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As per the sister thread on headlights really

 

I've got a few light scratches on my windscreen, is there anyway of polishing the screen and getting it back to the way it should be ?

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Believe it or not common or garden Brasso works a treat on glass! Because it's a very fine abrasive it shouldn't do any harm.

Having said that I have never used it on a windscreen, so might be worth trying an inconspicuous spot first.

 

It takes a little time and the best thing is not to push too hard, let the brasso do it's thing, very much like T-cut.

 

I used this method once on a respirator mask that I used to own, it was so scratched it was like looking out on a blizzard.

Whipped out the Brasso and about 3 hours of wrist action later (Fnar, Fnar) it was looking better than when it came outta the box.

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Cool, both the driver and passenger window in mine have got a lot of minor scratches on them (i think there's grit in the there somewhere). I'll clean them out and give this a shot :thumbs:

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I use Brasso successfully to remove scratches off my watch face so its not such a daft idea, however I did try this, plus glass polish on a windscreen of a previous car that had some deep scratches caused by a decrepit wiper blade. Unfortunately, it left a light haze behind worse than the original scratch so gave up in the end and used a professional service, cost around £90 and guy laughed at my amateur attempt but I forgave him as he did a perfect job.

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I use Brasso successfully to remove scratches off my watch face so its not such a daft idea, however I did try this, plus glass polish on a windscreen of a previous car that had some deep scratches caused by a decrepit wiper blade. Unfortunately, it left a light haze behind worse than the original scratch so gave up in the end and used a professional service, cost around £90 and guy laughed at my amateur attempt but I forgave him as he did a perfect job.

Who did you use ? I'm a bit frightened of a DIY result too ... no comeback on that is there

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I use Brasso successfully to remove scratches off my watch face so its not such a daft idea, however I did try this, plus glass polish on a windscreen of a previous car that had some deep scratches caused by a decrepit wiper blade. Unfortunately, it left a light haze behind worse than the original scratch so gave up in the end and used a professional service, cost around £90 and guy laughed at my amateur attempt but I forgave him as he did a perfect job.

Who did you use ? I'm a bit frightened of a DIY result too ... no comeback on that is there

 

 

I have some bad scratches too on my windscreen after using an abrasive cloth to removed some stuborn tar deposits :headhurt: its quite bad in the night and was planning to give autogalss a call via my insurance claiming it was cracked or vandalised but i will try the T-cut glass and if that fails will give the pros a call ;)

 

Shout out if you go this route straight away so we know the results and prices

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......... was planning to give autogalss a call via my insurance

I called AUTOGLASS out to look at a very minor stone chip mark ...the guy said they never do polishing cos it changes the optical qualities of the glass

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......... was planning to give autogalss a call via my insurance

I called AUTOGLASS out to look at a very minor stone chip mark ...the guy said they never do polishing cos it changes the optical qualities of the glass

 

No...... not to polish.........if i was calling them out it will be for a replacement :lol:

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