Extreme Glass Restoration

[zckid]

Hi friends rops:

Sharing with you something I did some while ago

The owner had his rear glass (passenger side) scratched resulting from a collision from a motorcycle. You could feel it with your skin, no need for finger nails!


Ricochet of flake offs resulting from a collision with a motorcycle

we had to restore the same.... all done with Almighty's help, and a little and a lot of patience & passion..... ♥ ♥ ♥



Close-up

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Tools & Products
- local APC & towels
- Bilt Hamber clay
- Makita rotary
- Sonax felt pad
- Cerium oxide powder mixed with water
- A spray bottle with water



Decontaminated

Long term friends.... the makita 9227 and the sonax #127

If anyone wants to try this, please tape all adjacent areas. You'll save on cleaning time. :dblthumb2:

I had to proceed slowly to prevent heat build-up. every now and then, spray the surface being buffed as the cerium oxide dries very fast.


Difficult to budge

owner looking at the transformation

Almost.....

To minimize any lensing effect, i did practically the whole glass

glass done ..... restored and clear

Thanks for watching. Any questions or thoughts or any critics most welcome as always



cheers :xyxthumbs:

Zaid

 

[TTQ B4U]

Nice! I have some new glass pads coming to take care of the van who has seen her share of stone chips and etching over the years. Will do it later this week.

 

[NoleFan]

Wow, that came out great!

I need to do this to my truck. How much water are you adding to the powder?

 

[Mike@ShineStruck]

I've had no luck with scratch removal on glass(mirco marring from ice scraper?)
Not sure if its due to the 21mm of my G21
Have a Rupes mini and will borrow a 8mm mequirs to experiment
I have the carpro glass polish with Griot 6in glass pad
I really want to try 3D HDs glass polish but it has yet to be released

 

[Calendyr]

How long did it take you to do the whole process?

What speed on the rotary?

Great results!

 

[zckid]

Nice! I have some new glass pads coming to take care of the van who has seen her share of stone chips and etching over the years. Will do it later this week.

Wow, that came out great!

I need to do this to my truck. How much water are you adding to the powder?

I've had no luck with scratch removal on glass(mirco marring from ice scraper?)
Not sure if its due to the 21mm of my G21
Have a Rupes mini and will borrow a 8mm mequirs to experiment
I have the carpro glass polish with Griot 6in glass pad
I really want to try 3D HDs glass polish but it has yet to be released

Thanks for your kind words friends. :xyxthumbs:

As for water to be added, it should be ample to create a slurry, because this stuff dries really fast and you have to add water with a spray bottle every now and then to revive the cerium oxide compound. Don’t let it dry.

You will also need to apply enough pressure to cut through the glass. It’s much harder than paint. But proceed cautiously, apply more pressure if needed, check the work often.

As for the speed with the rotary, it’s between 1400 – 1500 rpm. But start very slowly to spread the compound evenly. I've tried removing scratches with the DA on another car, but it was not effective at all. The rotary was!:buffing: (I guess the DA will need a lot of pressure to remove the defects)

If it’s severely affected, work in small areas, very short buffing cycle, inspect, let the surface cool and restart. If it’s too hot, let it cool!

As for the glass pads, felt pads work better than rayon ones. For me sonax makes the best glass pads, much better than carpro pads. I’ve not tried CG’s. They are simply not available here. I've used Sonax Profiline Glass polish with the felt pad to remove micro-marring

Be sure to double tape the trim/rubber/paint around the glass. Do it even thrice if it's the first try. Glass polishing pads are much thinner than foam pads and much less forgiving.

Also cover the adjacent surfaces. It will save you a lot of cleaning time.

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Make sure you buff the entire surface of the glass evenly to minimize any lensing effect because you are removing a layer of glass. Uneven material removal will impair vision!


Words of wisdom from Dan :iagree:

If you want to use Cerium Oxide, please wear an OSHA type mask or at least a good one that filters out odors as well..

Dan F

It will take time, a lot of time. So you need to very patient.

Automotive glass needs 100% clarity and vision has to be perfect. rops:

Hope this helps.

Zaid

 

[zckid]

How long did it take you to do the whole process?

What speed on the rotary?

Great results!

Thanks mate. It took a little more than 2 hours rops:

 

[GSKR]

Pretty cool ,nice recover.

 

[Priyaka]

Great job. Thanks for sharing

 

[Mike@DedicatedPerfection]

Wow, nice save! Looking good. Nice work.

 

[Dapper Don]

I was a little skeptical about glass defect removal, but this changes all of that. Absolutely amazing. So do you feel that using a rotary vs a DA is key here?

 

[timsatx]

Great job. That gives me some ideas. I notice that there is an air deflector on there. How did you deal with it?

 

[Rsurfer]

Nice! I have some new glass pads coming to take care of the van who has seen her share of stone chips and etching over the years. Will do it later this week.

You will not remove stone chips.

 

[zckid]

You will not remove stone chips.

That's right, we are removing a layer from the glass down to the bottom of the stone chips.

I was a little skeptical about glass defect removal, but this changes all of that. Absolutely amazing. So do you feel that using a rotary vs a DA is key here?

I've tried removing wiper blade scratches from glass using a DA before. but to be frank, it did not remove a single scratch. A rotary did the job with the same compound. You can try the rotary. with some precautions and common sense, you'll be able to fix glass defects.
:buffing:

Great job. That gives me some ideas. I notice that there is an air deflector on there. How did you deal with it?

Thanks a lot Tim, you need to slightly lower the window. it will allow to buff around the top edge. But tape/mask that area from inside to prevent polish residue from getting inside the car.
Even without the deflector you may need to do this. :xyxthumbs:

 

[zckid]

Pretty cool ,nice recover.

Thanks a lot Mate :xyxthumbs:

Great job. Thanks for sharing

Thanks a lot Priyaka. Still learning here rops:

Wow, nice save! Looking good. Nice work.

Thanks for chiming in Mike. it's more than a year, not detailed any ride. Now getting back slowly with a new workshop. :dblthumb2:

 

[java]

Great save on the window. Do you have to seal the glass after using cerium oxide or just leave it ?

 

[zckid]

Great save on the window. Do you have to seal the glass after using cerium oxide or just leave it ?

Thank u java :xyxthumbs:

Of course, you need to coat or seal it.

dont't remember if I've used DP sealant or Menzerna powerlock, there are a glass sealants available locally here. the typical protection from a sealant here (based on local weather) is -/+ 2 months).

If you coat for longer protection, the better. :dblthumb2:

cheers

 

[jamesboyy]

Amazing, that glass looks better than the day it was made

 

[java]

Thank u java :xyxthumbs:

Of course, you need to coat or seal it.

dont't remember if I've used DP sealant or Menzerna powerlock, there are a glass sealants available locally here. the typical protection from a sealant here (based on local weather) is -/+ 2 months).

If you coat for longer protection, the better. :dblthumb2:

cheers

Thanks for the reply! I'm going to be my windshield and getting some info before doing it.

 

[chriskraft3]

I was a little skeptical about glass defect removal, but this changes all of that. Absolutely amazing. So do you feel that using a rotary vs a DA is key here?

Exactly what I was thinking.