Glass Polishing 101 ?

[pixelmonkey]

I searched but have not found a glass polishing tutorial.

recently purchased the Griot's Garage Glass Polish, auto glass polish, Griots Garage Glass Polish, Polish windshield and a few Griot's Garage 6 Inch Glass Polishing Pads, Griots Garage Glass Polish Pads, Glass Polishing Discs


Please direct me to a different method / technique, as when it comes to glass polishing I'm a bit

Here is the process I have tried.
- clean glass with water *had a bit of dust*
- clay bar the glass with ONR as lube
- wipe down again with water
- clean with DP glass cleaner
- applied polish to the polishing pad
- running at speed 2, 50/50 passes on 1/3 of wind shield

I'm thinking glass is a completely different obstacle to conquer. Before starting, it had what appears to be swirls along with a few scratches. *let me explain*

The glass is OEM installed in a 1987 chevy S-10 truck
The scratches are from my own doing a loooong time ago. I was in high school with a 30 minute lunch at a part time job. I didnt have an ice scraper, so opted to use some broken glass from a picture frame that didnt survive behind the seat. This glass was around the side of my hand. *yea, really bright idea at the time*

A couple photos in the next post the glass i've been working on with the griots polish.

open for suggestions!
chris<pixelmonkey>

 

[pixelmonkey]

photos attached show the "scratches" crossing the patch of the lights reflection.

next post will have a few red lines to represent where the scratches are located

chris<pixelmonkey>

 

[pixelmonkey]

and here are 2 highlighted photos.

suggestions?

thanks in advance!
chris<pixelmonkey>

 

[zkeeper]

I use the Griots glass polishing kit, pads etc, and have had absolutely great results. A troubling scratch on my sister's BMW X3, sand scratches on a Yukon, and gas etched fireplace glass made like new. You are doing the right procedure as it seems to read--but not sure but your scratches may be so deep simply polishing might not get them. If those scratches are "finger-nail deep" that is your finger nail really catches on it, then it probably will be have to have replacement or more professional care. The scratch on the X3 above, did catch the nail, but it was NOT deep and after several applications, passes and medium pressure it was polished out. Try raising the speed--you need more action with the cutting polish. I started low and raised it till on some scratches I was running quite fast--try it though. Give the polish a chance to work, and it may take severaaaaaaaaaal applications. Good luck...rops:

 

[john b]

just wondering if anyone uses dp glass polish on the inside by hand? i assume it would be ok

 

[pixelmonkey]

i increased the speed to 4 on my makita
i believe the pad i've been using is ready for the trash.

going to try it with a PC DA later this week or next weekend.

the last attempt removed some of the scratches. hoping the DA gives some better results.

chris<pixelmonkey>

 

[SeaJay's]

i increased the speed to 4 on my makita
i believe the pad i've been using is ready for the trash.

going to try it with a PC DA later this week or next weekend.

the last attempt removed some of the scratches. hoping the DA gives some better results.

chris<pixelmonkey>

I don't have much experience polishing glass, so don't really want to give you much advice. But I'm going to go ahead and say that if your makita didn't get rid of the scratches the DA isn't going to do much for them. The DA will tend to get bogged down under pressure (as I'm sure you know).

Just giving my opinions, but hey it's worth a shot anyway.