RevGTO
05-24-2021, 08:00 PM
I bought a car recently that had heavy hard water staining and etching on the windows. i quickly learned that I was overconfident in my detailing abilities. None of the conventional remedies would even touch it - including steel wool with glass cleaner.
To quote from another thread, finally "I tried using my PC7424 with Ceriglass and a LC glass cutting pad and it did absolutely nothing. I was pretty shocked at the complete lack of results ..."
As a last resort, I tried Ceriglass with steel wool. This indeed did the trick, but left the glass hazy with micro-scratching, some spots worse than others - although it looks hugely better than before. After that I tried polishing with the LC pad and Ceriglass, and then glass polish, but (to quote again) it seemed to start " making things worse with adding its own marring." The windows where I didn't attempt any follow-up polishing look better than the one where I did.
Ideally there would be a glass coating product that works like the Cerakote ceramic headlight coating: you wipe it on and it turns the hazy scratched surface bright and clear again. I've ordered some Migliore Vista to that end, but don't have high hopes.
The other possibility is a polishing process that will bring the glass back to crystal clarity. I've read lots of threads on here, but so far don't have a clear notion of how to proceed.
Thanks in advance for any guidance.
To quote from another thread, finally "I tried using my PC7424 with Ceriglass and a LC glass cutting pad and it did absolutely nothing. I was pretty shocked at the complete lack of results ..."
As a last resort, I tried Ceriglass with steel wool. This indeed did the trick, but left the glass hazy with micro-scratching, some spots worse than others - although it looks hugely better than before. After that I tried polishing with the LC pad and Ceriglass, and then glass polish, but (to quote again) it seemed to start " making things worse with adding its own marring." The windows where I didn't attempt any follow-up polishing look better than the one where I did.
Ideally there would be a glass coating product that works like the Cerakote ceramic headlight coating: you wipe it on and it turns the hazy scratched surface bright and clear again. I've ordered some Migliore Vista to that end, but don't have high hopes.
The other possibility is a polishing process that will bring the glass back to crystal clarity. I've read lots of threads on here, but so far don't have a clear notion of how to proceed.
Thanks in advance for any guidance.