Thanks for the tip on Cerium Oxide...i'll look into that.
It's the only product that works on glass to my knowledge.
What I don't understand is why the glass pad and designated glass polish cut so abrasively into my windshield. Carefully read the description for both products before ordering and applied both products exactly as their instructions stated, but now have a damaged windshield.
The DP glass restorer instructions state it's recommended to be used with a dual action polisher on low speed (which I did) and the glass pads as well as glass restorer both state they are to remove water spots from glass which is exactly what I was aiming to do.
I think there's some confusion here...
The Lake Country Glass Cutting Pad is designed for removing scratches out of glass when used with the right polish.
The right polish is a polish that contains Cerium Oxide. In this video I'm using Pinnacle Glassworks Waterspot Remover and it does NOT contain Cerium Oxide. I"m also using it with a FOAM PAD as the directions state.
On the page for the Lake Country Glass Cutting Pads, this one...
Lake Country Glass Cutting Pads
The page recommends a product that is no longer in stock. Here's a screenshot I just took and outlined the product recommendation reference.
No where on the page does it recommend to use any other product. I'll bring this to management's attention and have them update the page.
Any help on why this damaged my windshield instead of correcting the waterspots is greatly appreciated. Again, I was trying to remove waterspots from my glass, not scratches.
I'm only interested in how to remove the scratches now that the products I bought and used damaged my windshield.
Thanks in advance for your help.
Myself and others have had good luck using CarPro Ceriglass with the CarPro Rayon Glass Polishing Discs.
NOTE: The CarPro Ceriglass "polish" states right on the label and on the webpage that it does in-fact use Cerium Oxide.
CarPro Ceriglass Glass Polish 500 ml
Here's a screenshot I just took highlighting the pertinent information with red circles and lines.
Here's the link to the CarPro Rayon Glass Polishing Disc
CarPro Rayon Glass Polishing Pad
And a screenshot highlighting the pertinent information...
From experience, I'd say glass polishing, specifically removing scratches out of glass without leaving scratches behind in the process is an advanced procedure. It's not a project to tackle without first doing due diligence in your research.
The only articles I have written that show removing scratches out of glass always show polishes that use Cerium Oxide with glass polishing discs.
I found a post you made in this thread,
Swirls in Glass
Where another member used the WRONG product and instilled scratches into his car's windshield.
If you read through the thread, like I'm doing in this thread, I politely pointed out where he went wrong and then I was able to find some Diamondite Resurfacing Creme, send it to him and with this product, the right product he was able to remove the defects he put in using the wrong product.
See Post #17
***Update***
I'm working on getting you and
Excessive Detail some glass polish that will help you to undo the damage.
Just to note, the Diamondite Glasswork Restore is recommended for use with a foam pad, not the Lake Country Glass Cutting pads on the page for the product on the Autogeek store.
Diamondite® Glasswork Restorer
I'll send you a PM as soon as I get some product.
So I have experience finding the ROOT CAUSE of the problem and then helping the person correct the issue.
In
Post #31 of the Swirls in Glass thread, you wrote this,
I used the DP glass polish combined with the Lake Country glass pads using my Griot's Garage 6" polisher on my windshield and it's scratched all over just like the pics in this thread.
Very frustrated that my initial problem was just waterspots,
I followed Mike's how-to thread, and now I have a badly scratched windshield.
And in
Post #36 I replied...
I used the DP glass polish combined with the Lake Country glass pads using my Griot's Garage 6" polisher on my windshield and it's scratched all over just like the pics in this thread.
I'm holding a bottle of the Detailer's Pro Series High Performance Glass Restorer and the directions state to use it with foam or microfiber applicator pad by hand and by machine the label states to use a
polishing pad. Polishing pad isn't super specific but most people would assume a foam pad and if not a foam pad possibly a polishing lambswool pad.
I'll send an e-mail to management today recommending they do a rolling change to the labels for this product and specifically state the specific pads for this product.
One thing for sure though, the label does NOT state to use this product with a
Lake Country Glass Cutting Pad.
Glass polishing discs, to my knowledge are only for use with glass polishes that use Cerium Oxide for the abrasive technology.
Detailer's Pro Series High Performance Glass restore does NOT use Cerium Oxide.
Very frustrated that my initial problem was just waterspots,
I feel your frustration because I've used glass polishes the wrong way and I too have instilled scratches, not removed them. I then did the research and follow-up work to remove them using a glass polish that contains Cerium Oxide.
I followed Mike's how-to thread, and now I have a badly scratched windshield.
Now here's where you're going to have to help everyone reading this thread.
Please find
ANY article
where I state to use Detailer's Pro Series High Performance Glass Restorer with a Lake Country Glass Cutting Pad and/or a Lake Country Glass Cutting Pad and a Griot's Garage DA Polisher.
I can tell you right now you're not going to find one because I've never written a how to article telling people to use this product with this type of cutting disc.
If you can find the article... please post the link.
:dunno:
From what I can tell, you used the wrong product with the wrong pad but state you were following the directions in one of my how-to articles.
I'm happy to try my best to help you remove the scratches you've instilled into your car's windshield as we here at Autogeek strive to offer the very best in customer service.
