the driver's head would be... twice!! Actually looked just like a stone hit you get on the highway. He pushed a little on the windshield from the inside and caused a nice crack. I don't know what was more troubling the fact that he had a BB rifle sitting in the back of his truck on our job site or how fast he came up with the idea to shoot his own windshield.



This is also a guy that forgot to cut out window openings on his side one day. We had put away the generators and saws. The openings had to be cut for the window crew coming next AM. We are all laughing saying how he is going to have to unpack the generator and saws, etc. Nope not him. Reaches in the back of his truck and pulls out a chain saw. Fires it up and cuts out the window openings. Wasn't pretty but it got the job done. Charlie was a few fries short of a Happy Meal!



I have wondering if a kit like this Eastwood Glass Polishing Kit For Deep Scratches would work? No personal experience with it.
 
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