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I have look videos in youtube, search here and other pages and everybody have a different way to do it.

Some places says to use Ceriglass and Carpro or Griots Rayon pads but other people say that if you go that route will have to follow up with a mild polish and a foam pad to take out the haze.

Other people just use regular compound and a microfiber pad or even a compound foam pad.


What is the correct way to do it step by step if I want to correct scratches or if I want to correct water spots?
Is the same procedure or 2 different ones?

Thanks

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gorillapr said:
I have look videos in youtube, search here and other pages and everybody have a different way to do it.

Some places says to use Ceriglass and Carpro or Griots Rayon pads but other people say that if you go that route will have to follow up with a mild polish and a foam pad to take out the haze.

Other people just use regular compound and a microfiber pad or even a compound foam pad.


What is the correct way to do it step by step if I want to correct scratches or if I want to correct water spots?
Is the same procedure or 2 different ones?

Thanks

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You will need to be more aggressive to correct scratches than water spots.

Never had to do a final polish when using Ceriglass and a rayon pad.

Using a rotary to polish glass is faster rather than a dual action.

Glass polishing is a tedious job and did I mention messy.
 
So I keep the glass damp or wet?
And this is to reduce the chance of create scratches?

I saw a video from Pan The Organizer and another one from Apex Detail and neither of them used water.

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gorillapr said:
So I keep the glass damp or wet?
And this is to reduce the chance of create scratches?

I saw a video from Pan The Organizer and another one from Apex Detail and neither of them used water.

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Ceriglass needs to be in a slurry state and not dried out.
 
Yes CP ceriglass says to keep wet. In that state it tends to sling due to the curve of glass and your polisher contact sefice being flat.

When I went to griots they recommended using a 3” pad....slings less.

If just light scratches and waterspots griots fine glass polish worked well for me.... didnt need to bust out the Ceri glass.

It is also made with cerium oxide and no need to spray with water

Griots Garage Fine Glass Polish

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Coatingsarecrack said:
Yes CP ceriglass says to keep wet. In that state it tends to sling due to the curve of glass and your polisher contact sefice being flat.

When I went to griots they recommended using a 3” pad....slings less.

If just light scratches and waterspots griots fine glass polish worked well for me.... didnt need to bust out the Ceri glass.

It is also made with cerium oxide and no need to spray with water

Griots Garage Fine Glass Polish

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Interesting, I thought the Griots one had the same amoun of Cerum Oxide than the Carpro one, so the Griots is more like a happy medium.

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Coatingsarecrack said:
It is also made with cerium oxide and no need to spray with water

Griots Garage Fine Glass Polish
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Just to chime in, I've used both brand of glass polish. I've never used Griot's to remove scratches, only CarPro Ceriglas. I am under the impression that the Griot's product does NOT contain Cerium Oxide and is not really for removing sub-surface scratches or other defects in glass.

I've polished boatloads of glass.

For what it's worth...


:)
 
Also - from experience,

Glass polishing with any tool is messy. See the extent I covered this Mercedes-Benz?


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And even with that much covering I still had splatter dots all over any un-covered areas.

I have a full write-up coming on glass polishing with some new tips and techniques. I just don't have time or an extra set of hands to get to it.


:)
 
Mike Phillips said:
Also - from experience,

Glass polishing with any tool is messy. See the extent I covered this Mercedes-Benz?


MBwithPitsinGlass02.jpg



And even with that much covering I still had splatter dots all over any un-covered areas.

I have a full write-up coming on glass polishing with some new tips and techniques. I just don't have time or an extra set of hands to get to it.


:)
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Please it would be awesome to read it before the end of spring, I plan to polish my windshield soon, it has some scratches, water spots and some little dot marks that I honestly dont know how they got there.

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gorillapr said:
Please it would be awesome to read it before the end of spring, I plan to polish my windshield soon, it has some scratches, water spots and some little dot marks that I honestly dont know how they got there.

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gorillapr, you need to quit reading some of these nonsense and just listen to Mike P.. He will never steer you wrong. Good luck on your glass polishing.
 
Mike Phillips said:
I've never used Griot's to remove scratches, only CarPro Ceriglas. I am under the impression that the Griot's product does NOT contain Cerium Oxide


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On griots fine polishing page doesn’t give ingredients but on the video on the page he states it

Heres a link on youtube, it’s right at beginning.

YouTube


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Mike Phillips said:
Just to chime in, I've used both brand of glass polish. I've never used Griot's to remove scratches, only CarPro Ceriglas. I am under the impression that the Griot's product does NOT contain Cerium Oxide and is not really for removing sub-surface scratches or other defects in glass.

I've polished boatloads of glass.

For what it's worth...


:)
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Coatingsarecrack said:
On griots fine polishing page doesn’t give ingredients but on the video on the page he states it

Heres a link on youtube, it’s right at beginning.

YouTube


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Griots Fine Glass Polish is great for removing water spots, but not to remove fine scratches. You will need a product (Ceriglass) with cerium oxide to remove scratches. The video that you posted shows that it would not remove the fine scratches.
 
Rsurfer said:
Griots Fine Glass Polish is great for removing water spots, but not to remove fine scratches. You will need a product (Ceriglass) with cerium oxide to remove scratches. The video that you posted shows that it would not remove the fine scratches.
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I just linked to show it has Ceridium Oxide which it does. Just like paint i start with least aggressive method possible. For me it did affect my light scratches for me not want to use ceriglass.

Question answered by Griots customer care

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Based on my experiences (YMMV) and Griots CS answer i will stand behind what I said and it worked for fine scratches. How you and I define fine scratches may differ.

I’m not trying to disagreeing with Mike as he’s probably done more glass in a week than ill do in a lifetime. Just sharing my experience. Maybe formula’s changed since mikes used last.... i used 2 months ago.

No offense meant or taken but your comment just discounted my experience like i didn’t know what I saw.

Note: I did need to use more polish and more passes to get them to a acceptable level.
 
Also as this is your 1st time as was mine, when done polishing and wiped off try to look inside out. I saw some areas left that had a “film” left.

I think it’s where i missed polishing so their was a huge difference in clarity. Polished those areas and was fine. I marked them with painters tape from inside.


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Coatingsarecrack said:
I just linked to show it has Ceridium Oxide which it does. Just like paint i start with least aggressive method possible. For me it did affect my light scratches for me not want to use ceriglass.

Question answered by Griots customer care

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Based on my experiences and griots answer i will stand behind what I said and it worked for fine scratches. How you and I define fine scratches may differ so i guess a case of YMMV

Note: I did need to use more polish and more passes to get them to a acceptable level.


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I have a bottle in my hand and nowhere does it say that it has cerium oxide.

The guy in the video that you posted shows fine scratches in the glass that he just polished and said it cannot be removed with their fine glass polish.
 
So you take his word on the scratches but not the Cerium Oxide..... convenient.

That’s one of Griots son’s. I dont think he’d lie about what was in product.

I do believe he would under promise on a product that would over deliver.


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