Nelson

What is the suggested method/products in 'buffing out' minor and deep scratches on windshields?

redgoober4life

Not sure. I know there are some glass polishes with hydrofluoric acid (obviously..well maybe not so obviously), but I've never used them.

Nelson

Been doing research, wet-sand and polish is the way to go... :hs:

Nelson

Crickets.

westcoaststyle

I'm interested in this as well. I have numerous pits in my windshield from the winter driving here and it'd be great to find a fix.

Detailed Image

There's not much you can do for glass repair unless its truely just on the surface, which then you can attempt to buff it out or try 0000 grade steel wool to solve the problem.

My insurance company replaced my front windshield real cheap if not free if I recall correctly.

Sorry I can't be of much more help on this subject.

George @ Detailed Image

westcoaststyle

Thanks for the insight. I think that glass coverage has its own deductible in most cases. It would have cost me ~$200 to have it replaced on my Civic because of a $500 deductible. Most times, from my experiences, if you try to drop your glass deductible to 0, they have someone inspect the windshield before they will so you don't try to drop it and then claim it's cracked or something. My coworker was denied for this very reason - they said it was pitted. Of course, which ins. company obviously makes a difference.

shivers

The Eastwood Company makes a couple of different glass repair/polishing kits. I've been looking into them to see if I can fix some of the pitting in my windshield. A couple of guys on a local board used the less aggressive of the kits and said it worked really well.

westcoaststyle

Links/pics of said products? :eek5:

shivers

Standard polishing kit.
http://www.eastwoodco.com/jump.jsp?i...emType=PRODUCT

Deep scratch kit.
http://www.eastwoodco.com/jump.jsp?i...emType=PRODUCT

I haven't used either option, so I can't comment on the effectiveness. I'm going off of info from some local guys. I don't know if they're as uptight about car care as I am though.