windshield scratches

Can anyone recommend a product that you you can rub out windshield scratches with? Thanks, I have a slight emergency, one of my detail guys was cleaning the inside windshield and his watch put a nice scratch on the glass.

this might help - is a motorcycle windshield plastic or glass?
http://talkcarwash.com/topics/show/405

For glass windshields you will need cerium oxide and a special felt pad.

C.R. Laurance company usually is the best source.

Ketch

thanks for the info. i talked to the people at safelite(auto glass repair) and they don't use cerium oxide on the front window b/c they think that it will remove a film of glass with each scrub and that will be more noticeable then the actual scratch. Do you think there can be any validity to this or are they just trying to sell me a windshield?

They are trying to sell you a windshield.

Cerium, with a small percentage of aluminum oxide, in a paste has been the "go to" type of product for years, and bet if you looked on some shelf at their shop, you will find some.

On the other hand, they are correct, for just as in compounding paint,you will remove some of the surface of the glass.

This may create a small visable "opitical degrading" of the area, but not near as noticable as the scratch.

However, if the scratch is too deep, the polishing probably will not remove it completely.

The use of the cerium paste is more suited to removing light "wiper scuffs".

One of my cars, a Serbring convert, had bad scuffs, some scratches in the windshield, I made some paste in my lab, obtained a special felt wheel and removed 90% of the damage.

Took me about an hour to do so.

Now, I keep hoping a truck will throw up a rock and crack the glass, so I can get it replaced under my coverage.

If that doesn't happen, it's ok, as the windshield is quite servicable.

Ketch

If you do not want to follow Ketch's suggestion there are people out there that make a living polishing windshield's for glass shops and auto dealers. We found one when we alledgedly scratched a windshield in the car wash. He did a great job for $30.

Bud Abraham