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DARK HORSE
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Very cool!
I've heard that cerium oxide is really the only way to lessen or polish scratches from Glass. Ron (or anyone else), have you ever used cerium oxide to polish glass before?
Rsurfer
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DARK HORSE said:
I have not used it personally, but I've seen it used in a glass shop and it is messy to say the least. You can warp the glass if you don't know what you are doing. CeriGlass sounds like a much weaker mix, but still gets the job done.
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Setec Astronomy
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It was my understanding that the Diamondite glass polish is CO, according to something Mike Phillips said recently, but he also said it's out of stock...I'm not sure which one he was referring to exactly. I got some a couple of years ago which I used by rotary with the special glass pads and was able to improve a scratched windshield, but they have changed the Diamondite line some so I'm not really sure what is what now.
ryanmcg1
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Hey Meghan how about Car Pro's Fixer Polish? Any chance its on it way too.
shoeless89
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I haven't even heard of this product. Hopefully someone will do a nice write up on it :xyxthumbs:
Mike Phillips
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Of all the glass polishing products I've used, the only ones that "effectively" REMOVE scratches out of glass are the ones that use Cerium Oxide as their main abrading ingredient and it requires a rotary buffer to actually work the product.
I would say it's incredibly messy... from experience I do my best to recommend and convince people to cover up all the surrounding panels and components before machine polishing with a glass polish or... spend your time after the fact wiping off hard to remove splatter dots that could inflict scratches into the paint.
See this article,
How to remove tiny pinhole pits in glass windows using a rotary buffer
Mike Phillips said:Glass Polishing is VERY MESSY
All the glass polishes I've used are water based and best results are achieved when you use a rotary buffer. Rotary buffers tend to throw splatter dots via inertia with any liquid, especially if you over use the product but it's even more of a problem with a very liquid product and that applies to glass polishes.
One of the reasons is that since glass polishes are water based and rotary buffers generate heat, the water evaporates fairly quickly while you still have good abrasives still on the glass. To get more use out of the abrasives I mist on some water and continue buffing and the addition of the water re-liquefies the polish but also causes splatter dots to sling off the glass polishing pads and discs.
Take my word for it, if you ever do any glass polishing with a rotary buffer you want and need to cover all adjacent panels or you'll be wiping abrasive glass polish off all these surfaces when you're finished.
Soft Autogeek Cover Up Towels with painters tape used to cover and protect the paint
I've heard that but never seen it in person nor had the problem.
I don't think warping would be the right description for what could happen but if a person just buffed a small area and removed an incredible amount of glass you might see a visual low or flat spot where they buffed. Buffing out scratches in glass is time-consuming and just a tick difficult because you do have to push pretty hard with the rotary buffer, you certainly don't let the glass polishing pad "glide" over the surface.
The Resurfacing Creme uses Cerium Oxide and it is out of stock.
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Mike Phillips
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Also, you'll find buffing with the flat glass polishing discs a much more enjoyable experience if you use a flexible, foam cushioned backing plate like the one in the picture belowl...
Note: The Glass Cutting discs are hard and thin, that's their characteristic, just an observation, not a negative or positive comment. The point is they are thin and hard and glass is hard so one thing that helps a lot when buffing glass is to use the glass cutting discs with a flexible backing plate which helps make the buffing process smoother.
Lake Country 5.5" Glass Polishing Pad
Lake Country 5 Inch Glass Cutting Pads 3 Pack
Flex PE14 Rotary Buffer
Flex-Foam HD Rotary Backing Plate
Note: The Glass Cutting discs are hard and thin, that's their characteristic, just an observation, not a negative or positive comment. The point is they are thin and hard and glass is hard so one thing that helps a lot when buffing glass is to use the glass cutting discs with a flexible backing plate which helps make the buffing process smoother.
Lake Country 5.5" Glass Polishing Pad
Lake Country 5 Inch Glass Cutting Pads 3 Pack
Flex PE14 Rotary Buffer
Flex-Foam HD Rotary Backing Plate
courtdale
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Giving it a 2nd go this weekend. My last run, I want to say there was maybe a 10% improvement on pits/scratches, and of course all water marks etc were corrected easily. For the pits and scratches, I'm assuming I just didn't work the product long enough.
I did work it with firm pressure, but used the breakdown of the Creme as my indicator of when to stop. Hindsight, I should have misted over and over again to extend the process as long as possible. I obviously didn't go long enough.
Mike Phillips
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Definitely mist some water onto the glass and continue working the product...
I don't know if the abrasives break down or not and if they do at what rate...
Also, since you've done some glass polishing, can you share your experience on whether it's messy or not?
Meghan
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It's in the same shipment, we should have them both in less then a week if customs is nice to us!
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sweet cannot wait to see how the new car pro products work.have not bought any yet but soon i will. just an fyi, windshields are 2 layers, top layer(outside) of glass then has a layer of thin plastic(reason for the glass to stay together if you get in a wreck), then another layer of glass, so basically you wont warp the glass(unless you cause a low spot) you end up melting/heating up the plastic layer up which looks like glass warping. so just be carefull, make sure product stays wet, and dont let it get too hot.(done a bit of glass drilling), also if it gets too hot don't spray water on it or you might have worse problems to deal with. thank you AG for bringing us the newest and greatest products!
courtdale
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Also, since you've done some glass polishing, can you share your experience on whether it's messy or not?
Hah, funny you should mention. First attempt I covered the car like I was preparing for a nuclear winter per your advice, right down to the wrapped wipers. Since I didn't use a lot of product, nor did I work it long enough I really didn't mess much. this provided me with a false sense of security.
2nd attempt (when I got home later in the day), I thought I'd be safe just doing a quick tape job and tossing a towel over the hood. Unfortunately, in tweaking my technique - (more pressure, more speed, more product), I was soon splattering like the Tazmanian Devil holding a soaked paintbrush.
I quickly wiped down the mess, but even while fresh, it wasn't the easiest thing to wipe off. this weekend I will be returning to the hazmat covering practice before attempting again
Below is a shot of the covering, and I still covered more.
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It's in the same shipment, we should have them both in less then a week if customs is nice to us!
Will they be in store this week perhaps?
Setec Astronomy
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I guess that's why I was confused...I didn't see any out of stock items...and I don't see the Resurfacing Creme. Has the page been removed since it's out of stock? I bought and used the Resurfacing Creme a couple of years ago, and since I haven't seen it in the store recently when these discussions have come up, I just presumed the line had been rejiggered and it had been eliminated. Is there an ETA or is it going to be DOA?
