Used Griot's glass polish and messed even more...

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So today I tried the Griot's glass polish liquid along with their glass polish pad..... the result was a very scratched glass.... :cry:
I did put a lot of pressure over it.....
Is there a way to fix it ? Maybe trying to polish it again but using light pressure ?
What's the right way to use this stuff ?

Sorry, no pics
 
I would try lighter pressure and see if it helps
 
Please post pics. I use the Griots polish on glass all the time and have never scratched the glass with it. It mostly helps with hard water spots. Maybe you had some debris on the pad.
 
rakkvet said:
Please post pics. I use the Griots polish on glass all the time and have never scratched the glass with it. It mostly helps with hard water spots. Maybe you had some debris on the pad.
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Are you using the Griots glass pad too?

Griot's Garage 3 Inch Glass Polishing Pads, Glass Polishing Discs, Remove scratches from glass, polish water spots

Or maybe the Lake Country pads?

Polishing pad
Lake Country 5.5 Inch Glass Polishing Pad

And cutting pad
Glass Polishing Pads, glass cutting pads, glass leveling discs, abraded discs, auto glass polish
 
Twister said:
I would try lighter pressure and see if it helps
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Will do...

rakkvet said:
Please post pics. I use the Griots polish on glass all the time and have never scratched the glass with it. It mostly helps with hard water spots. Maybe you had some debris on the pad.
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Well this was a new pad... so the debris must came from factory if this was the problem...
But I might now have giving attention very much ti the windshield cleaning although I did clean it when washing the car with ONR but really didn't gave too much attention to it.....

I'll try to get some pics today and post....

oldmodman said:
Are you using the Griots glass pad too?

Griot's Garage 3 Inch Glass Polishing Pads, Glass Polishing Discs, Remove scratches from glass, polish water spots

Or maybe the Lake Country pads?

Polishing pad
Lake Country 5.5 Inch Glass Polishing Pad

And cutting pad
Glass Polishing Pads, glass cutting pads, glass leveling discs, abraded discs, auto glass polish
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Yeps... brand new Griot's 6" Glass pads.....
 
Before I use the glass polish and polishing pads I clean the windows with glass cleaner then use a razor blade, if necessary, to remove any stuck on bugs or other debris. I use the glass cleaning clay after that with some Speed Shine. After I do all of that I polish the glass.

I hope this helps.

BTW, the paint cleaning clay works just as well in my opinion.
 
Ok guys!
I managed to get a couple of good shots from the problem I caused....

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What do you guys think ?
 
Rsurfer said:
Ouch!
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Yeah... it hurts.... but you can see from my finger print that these are very thin scratches... and I was wondering if revisiting it with light pressure would help.... if not I'm in for a new windshield......
 
DaC said:
Yeah... it hurts.... but you can see from my finger print that these are very thin scratches... and I was wondering if revisiting it with light pressure would help.... if not I'm in for a new windshield......
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Light pressure isn't going to abrade the glass and level the upper surface with the lowest depths of the scratches.

You need a rotary buffer, the glass cleaning pads and a glass polish that contains cerium oxide. I don't think the Griot's contains cerium oxide and currently we're still out of stock in our Diamondite Line.


I had a brand new windshield with the built in antennae and tinting across the top for less than $150.00 and it was done at my house.

I thought it was a great deal.


:)
 
What were you trying to correct on the glass? Did you just polish that one spot? What machine are you using? Did you just lay on that one spot?
 
Mike.Phillips@Autogeek said:
Light pressure isn't going to abrade the glass and level the upper surface with the lowest depths of the scratches.

You need a rotary buffer, the glass cleaning pads and a glass polish that contains cerium oxide. I don't think the Griot's contains cerium oxide and currently we're still out of stock in our Diamondite Line.


I had a brand new windshield with the built in antennae and tinting across the top for less than $150.00 and it was done at my house.

I thought it was a great deal.


