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Old 01-09-2011, 10:54 PM
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Polishing glass

Anyone here polish glass? I plan on doing some areas on my back glass this spring... iv looked it up and have a pretty good understand on how to do it, what products are you using?
Old 02-21-2011, 02:37 PM
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Re: Polishing glass

Here is a good reply I found on polishing scratches from glass.
http://www.autopia.org/forum/car-det...view-long.html

If your glass is just water spotted, believe it or not Rain X will remove spots and hazing. It worked graeat on my outside mirrors.

Zaino also sells a great glass polish that a friend swears by.

Good luck!
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Re: Polishing glass

These you can catch with a finger nail
Old 02-21-2011, 03:31 PM
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Ouch! Check the link for polishing then. Looks like you have your work cut out for you.
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Re: Polishing glass

I have tried polishing scratches out of glass with no luck. Unless you have access to commercially available polishes, then deep scratches mean glass replacement.
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