Polishing heavily spotted glass

Z28GSXRTim · 03-22-04, 10:03

Hello all- it's been a while since I have been on here, and I have a new screen name (my old one was Xtreme V6).

Anyways, my g/f just got a '96 Camaro that was not very well kept. The glass is about the worse I have ever seen. Yesterday, I started off by:

1)I cleaned the glass with my mixture of water/alcohol/vinegar
2)Then straight to vinegar
3)I then clayed
4)I used Autoglym Glass Polish by hand
5)I then got creative and used Meguiar's #2 by hand
6)I then pulled out the DeWalt 849 and a white pad along with more of the Meguiar's #2. This seemed to work *pretty* good. I did this 3 times to each section.

I am still not satisfied

. I just found my pad kit that came with the glass polishing kit from CMA- so I will try Autoglym out again. A friend is going to let me try his Zaino #12. Does anybody have anymore suggestions?

Mr. Clean 2K · 03-22-04, 10:17

Zaino makes a nice glass polish.. I am not found of their waxes, buthte polish really works well. Is it a LT1 or 3.8?

Macgirl · 03-22-04, 10:18

I had a spotted film on the exterior of my factory tinted glass that nothing really touched till I used 0000# steel wool and Autoglym Glass Polish. Worked great but it took a couple of applications since this film had been building up on the windows for the last 6 years. Now I just clean with glass cleaner and polish monthly. It was difficult to get good photos of the before and after's but it was amazing, the glass is like new now and is super-slick.

NOTE TO THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW: DON'T USE STEEL WOOL ON AFTERMARKET TINTED WINDOWS!

jaobrien6 · 03-22-04, 11:22

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Originally posted by Macgirl
NOTE TO THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW: DON'T USE STEEL WOOL ON AFTERMARKET TINTED WINDOWS!

There's no reason you can't use it on the outside of the window, right? Just not the inside where the tint film is?

John

Macgirl · 03-22-04, 11:34

Correct, just use the wool on the exterior glass, not the interior film tint.

Z28GSXRTim · 03-22-04, 11:39

Mr. Clean- I am wanting to try Zaino on a small section, if I am happy, I will buy a bottle. BTW, it is a 3.8 automatic. She just started drving, so she doesn't need anything too powerful. Plus I have an 02 Z28 heavily modified.

Macgirl- Thanks for the post, I will try the #0000 steel wool along with some Autoglym tonight. I have a bunch of the marks removed, so it shouldn't be too bad.

Mr. Clean 2K · 03-22-04, 12:04

My buddy has a 96 bird 3.8.... we swapped out the open rear 3.08 gears for a disk brake posi unit with 3.23's. Not a hard job and worth it. His 96 was such a dog, a real dog... My old 2.8 V6 camaro blew it away.

Z28GSXRTim · 03-23-04, 09:57

Yeah, my g/f wants to make go faster. If I get a 9" or 12-bolt for my car, I'll put my rear with 3.42 gears and the Zexel Torsen locker. I plan on cold air induction and cat-back soon. Maybe headers and cam if I get real ambitous.

I'll post pics of our cars once I get done with a bunch of projects.

Anthony Orosco · 03-23-04, 08:09

Steel wool, #0000, with some chrome polish will cut through the hard water spots.

Anthony

theveed · 03-23-04, 09:55

Dagnabit... We cant find any 0000 steel wool here in Manila hehe... Can you believe that I actually import $5 worth of steel wool and $10 worth of plastic razors hehehe...

percynjpn · 03-23-04, 11:37

Does anyone know of any glass polish that actually REMOVES FINE SCRATCHES?

Thanks.

WaxIt · 03-24-04, 07:30

Try this glass restorer I travel a lot on the highways and you know what your windshield looks like in luv bug season. This bottle stays in my glove box, it cuts through the film and haze. http://www.autogeek.net/gr16.html
Another great trick is the 303 shower shield, for soap film and mineral build-up in the shower, but also great on car windows
http://www.autogeek.net/303showshiel.html