HELP! Driver and Passenger Windows Oxidized? Or Hard Water Spots?
HELP! Driver and Passenger Windows Oxidized? Or Hard Water Spots?
10-17-2016, 10:28 PM
#2
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[QUOTE=MengoDown;8562551]These windows look so bad when the sun hits them. What is the best way to remove this crap? It looks way worse in person.
1. Drive it by a good auto glass shop & ask their opinion.
2. The is a product called Micro Gloss for polishing hard plastics like aircraft windows. If the glass is scratched do to sand/dirt in the window guides over the years it might help with a lot of elbow grease in polishing. The windows may just need replacing. i doubt you want to hear that! Most every restoration needs new glass if you want it to look its best!
1. Drive it by a good auto glass shop & ask their opinion.
2. The is a product called Micro Gloss for polishing hard plastics like aircraft windows. If the glass is scratched do to sand/dirt in the window guides over the years it might help with a lot of elbow grease in polishing. The windows may just need replacing. i doubt you want to hear that! Most every restoration needs new glass if you want it to look its best!
10-25-2016, 10:40 AM
#4
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Join Date: Jun 2012
Location: CA
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Get some Bon Ami powdered cleanser (http://www.bonami.com/). Make a thin paste and scrub the windows lightly, rinse and repeat as necessary. Takes the water spots and other accumulated road crap right off and does not scratch the glass.
10-26-2016, 02:17 PM
#5
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Location: SoCal
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I've used rubbing compound on a buffer before, takes it right off. You can do it just as well by hand with a microfiber towel, I just happen to have a buffer so that's what I use when the opportunity arises.
11-29-2016, 06:50 PM
#6
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Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: Shenandoah Valley of Virginia
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NO ..... don't use steel wool.
Look for a yellow bottle, blue looking label, product called "SPOT-X" .... made from crushed sea shells. Harder than the minerals yet not as hard as the glass .... so no scratching glass. Very easy to use and works beautifully.
I bought it at Home Depot in kitchen wares I think. Ace Hardware also has it here. My '07 FX4 had terrible water spotted glass when I got it, this stuff eats it off fast and easy.
Look for a yellow bottle, blue looking label, product called "SPOT-X" .... made from crushed sea shells. Harder than the minerals yet not as hard as the glass .... so no scratching glass. Very easy to use and works beautifully.
I bought it at Home Depot in kitchen wares I think. Ace Hardware also has it here. My '07 FX4 had terrible water spotted glass when I got it, this stuff eats it off fast and easy.
Last edited by tbear853; 11-29-2016 at 06:54 PM.
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