[Healeys] Windscreen scratches

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 What is special about cerium oxide?  Why not use zinc oxide?
    On Saturday, September 30, 2023, 04:20:50 AM EDT, Mark Donaldson <ardmorebusiness at xtra.co.nz> wrote:  
 
 
Ira,

  

I have a spare windscreen with wiper blade ‘rainbow’ scratches on both sides.  To remove them I have purchased some CERIUM OXIDE to make a paste and hand-polish them out.  

The people at the glass company told me the process will be slow (a lot of elbow grease) but applying it to a soft rotary pad will speed up the procedure.

My cost equates to about US $15 for 4 ounces.  That amount should do the whole windscreen.

  

Here is a useful YouTube link:   https://youtu.be/4ZJPPC1ak50

  



  

  

          

  

  

               

  

I hope this will help.

  

Mark

Ardmore

NZ

  

  

From: i erbs <eyera3000 at gmail.com> 
Sent: Saturday, 30 September 2023 5:08 AM
To: Bob Spidell <bspidell at comcast.net>
Cc: Ahealey help <healeys at autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Windscreen scratches

  

I got nothing to loose. Might as well give it a try. BTW, this is on my 67B. Those windscreens are spendy to replace 

Ira Erbs
Milwaukie, OR
1959 Austin Healey 100-6
1967 MGB Roadster

  

On Fri, Sep 29, 2023, 9:06 AM Bob Spidell <bspidell at comcast.net> wrote:


I used a kit with some sandpaper, a mild abrasive and an attachment for a drill to polish my BN2's windshield. IIRC, I got it from Eastwood:

https://www.eastwood.com/glass-polishing-kit-for-deep-scratches.html

The 'rule-of-thumb' is if the scratch can be felt with a fingernail it can't be removed, but my car had mostly mild wiper wear and the kit did the job well enough I can live with it.

Bob



On 9/29/2023 3:41 AM, Robert Markovich via Healeys wrote:


There are some some places that polish windshields. But ultimately it may be more cost-effective to simply replace. Triplex is the brand to use; an OEM manufacturer that supplied them back then. The rest often don’t fit right and eventually crack from stress points, as I’ve found. 



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On Friday, September 29, 2023, 2:01 AM, i erbs <eyera3000 at gmail.com> wrote:


Howdy all  

Is there any proven way to remove wiper blade scratches from a windscreen?

Thanks all 

Ira Erbs
Milwaukie, OR
1959 Austin Healey 100-6
1967 MGB Roadster

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