Scratches inside front windshield

Ronkh

Ronkh

Wax Waster
3 scratches inside front windshield. Can feel with finger nail.......

Suggestions?

(2015 c7)
 
I had 2 on the inside of my Tundra windshield in my field of view. still there but a lot less noticeable, i used a few brand new razor blades and went over them a few times it took all the above surface glass off and made it a lot better. I am afraid to try polishing it for fear of slinging product inside the truck.
 
trashmanssd said:
I had 2 on the inside of my Tundra windshield in my field of view. still there but a lot less noticeable, i used a few brand new razor blades and went over them a few times it took all the above surface glass off and made it a lot better. I am afraid to try polishing it for fear of slinging product inside the truck.
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Makes sense....


With as small an area the vette has, I wsa thinking if it had to be polished, it`s ibird time.
(but I`ve never done glass & scared)
 
WHAT! Wax waster man scared of a detail!!`
I am also curios for the best approach, if you can feel them with the fingernail test, I doubt a polish would do much... and I wouldn`t use a compound or really any other means on the inside of a vette.
What about a glass repair kit to `fill` the scratches, and then follow up with razor blade to smooth it out?

Some people also also swear by steal wool, but I don`t go that route (I have also only been detailing professionally a short while and have not run into what you have described)
its a lot like medicine.... very few things are textbook, and it takes practice....

looking forward to the experience on this forum!
 
I`ve never achieved any decent correction on glass without using the Rayon CarPro pads + Ceriglass and it took a very long time(and was very messy)

Anything I could feel with a fingernail was not able to be removed. I hope you have better luck if you decide to tackle it.
 
DOdetailing said:
WHAT! Wax waster man scared of a detail!!`
I am also curios for the best approach, if you can feel them with the fingernail test, I doubt a polish would do much... and I wouldn`t use a compound or really any other means on the inside of a vette.
What about a glass repair kit to `fill` the scratches, and then follow up with razor blade to smooth it out?

Some people also also swear by steal wool, but I don`t go that route (I have also only been detailing professionally a short while and have not run into what you have described)
its a lot like medicine.... very few things are textbook, and it takes practice....

looking forward to the experience on this forum!
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Guess I`m not as good as I think I am...... Or people think I am, or oh well............

Yep, screwing up someone`s car worse than it is, scares me. :D

heisenberg said:
I`ve never achieved any decent correction on glass without using the Rayon CarPro pads + Ceriglass and it took a very long time(and was very messy)

Anything I could feel with a fingernail was not able to be removed. I hope you have better luck if you decide to tackle it.
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I didn`t think so with the feeling it with nail either.........

Problem # 2 is my ibird is long neck.
 
Mine was scratched brand new factory fresh 1 day off the delivery truck. Guessing it was scratched in the factory during installation or earlier before it was in the truck.
 
Ronkh said:
Thank goodness it`s not mine.....

Can`t imagine how inside got scratched. Even the outside.
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Oh in that case you can relax a bit. If the one`s on the outside are not bad you could try ceriglass with the glass polishing pads to see if it gets rid of them. If they are are deep then there is really nothing you can do about it other than having the glass replaced. Same if the glass is pitted from rocks and what not.

Do you have ceriglass and the little hand applicator that carpro has for it. You could try that if you have access to that area. If not maybe putting a little polish on a microfiber towel and going to town. Is it noticeable?
 
The Guz said:
Oh in that case you can relax a bit. If the one`s on the outside are not bad you could try ceriglass with the glass polishing pads to see if it gets rid of them. If they are are deep then there is really nothing you can do about it other than having the glass replaced. Same if the glass is pitted from rocks and what not.

Do you have ceriglass and the little hand applicator that carpro has for it. You could try that if you have access to that area. If not maybe putting a little polish on a microfiber towel and going to town. Is it noticeable?
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No, I guess I wasn`t clear.... I don`t understand how someone can scratch the inside of a windshield, or the outside for that matter (except I did scratch the outside of one scraping ice) (so outside isn`t scratched.)

I haven`t seen it yet. Will tomorrow, this is the red vette that I`ve shown here. He says he has 3 scratches (not in vision field) on the inside, and he can feel em with his fingernail. So I guess I`ll know more tomorrow.

I`ve only done glass with pb pro polish, only to clean, never tried to get defects off. Only thing I have here is the polish angel glass polish.
 
Ask your local windshield guy what he thinks. The resins they use to fill rock chips might just fill a deeper scratch in as well. Just spitballing here.
 
My `93 Audi has that from the original owner (bet my life it was a diamond ring). I live with it. Eh, I just live with such stuff period.
 
heisenberg said:
I`ve never achieved any decent correction on glass without using the Rayon CarPro pads + Ceriglass and it took a very long time(and was very messy)

Anything I could feel with a fingernail was not able to be removed. I hope you have better luck if you decide to tackle it.
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Angus said:
Do yourself a favor and leave the scratches be. Glass polishing is an enormous headache. Avoid doing it at all cost.
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You guys are doing *me* a favor by posting that...such opinions from people whose opinions I value who`ve BTDT just confirms my suspicions.

Yeah, I know that plenty of people have done it with (apparently) great satisfaction, but that doesn`t mean it`d be Accumulator-proof and I can see lots of potential downsides.
 
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