I was wondering if anyone had any good methods for clearing up glass. The glass i have is orginal with no cracks or major scratches, but is hazy in certain areas, and looks bad in the sun. Would anyone recommend wetsanding with 2000 grit followed by a coat of wax. I tried this on my gauges and they came out great. Any ideas,on what might work!
Thanks alot
Matt

 

0000 steel wool will get it as clean as it will ever get. Then finish up with some glass cleaner.

 

I think they make a compound to polish glass, (something like they use on the space shuttle) Not sure where you can get it but I think it is applied like car wax.

Gun

 

Never used it, can't vouch for it. There are a bunch of products out there though.
Here's one. I would hesitate to use sand paper or steel wool, but only because they are more abrasive in nature than I would be willing to risk.
http://www.deltakits.com/dki-catalog/co1.html

 

I have heard of using crest toothpaste. Never have tried it but apparently the regular past (not gel) has a very mild abrasive.

 

I have a friend who just finished polishing the glass on his fully restored 69 Judge. I don't know what he used, it was a liquid polish I think, but, I will email him and get the name for you.

 

Trust me on the 0000 steel wool. It will get off everything, overspray, cigarette tar and 40 years of crap. You can use anything you want after that but the trick is to get it super clean first. Trust me it won't harm the glass. Had my back glass tinted when it was out of the car. Each side took me about 30 minutes to get clean with 0000 steel wool. The glass guy said " You didn't clean it with ammonia did you?". I said nope just steel wool. Asked him what they use, he said steel wool.

 

OK Bro.....Then 0000 steel wool it is. Lots of elbow grease though, huh? On the house windows, I use windex and newspaper. I guess the newspaper is about the same grit as 0000 steel wool.

 

if u use steel wool make sure to blow the car off otherwise it will have rust stains on the glass paint etc where ever the little pieces of wool fall

 

Take it to a glass specialist if you want it 100% mint - heat treatment to get out years of nicks and scratches that "polishes" will not. Polishes do get out a ton, but everyone has that one little speck that nags the hell out of them for all eternity no matter what they try. GRRR TO ALL OF YOU DINGS OUT THERE IN CLASSIC CAR WINDOW LAND! GRRR I SAY!