Ownleemee Posted April 17, 2013 Report Share Posted April 17, 2013 Poxy Sparco aero wiper blade collapsed in heavy rain the other day and I now have scratches on my screen :angry: Short of a new screen, does anyone know of anything that may at least polish the marks out a bit ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Insanity-74 Posted April 17, 2013 Report Share Posted April 17, 2013 you can get a glass polishing compound for use with a rotary polisher called Cerium oxide. http://www.detailingworld.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=179567 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kishan38 Posted April 18, 2013 Report Share Posted April 18, 2013 I was driving to Milton Keynes on the M1 once and it started raining and mine snapped off, flew off behind me and hit the car behind me. My £15 flew away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ownleemee Posted April 18, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 18, 2013 you can get a glass polishing compound for use with a rotary polisher called Cerium oxide. http://www.detailing...ad.php?t=179567 I have some coming in the post, the scoring isn't too deep as it doesn't catch on my finger nail so hopefully it will polish out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CelicaBabe Posted April 18, 2013 Report Share Posted April 18, 2013 Worth a shot before plashing out on a new windscreen!!! If its not to deep it should clear it up I would imagine Let us know how you get on as mine is badly scratched! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shocks Posted April 18, 2013 Report Share Posted April 18, 2013 go steady with the glass polish do not put cold water on the screen run car with full heat to get screen warm as when it cools it cracks so make sure you get car warm inside and blowing on screen, take time dont just rush and get it hot by polisher machine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ownleemee Posted April 18, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 18, 2013 Thanks for the advice Shocks, makes sense when you think of it. I was also advised to put masking tape on the inside of the screen under the damaged area to help show it up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shocks Posted April 18, 2013 Report Share Posted April 18, 2013 that may help but i cant say it enough regarding heat, done this many times and when i first started years back i cracked 2 customer screens and never wanted to do that again, least excesses have come down these days Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ownleemee Posted April 21, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 21, 2013 Cerium Oxide is the nuts, an hour and a half of polishing and you wouldn't have known it was scratched, phew ! Update on method, put dark paper under the scratch on the inside, shows up lots better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kona786 Posted April 21, 2013 Report Share Posted April 21, 2013 Did you do it by hand mate? Any pictures? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Insanity-74 Posted April 21, 2013 Report Share Posted April 21, 2013 Cerium Oxide is the nuts, an hour and a half of polishing and you wouldn't have known it was scratched, phew ! Update on method, put dark paper under the scratch on the inside, shows up lots better. Its good stuff, glad it worked Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ownleemee Posted April 21, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 21, 2013 Did you do it by hand mate? Any pictures? I got a kit which had a pad holder and polishing pads to put in an electric drill which is what I used, due to the security regime of where I work, we do not take cameras in and I did it in a slightly (50%) extended lunch hour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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