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PostPosted: Sun May 27, 2007 7:10 pm 
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didnt work :( juz made the windscreen foggy lol

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what kind of toothpaste did you use and did apply it whilst apply preasure or did you just rub it on?


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didnt work juz left the windscreen foggy

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what kind of toothpaste did you use and did apply it whilst apply preasure or did you just rub it on?

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Cerium oxide is the polish of choice for glass. Before you can polish scratches out of glass, you must first determine how deep the scratches are. If you can feel a scratch as you run your fingernail across it, the scratch is too deep to be polished out with cerium oxide. You must first grind the scratch out.

The grit used to grind out the scratch will depend on the depth of the scratch. It is best to use the finest grit you can to grind out a scratch. I suggest starting with 2000 grit. If that is too slow, go to 1500 or 1200 grit and if it is still grinding too slowly, try 600 grit. However, after grinding with 600 grit, you will have to re-grind with 1200/1500 and then again with 2000 grit to remove scratches from the coarser grits. Only then, can the glass be polished with cerium oxide.

An easy way to grind out the scratches is to use silicon carbide sandpaper (the black sandpaper available at hardware stores or auto body shop supply houses) with water as a lubricant. After grinding, carefully clean off the area you ground with water and clean off your tools before going to the next finer grit. It's best to use an attachment on a drill, or an electric buffer.

Mix cerium oxide with water to create a slurry that's the same consistency as milk. Put the slurry on spinning buffing pad. Harder buffing pads made out of hard felt, or leather work best. The polishing action will be fastest when the cerium oxide is damp, but not dry, or runny wet. Fill a spray bottle with water and use it to keep the area you are polishing damp.


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PostPosted: Sun May 27, 2007 8:02 pm 
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i applied pressure and i use colgate toothpaste lol i think its badly scratched the windscreen but

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toothpaste is about 2000 grit so it shouldnt have scratched the windscreen if you had removed the dirt off the windscreen first :!:

have you polished with a clean cotton rag since you applied the toothpaste.


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If you happen to have the car insured with Shannons you get a free windscreen every year.

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PostPosted: Sun May 27, 2007 9:12 pm 
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yeah its the same with nrma, yeah i did wipe the glass down but the stupid thing is still there, i might juz get it changed

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