Has anyone been successful in buffing out scratches out of the windshield glass?! The PO must have had a real bad wiper blade and allowed it to ride on the windshield and there is a decent scratch that goes from deep to light across one half of the windshield (passenger side).

WOuld like to try removing at least a portion of it if I can. Would rubbing with 1000 grit wet sandpaper do any good?! I've seen it done on headlight glass I think...

James

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1987 Mercedes 300SDL; SOLD
1985 Mercedes 300D; SOLD
2006 Honda Pilot - wife's ride; 122K;
1995 Toyota Land Cruiser - 3X locked; 182K

I have not used this stuff before - but I've bought loads of stuff from Eastwoods and so far their products do exactly what it says on the tin (or packet).

Take a look these beauties

http://www.eastwood.com/autobody/plastic-glass-repair.html

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1992 W201 190E 1.8 171,000 km - Daily driver
1981 W123 300D ~ 100,000 miles / 160,000 km - project car stripped to the bone
1965 Land Rover Series 2a Station Wagon CIS recovery therapy!
1961 Volvo PV544 Bare metal rat rod-ish thing

I'm here to chat about cars and to help others - I'm not here "to always be right" like an internet warrior



Don't leave that there - I'll take it to bits!

Thanks Army - this looks good.

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1987 Mercedes 300SDL; SOLD
1985 Mercedes 300D; SOLD
2006 Honda Pilot - wife's ride; 122K;
1995 Toyota Land Cruiser - 3X locked; 182K

Please let us (or me!) know how you get on - whether you buy this or not - I need to remove some scratches in my windshield too.

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1992 W201 190E 1.8 171,000 km - Daily driver
1981 W123 300D ~ 100,000 miles / 160,000 km - project car stripped to the bone
1965 Land Rover Series 2a Station Wagon CIS recovery therapy!
1961 Volvo PV544 Bare metal rat rod-ish thing

I'm here to chat about cars and to help others - I'm not here "to always be right" like an internet warrior



Don't leave that there - I'll take it to bits!

Glass is 10 times harder than paint so you can't just rub it out like a paint scratch. You need a special glass polish and machine to do it right. And most headlights are plastic.

I started down the 'buff it out' path too, but discovered that in FL (and some other states as well) windshield replacements are covered 'free' due to safety issues with vision, etc, as part of your auto insurance. You can check with your ins. carrier, or firms like SafeLite...they'll know. In my case, the new windshield w/rain sensor cost $0, and no impact on subsequent premium rates.

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Bob Jones
Bradenton, FL
'87 560SL-Sold
'99 SL500 For Now

Yeah, buffing out scratches is not something you want to get into.

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1998 Lincoln Continental - Sold
Max 1984 300TD 285,000 miles - Sold
The Dee8gonator 1987 560SEC 196,000 miles - Sold
Orgasmatron - 2006 CLS500 90,000 miles
2002 C320 Wagon 122,000 miles
2016 AMG GTS 12,000 miles

most kits contain cerium- oxide paste for removing glass scratches and work well .
Plastic lens kit is a different formulation and procedure to remove dull finish due to ageing.
regards
A