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Old Jun 20, 2016 | 03:49 PM
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Polish out scratches in glass ?

Has anybody found a good product for my question?
Side window has some lines now and also I had a "mark" on the windshield that I used watered down tooth paste on that left very small lines, at that point I stopped the tooth paste idea.
Somewhere I was told to use this Meguigar's mirror glaze, which when I look that up, there are different types of it.
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Old Jun 21, 2016 | 04:20 AM
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A buddy of mine uses Eastwood's glass polishing product - says you can go to town with it without worry (in other words it's nearly impossible to damage the glass). FWIW, the container says that it'll polish out any scratches that your fingernail won't "catch" on.


I'll be using it for some marks on my back window in the next day or two.
Old Jun 21, 2016 | 06:52 AM
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I wonder if results will vary with tinted windows (i.e. See more swirl marks on factory tinted compared to non-tinted)
Old Jun 26, 2016 | 01:19 PM
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The after market tinted windows usually are not glass and are on the inside, so I figure you might end up damaging the film used for tinting. Just a thought.
Old Jun 27, 2016 | 06:53 AM
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WELL my father told me that one could use very fine sandpaper on the glass to buff out swirls, scratches, and "sand pits". Maybe 2000 grit or so. Wet sand of course. We got into a discussion about sandpaper because he was doing some body repair on his car and I asked why someone would use sandpaper that fine and that was his answer.
Old Jul 3, 2016 | 12:20 AM
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FWIW: yesterday I buffed out some pretty ugly scratches that the previous owner allowed when the wiper blade wore out - didn't take very long and that back glass looks SOOOO much better now! Eastwood is the brand - can't remember specifically what they call it.


Again - if your fingernail catches on the scratch, they say it won't work. Mine were all removable. About an hour total for around 24 square inches of scratches.
Old Jul 3, 2016 | 07:51 AM
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Here's their kit for deep scratches

Pro Glass Polishing Kit for Deep Scratches
Old Jul 9, 2016 | 12:56 PM
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A couple different grits of 'jewelers rouge', is what we used to use for gilding projects, that had some scratches.
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