Hi
Anybody know of a product or company that can
polish out those fine scratches that you get after a couple of years?
Their not deep enough to fail MOT but annoying in the sun,
have tried Autoglym Car Glass Polish but I think I need something
a bit more aggressive!
cheers
Gordon

"Gordon Pring"  wrote in news:d7n4u4$2j1$1
@news6.svr.pol.co.uk:


> Hi
> Anybody know of a product or company that can
> polish out those fine scratches that you get after a couple of years?
> Their not deep enough to fail MOT but annoying in the sun,
> have tried Autoglym Car Glass Polish but I think I need something
> a bit more aggressive!
> cheers
> Gordon
> 
> 
> 

when i enquired about this some years ago it was either a hell of a lot of 
effort to do it yourself or expensive to have it done.
best bet is a brick and an insurance claim :-)

dB

> when i enquired about this some years ago it was either a hell of a lot of
> effort to do it yourself or expensive to have it done.
> best bet is a brick and an insurance claim :-)


I had a similar issue on my old Audi coupe with very fine stonechips and 
scratches. I asked the windscreen company that my insurance company used, 
and they said there was no need for it to become 'broken' - the fact that I 
was having trouble seeing clearly through it after dark and in the rain was 
enough for the insurance company to accept a replacement.

So no need for the brick. To me, it was worth the 40 excess to have a new 
screen every eighteen months or so.....

Mike.

Gordon Pring wrote:

> Hi
> Anybody know of a product or company that can
> polish out those fine scratches that you get after a couple of years?
> Their not deep enough to fail MOT but annoying in the sun,
> have tried Autoglym Car Glass Polish but I think I need something
> a bit more aggressive!
> cheers
> Gordon
> 
> 


I am very annoyed over this, because it could have been
avoided had the Vauxhall designers used the their brains.

Windscreens get scratched because the wipers operate a good
1.5 - 2.0 seconds before the water sprays from the washer
jets.

I suspect this was deliberately designed into the car to
speed up wiper blade wear, which increase windscreen scratching.


DJ Crazy Frog

Hi,

I've got the same problem with my Vecta which is about 18 months old. If you 
do find a solution (and I've tried) could you please let me know.

Thanks

Jules.
"DJ_Crazy_Frog"  wrote in message 
news:Cjyoe.45551$G8.82@text.news.blueyonder.co.uk...

> Gordon Pring wrote:
>> Hi
>> Anybody know of a product or company that can
>> polish out those fine scratches that you get after a couple of years?
>> Their not deep enough to fail MOT but annoying in the sun,
>> have tried Autoglym Car Glass Polish but I think I need something
>> a bit more aggressive!
>> cheers
>> Gordon
>>
>>
>
> I am very annoyed over this, because it could have been
> avoided had the Vauxhall designers used the their brains.
>
> Windscreens get scratched because the wipers operate a good
> 1.5 - 2.0 seconds before the water sprays from the washer
> jets.
>
> I suspect this was deliberately designed into the car to
> speed up wiper blade wear, which increase windscreen scratching.
>
>
> DJ Crazy Frog 

"J Bailey"  wrote in message
news:8UGpe.118006$g12.89061@fe3.news.blueyonder.co.uk...

> Hi,
>
> I've got the same problem with my Vecta which is about 18 months old. If
you
> do find a solution (and I've tried) could you please let me know.
>
> Thanks
>
> Jules.
> "DJ_Crazy_Frog"  wrote in message
> news:Cjyoe.45551$G8.82@text.news.blueyonder.co.uk...
> > Gordon Pring wrote:
> >> Hi
> >> Anybody know of a product or company that can
> >> polish out those fine scratches that you get after a couple of years?
> >> Their not deep enough to fail MOT but annoying in the sun,
> >> have tried Autoglym Car Glass Polish but I think I need something
> >> a bit more aggressive!
> >> cheers
> >> Gordon
> >>
> >>
> >
> > I am very annoyed over this, because it could have been
> > avoided had the Vauxhall designers used the their brains.
> >
> > Windscreens get scratched because the wipers operate a good
> > 1.5 - 2.0 seconds before the water sprays from the washer
> > jets.
> >
> > I suspect this was deliberately designed into the car to
> > speed up wiper blade wear, which increase windscreen scratching.
> >
> >
> > DJ Crazy Frog
>

Jewellers Rouge

http://www.briliant.biz/view_product.php?product=B13

Sure will!
I've thought about jewellers rouge but how best to apply it?


> I've got the same problem with my Vecta which is about 18 months old. If
you
> do find a solution (and I've tried) could you please let me know.
>
> Thanks
>
> Jules.
> "DJ_Crazy_Frog"  wrote in message
> news:Cjyoe.45551$G8.82@text.news.blueyonder.co.uk...
> > Gordon Pring wrote:
> >> Hi
> >> Anybody know of a product or company that can
> >> polish out those fine scratches that you get after a couple of years?
> >> Their not deep enough to fail MOT but annoying in the sun,
> >> have tried Autoglym Car Glass Polish but I think I need something
> >> a bit more aggressive!
> >> cheers
> >> Gordon
> >>
> >>
> >
> > I am very annoyed over this, because it could have been
> > avoided had the Vauxhall designers used the their brains.
> >
> > Windscreens get scratched because the wipers operate a good
> > 1.5 - 2.0 seconds before the water sprays from the washer
> > jets.
> >
> > I suspect this was deliberately designed into the car to
> > speed up wiper blade wear, which increase windscreen scratching.
> >
> >
> > DJ Crazy Frog
>
>

"Gordon"  wrote in message
news:d8a5u6$ara$1@newsg3.svr.pol.co.uk...

> Sure will!
> I've thought about jewellers rouge but how best to apply it?
>
> > I've got the same problem with my Vecta which is about 18 months old. If
> you
> > do find a solution (and I've tried) could you please let me know.
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Jules.
> > "DJ_Crazy_Frog"  wrote in message
> > news:Cjyoe.45551$G8.82@text.news.blueyonder.co.uk...
> > > Gordon Pring wrote:
> > >> Hi
> > >> Anybody know of a product or company that can
> > >> polish out those fine scratches that you get after a couple of years?
> > >> Their not deep enough to fail MOT but annoying in the sun,
> > >> have tried Autoglym Car Glass Polish but I think I need something
> > >> a bit more aggressive!
> > >> cheers
> > >> Gordon
> > >>
> > >>
> > >
> > > I am very annoyed over this, because it could have been
> > > avoided had the Vauxhall designers used the their brains.
> > >
> > > Windscreens get scratched because the wipers operate a good
> > > 1.5 - 2.0 seconds before the water sprays from the washer
> > > jets.
> > >
> > > I suspect this was deliberately designed into the car to
> > > speed up wiper blade wear, which increase windscreen scratching.




Jewellers Rouge is a fine paste and is applied like T-cut. Best to use a
small electric polisher and test in a small out of view - out of direct
vision of the driver - otherwise you will be doing the whole screen to match
the test piece. It takes a lot of polishing but the results are worth it.