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Windscreen help!
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I just had a fairly high speed run to Wales and suffered the splat of bugs on the windscreen. I tried to clean the marks off with one of those green plastic kitchen scourers which worked a treat. Except for the fact it scratched the glass!!! Didn't expect that to happen as it was a plastic jobbie and not a Brillo.
Does anyone know if these marks can be polished out with anything?
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3rd Jun 2007 4:51 pm
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You may have had grit in your scourer... surprised you scratched glass with a plastic one. They don't scratch pots and pans when I wash up
I tend to use the monsoon rains we keep having to clean the screen of bugs or failing that I have a bottle of spray insect remover from Autoglym. Works very well with just a sponge.
3rd Jun 2007 6:56 pm
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Or a sponge with a cotton net over it
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3rd Jun 2007 7:20 pm
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I'll definately use something else in future, but any thoughts on polishing out the marks I've made???
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3rd Jun 2007 7:41 pm
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We have a bottle of Autoglym Glass Polish, if you rub it in hard on a Microfibre cloth and buff lightly it should help mask any light scratches, but I can't guarantee it.
As for different fly removing tools, I just use a 'Bug Shifting' sponge. I got it from Asda (the nearest supermarket to kill an hour in when the D3 is getting fixed ) and it cost about 50p or something - works a treat.2007 Porsche Boxster (987) 2.7
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3rd Jun 2007 9:12 pm
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3rd Jun 2007 10:34 pm
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Fenwicks caravan cleaner do a cream for window scratches not sure about glass though.
3rd Jun 2007 10:41 pm
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I use brasso on watch scratches....don't know if it will work on your windscreen....
3rd Jun 2007 10:47 pm
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Try toothpaste as this works on normal screens but not sure if you have scratched to heavily. Did the same thing years ago on a brand new Mercedes (Company Car) waited a couple of months and stuck a hammer through it!!! Feel guilty now.
22nd Aug 2007 9:38 pm
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Re: Windscreen help!
fisherman wrote:
...green plastic kitchen scourers...
I've done that myself! I figured if it can't clean wet gravy out of a pan, then it'd be perfect for gently getting some Rainx off before I crashed the car due to it's fogging when cold/wet/warm/windy/dry.
I was 'lucky' as the car was vandalised a few days later, so I didn't have to feel guilty for centrepunching it and I got a nice see-though windscreen again for the £50 excess.
I tried toothpaste and brasso - both seemed to fill in the clear gaps between the scoured scratches with opaque glass and just made the effect worse. I did this by hand, I don't know if a polishing bonnet would give better results.
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22nd Aug 2007 10:08 pm
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not sure how / if any of these work having never tried them
22nd Aug 2007 10:15 pm
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Whilst those 3Ms and similar Green plastic pads look innocent they are loaded with Aluminium Oxide one of the hardest known substances. Plate glass used to be finally polished with Jewellers Rouge during production prior to the development of Float Glass, so that is what I would try to recover the surface. As they always say test on a non critical area first.
22nd Aug 2007 10:35 pm
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Blige fellas I didn't expect this thread to pop back up.
My brother is an engraver and he gave me some jewellers rouge, which has actually removed the marks to the point where the centre punch won't be needed.
He suggested I give it a go after seeing it used by someone to do exactly the same thing on their windscreen, seems it's a known trick.
It worked quite well for me and the marks are barely visible. Thanks for all the help everyone FFRR 2017 4.4SDV8 Autobiography. Cost so much I must be mad!
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) and it cost about 50p or something - works a treat.
Rainx off before I crashed the car due to it's fogging when cold/wet/warm/windy/dry.
