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My windshield and side mirrors (in fact all my glass) are 32 years old.
For the longest time I have suffered through the agony of rain spots outside the wiper sweep area. No matter how well I thought I cleaned the windshield, they would not go away. I even tried to razor blade the whole glass.
Today I watched the "steel wool" method for cleaning the glass (You tube) and tried it... The result is that it has removed the majority of the water spots that I could never get rid of in the past. But, looking closely at the glass, there are still very small spots that can be seen.
Overall, looking through the windshield while driving is excellent, but when driving directly into the sun, the thousands of stone pits from over the years can be seen and can be distracting and annoying.
Can anyone recommend any other tricks (short of replacing the glass) to hide or reduce the visual effect of the pitting?
I've wondered about this too...at least for a gravel/rock pitted 20 year old windshield. The couple of times I've had to replace a windshield on other cars the replacement was never quite as well sealed against moisture as the original. Maybe I just had bad luck?
My windshield and side mirrors (in fact all my glass) are 32 years old.
For the longest time I have suffered through the agony of rain spots outside the wiper sweep area. No matter how well I thought I cleaned the windshield, they would not go away. I even tried to razor blade the whole glass.
Today I watched the "steel wool" method for cleaning the glass (You tube) and tried it... The result is that it has removed the majority of the water spots that I could never get rid of in the past. But, looking closely at the glass, there are still very small spots that can be seen.
Overall, looking through the windshield while driving is excellent, but when driving directly into the sun, the thousands of stone pits from over the years can be seen and can be distracting and annoying.
Can anyone recommend any other tricks (short of replacing the glass) to hide or reduce the visual effect of the pitting?
Eastwood and other car accessory/car/restoration companies sell abrasive material (usually cerium oxide) for compounding the glass. The stone pits are pits, they are not like water spots which are deposits on the surface.
Barkeep's Friend powder, mixed with water. Sponge on and rub a section of your windshield at a time and then wipe off with a wet microfiber. Follow-up with an overall water/shampoo wash.
the last time i had a windshield that was scarred with various kinds of damage, i thought about replacing it. i checked around and found that safelite would replace the windshield for $238. as far as i am concerned, this is a safety item, and using jewelers rouge(what the eastwood product is) while cost effective can distort the view out the windshield after using it. just replace the damned windshield, most of them are cheap enough.
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