Glass cutting polish

[Johnny_tro]

Anyone advise on a good cutting compound and. Pad for glass ?

[dansmith180]

Carpro ceri glass and we sell something called a Rayon pad for glass specifically at Elitecarcare.

Just FYI polishing glass has to be done by machine and is extremely hard work. Otherwise just clay and then use something like panel wipe on the glass to get a clean surface.

[ChrisGT]

Carpro ceriglass is good stuff.

I've also had very good results with: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/140735541485?_trksid=p2055119.m1438.l2649&var=440055527589&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

Worth noting and being careful of the fact that if being worked by machine then these can create a lot of heat and this can damage the glass by causing the layers of glass to delaminate. It's a fairly small risk but worth keeping in mind.

Chris

[grey golfster]

I'm curious. Why polish glass to the extent of using a machine?

[xjay1337]

Because glass is by far the hardest most resistant surface and you will not get any scratch or swirl  or marking removals without it.
I have had a few good results.
Got a pretty heavy scratch out a window and windscreen once (vandalism) but it took me over an hour and was very hard to do.

[grey golfster]

Ok, thanks.

I Should have been clearer (pun intended)...

In the past I've always renewed the glass!

[xjay1337]

I think you were pretty crystal (ha ha ha ha ha).
if you can avoid changing glass i would, windscreens etc are never the same. you can get some good results but they are not guaranteed because of the nature of the beast.

on my gti i had a horribly swirled windscreen no idea how but it was awful at night. as well as some marks which wouldn't come out via hand polishing. machine work with rayon pad and ceri glass dealt with this (I got a picture up in pro detailers section).

i find a very high machine speed and high pressure and the odd spray of water onto the glass helps but it is very messy and hard work lol. i was doing it at speed 6 on the flex and she was getting a bit warm.

[grey golfster]

Thanks, will bear polishing in mind next time.

On another car i had night vision problems due to loads of really tiny stone chips, i think prev owner must have sprayed bonnet, but i missed the screen until first long in ght journey.
It looked from inside like one of those Ford early heated screens!

[dansmith180]

Mostly its used for glass that isn't easy or cheap to find a replacement. We did a G60 (I think) rear screen because its almost impossible to find the correct one for it as I think it had a factory tint etc.. And the rest of the car was original and mint.