Slighty etched windscreen - Remedy?

[YRRunner]

The wiper has etched a very slight 6" arch into my windscreen on the passenger side. Is there anything I can try or anyone in the Yorks/Lancs area who is able to polish such things out? Thanks.

[mr shifty]

YRRunner said:

The wiper has etched a very slight 6" arch into my windscreen on the passenger side. Is there anything I can try or anyone in the Yorks/Lancs area who is able to polish such things out? Thanks.

I have similar on my windscreen so would be interested to hear if there's a way to sort it too.

[spercy]

many years ago i used something called "jewelers Rouge" which was a red powder used for polishing fine jeweleery. I found this worked very polishing out small scratches on windscreens of the companmy vehicles. My old boss had some lying around in her draw that she couldn't remember where she got it from. If anyone has any ideas i would like to get some.

[RedSpike66]

A quick Google yields this...

http://www.priorypolishes.co.uk/shop/front/index.p...

might be worth a try... but if the scratch is anything other than minor, probably won't

[spercy]

If only i thought of using the internet thingy!! To be fair it was probably twenty years ago i used it, and the information wasn't available on my Vic 20

[toast boy]

I got some glass polish and a pad from Frost that worked well on my Saab. You obviously won't get deep scratches out but light etching from wipers can be removed. It's pretty labour intensive though, took my a whole afternoon to get the screen to what I deemed to be an acceptable standard but it made a massive improvement.

[blitzracing]

spercy said:

many years ago i used something called "jewelers Rouge" which was a red powder used for polishing fine jeweleery. I found this worked very polishing out small scratches on windscreens of the companmy vehicles. My old boss had some lying around in her draw that she couldn't remember where she got it from. If anyone has any ideas i would like to get some.

My local windscreen suppliers do the stuff. You mix it with water into a paste, and then apply it to a small rotary polishing pad on a mini drill and run it around the scratch. It takes a while, and you will never do it by hand.

[geminitrain]

YRrunner Try Airedale autoglass ask for craig tel [phone]

And Spercy i have a block of jewellers if you want it let me know and i'll send you it. It can be done by hand but better to use a wine cork rather than cloth then clean it up if by hand but to the OP i can send you some if you want to try it before getting a proffesional firm out.

[spercy]

geminitrain said:

YRrunner Try Airedale autoglass ask for craig tel [phone]

And Spercy i have a block of jewellers if you want it let me know and i'll send you it. It can be done by hand but better to use a wine cork rather than cloth then clean it up if by hand but to the OP i can send you some if you want to try it before getting a proffesional firm out.

Thanks for that Gemini, if you message me i'll give you my address.

Simon

[Glassman]

I use an oscillating polisher which rotates at about 6,000rpm. To polish a six inch scuff (with graded chalks) will take around half an hour - 45mins.

Mind numbingly boring and can get very messy as the glass must be kept cool and the polish moist. Sheeting up is one way, I use a large flat sponge with a an 8" circular hole in the middle to catch all the splatter.

[Telecaster]

I had exactly the same wiper etch mark on my T350 screen. Jeweller's Rouge polished it out perfectly for me. I obtained it from my local glazier, who didn't even charge me for it. They had a big tub of it and just scooped a little out for me.

You mix it into a paste with water, then just keep rubbing the offending area and polishing clean to check your progress. I did it by hand, which took quite a long time, so a mechanical aid would be more ideal. Be warned though - this stuff is pretty messy and tends to spray everywhere so it's advisable to mask up the surrounding area. Before you start, use the fingernail test: If you can feel a definite edge to the mark, you will never completely polish it out. You'll get rid of that frosty looking mark 'though.

[YRRunner]

Thanks you guys. Gemini is kindly posting me some Jewellers Rouge. I'll give that a go and have my fingers crossed. Thank you all for the replies.