how to fix a scratched windscreen

[belbelchic]

comming home from work a few nights ago, it was raining, so i need to put my windscreen wipers on. Something was scratching onto the windscreen, i couldnt stop really it was pooring with rain, anyway i come home, and one of the blades had come off.

early in the morning i noticed theres a big scratch that goes around the passenger side windscreen, i was wondering if anyone knows if i could get this scratch out, it looks terrible, and makes the car look bad now because of it

thanks

[woteva]

There are some places that can fix chips, bullseye and some scratches to windscreens. Have a look in the Yellow Pages.

[samuels]

comming home from work a few nights ago, it was raining, so i need to put my windscreen wipers on. Something was scratching onto the windscreen, i couldnt stop really it was pooring with rain, anyway i come home, and one of the blades had come off.

early in the morning i noticed theres a big scratch that goes around the passenger side windscreen, i was wondering if anyone knows if i could get this scratch out, it looks terrible, and makes the car look bad now because of it

thanks

is it a deep scratch? if it's not to deep, theres special cream you can get to remove scatches from your windscreens,i can't think of the name,have to ask brother in law,he's a glazier and says it works on car windscreens.

[STEALTHY™]

going by what your describing, the scratch will be too deep to repair, and you'll probably need a new window.

hopefully not tho, like others have said, find a window place and they should be able to tell you for sure.

[Not_An_Abba_Fan]

Sounds to me like a new windscreen. Do you have free glass coverage on your insurance policy?

[belbelchic]

its not a very deep scratch, but its like dark brown as was the colour of the windscreen blade, (which has been replaced now, a bit late though) dont think its covered for insurance though.

When you put your fingers along it, you cant feel any scratch on the surface

[samuels]

its not a very deep scratch, but its like dark brown as was the colour of the windscreen blade, (which has been replaced now, a bit late though) dont think its covered for insurance though.

When you put your fingers along it, you cant feel any scratch on the surface

i'll find out the name of this stuff that removes scratches from glass...i still can't think of the name of it...

[impulsesv6]

are you sure its not just paint transfer from the wiper onto the glass, just try any cut and polish compound see if that helps

[Not_An_Abba_Fan]

No no no....cut and polish will leave swirl marks in the glass, I tried this on a side window that i scuffed with a sander. Was taking a door back to metal and had the window up, the sander touched the glass. Tried polishing it out and all it did was leave swirls that you can see in the sun. On a windscreen this would be worse. Use a stanley blade to see if you can scrape the mark off. If you can't it is a scratch and probably can't be removed.

[samuels]

No no no....cut and polish will leave swirl marks in the glass, I tried this on a side window that i scuffed with a sander. Was taking a door back to metal and had the window up, the sander touched the glass. Tried polishing it out and all it did was leave swirls that you can see in the sun. On a windscreen this would be worse. Use a stanley blade to see if you can scrape the mark off. If you can't it is a scratch and probably can't be removed.

thats what this glaziers cream is for,for accidents that happened just like yours,appaerently is suppose to be more effective than cut and polish,but without to much of the side effects that you mentioned

[samuels]

found out the name of that cream for removing scratches....rouge (ro-ooge) it comes in a powder form,mix it with water,takes out blemishes and is ideally suited for small depths scratches,however it will remove deep scratches,but it's to time consuming for the deep ones.

[belbelchic]

thanks, i go and check it out on the weekend, and let ya know

[mouldy]

Where abouts would you be able to buy that?

[Boonz]

mr sheen does the exact same thing most houses have it under their sink too!

[Lost_Pete]

I've used toothpaste in the past for minor scratches.

http://www.scratch-remove.com/_scrat...indscreen.html

Use at your peril!

[samuels]

Where abouts would you be able to buy that?

available at any glaziers workshops/retail outlets (glaziers) i know pilkingtons down here in tassie stock it,i don't know if pilkingtons is wholly tassie owned or it's a mainland company trading down here.

[belbelchic]

well i tried the toothpaste method, it took a little bit out, but still some marks on the windscreen, i try another method saturday

[samuels]

[QUOTE=belbelchic;573745]well i tried the toothpaste method, it took a little bit out, but still some marks on the windscreen, i try another method saturday[/QUOTE

toothpaste is really only for non hardened surfaces...wood,carpets,etc,etc....you know what i mean about hardened surfaces,because i know someone is going to say wood is hard

[robbo10]

It's called jeweller's rouge. It's the paste they use when polishing gemstones. You should be able to get it from a glazier or a lapidary supplies (gemstone stuff) store. Polishes glass and chrome, real well.

[robbo10]

It's called jewellers' rouge. It's the paste they use to polish gemstones. Available from most Glazier's and Gemstone (Lapidary) suppliers. Hope you fixed the problem.

[samuels]

It's called jewellers' rouge. It's the paste they use to polish gemstones. Available from most Glazier's and Gemstone (Lapidary) suppliers. Hope you fixed the problem.

in the glaziers industry it's called glaziers rouge.......lol