removing scratch on rear window

saintjanet

I have been doing some research on removing a rather deep scratch from a rear car window.The scratch is about 2 inches long(showing my age again!) but deep enough for T CUT or similar,to have no effect.

The only type of thing i have been able to find are industrial type kits that cost a fortune,anyone know of any thing that could be used on the end of a drill or any substance that may remove or improve it?Any help appreciated.

oldagetraveller

http://www.frost.co.uk/productList.asp?catID=20&frostCat=Glass

4th item down the list, S130. I have this kit and found it quite effective. In fact used only recently to successfully remove a couple of scratches from my windscreen. However, it's expensive if it doesn't work! Depends on how deep the scratch is and if you have the patience to persevere.

Edit with direct link. http://www.frost.co.uk/item_Detail.asp?productID=8109&frostProductName=Windscreen%20Scratch%20Repair%20Kit&frostCat=Glass&frostSubCat=&frostubCatID=

steveo3002

chances are you insurance would cover a replacement for £40-50 excess...might be better to do that than possibly buy a kit that wont work

i also have some damage on my glass..im told cerium oxide/jeweler rouge(£5 ebay) will polish glass, but you will need to find a hard felt pad and adaptor to fit in a drill

saintjanet

steveo3002 wrote:

chances are you insurance would cover a replacement for £40-50 excess...might be better to do that than possibly buy a kit that wont work

i also have some damage on my glass..im told cerium oxide/jeweler rouge(£5 ebay) will polish glass, but you will need to find a hard felt pad and adaptor to fit in a drill

I have tried rouge in the past but i think this is too deep for it to be effective,i tried T CUT on a pad with a dremell,i will have a look at the link provided by oldagetraveller before i do anything else,its right in the corner and my husband says "a man on a galloping horse would never notice it"!!!,i'm very fussy though.

buglawton

Chips and cracks - and maybe scratches - that do not exceed a certain size are often fixed (filled actually) by the likes of Autoglass for FREE under your car insurance arrangment. My insurer did this once with no effect on my no-claims and no excess to pay.

saintjanet

buglawton wrote:

Chips and cracks - and maybe scratches - that do not exceed a certain size are often fixed (filled actually) by the likes of Autoglass for FREE under your car insurance arrangment. My insurer did this once with no effect on my no-claims and no excess to pay.

Yes you are right i have had this done with a windscreen,if left a chip can turn into a crack right across,which also happened to me!!.Thats why the insurance companies pay,I dont think this scratch would warrant that type of repair though.Thanks anyway.

buglawton

T-cut will never work as it is too soft - it only really works on plastics and paints. Maybe someone can suggest a glass-polishing method (have a feeling I saw something elsewhere on MSE). BTW is is possible to scratch windscreen glass by using the hard paper towels that some garages dispense at the pumps so beware!

Oh yeah, Jeweller's Rouge was mentioned as the answer in this thread
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=253407

marty12

rear window glass is different from the front, the front is laminated and designed to take some damage the rear is just temperd like the sides and can shatter so dont try to mechanically polish out the scratch as it will weaken it, you might find that some insurance policys dont cover side and rear glass so have a check first, my advice if its really annoying you replace it, if its not so bad save your money and live with it

vaio

If it’s a deep scratch I don’t think you’ll be able to polish it out but if you do try make sure you don’t let the glass get too hot whilst polishing

I won’t explain how I know but I will say they make one hell of a bang when they shatter.