:)
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Oh boy..... thank you for the help mike! :dblthumb2:
It's a shame that I don't have any rotatory at hand...
The windshield already had wipers trails and even the new wipers were skipping...
I'll contact my insurance company as I have a clause for windshield change... it's not expensive at all... around $60-$70 and some more $30 to tint.
 
Setec Astronomy said:
What were you trying to correct on the glass? Did you just polish that one spot? What machine are you using? Did you just lay on that one spot?
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Well, my wipers were skipping... so I tried to give them a smooth surface.... well... at least they aren't skipping anymore.... lol
I'm using Griot's 6" ROP with Griot's Glass Pads and Griot's Glass Polish....
The problem is that I put too much... I mean... too much pressure when I was polishing it... and also didn't took much care in cleaning the windshield before attempting polishing it...
 
Well, ok...if the Griot's polish is anything like the Diamondite, it dries out quick and you've got to keep misting things with water so you've got some lubrication. Sometimes when you polish things and make the surface shiny, you then see imperfections that were always there but couldn't see before the surface was reflective.

I'm not 100% convinced you did that unless it's only in the one spot that you were working on and you're sure it's not anywhere else...but glass today is soft, those glass polishing pads are hard, and if you had a piece of grit stuck between them, anything is possible.
 
Setec Astronomy said:
Well, ok...if the Griot's polish is anything like the Diamondite, it dries out quick and you've got to keep misting things with water so you've got some lubrication. Sometimes when you polish things and make the surface shiny, you then see imperfections that were always there but couldn't see before the surface was reflective.

I'm not 100% convinced you did that unless it's only in the one spot that you were working on and you're sure it's not anywhere else...but glass today is soft, those glass polishing pads are hard, and if you had a piece of grit stuck between them, anything is possible.
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Yes it does dries very quickly...
I might say that I'm pretty sure it wasn't there before... my glass wasn't very bad at all....
It's in the entire windshield..... I really didn't follow any precaution and ignored doing the test spot.... and did all the windshield at once.....
Man... I must be an Ogre.... :bash:

Well... as I'm already in for a new windshield, I guess I'll give another try to see what happens.... I'll use a spay to mist water like you said....
 
If you have grit embedded in your pad, I wouldn't advise a second attempt. You'll need to clean it somehow or use a fresh one. As Mike Phillips said, it's going to be hard to correct anything without a rotary and a serious polish...cerious oxide, that is.
 
I think I will go over to a local auto glass shop and see if the will give an old windshield to practice on.

I used to use a hard felt bob and a homemade mixture of water and cerium oxide. Worked fine but took hours.

Now I have all three types of pads and DP's Detailer's Pro Series High Performance Glass Restorer

And before I try it on any important glass I want to practice on something I don't care about.
 
I have used that combo numerous times and no problems. I do clean the glass first and not use tremendous pressure.

The circular nature fo the marks makes me think it was grit being pushed around on the windshield. Always clean and clay prior to polishing anything. One piece of grit will make major damage.
 
Setec Astronomy said:
If you have grit embedded in your pad, I wouldn't advise a second attempt. You'll need to clean it somehow or use a fresh one. As Mike Phillips said, it's going to be hard to correct anything without a rotary and a serious polish...cerious oxide, that is.
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Well.... I'll wash another new pad before trying do it again....
But like you said.... it seems I don't have the right tools to make any good now...

oldmodman said:
I think I will go over to a local auto glass shop and see if the will give an old windshield to practice on.

I used to use a hard felt bob and a homemade mixture of water and cerium oxide. Worked fine but took hours.

Now I have all three types of pads and DP's Detailer's Pro Series High Performance Glass Restorer

And before I try it on any important glass I want to practice on something I don't care about.
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I should have done that....

5.4 Shelby said:
I have used that combo numerous times and no problems. I do clean the glass first and not use tremendous pressure.

The circular nature fo the marks makes me think it was grit being pushed around on the windshield. Always clean and clay prior to polishing anything. One piece of grit will make major damage.
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The entire windshield is that way..... some places much more than others.... I guess these pictures are from the most damaged spot I could found...
 
Not too hijack, but is there any difference in typical pad care vs. glass disc care?
 
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