Windscreen questions

[MIG Wielder]

Two questions if anybody can help please....
1. Has anone tried this windscreen scratch polishing kit for getting rid of wiper blade scratches ?
Does it remove the tinting on a tinted and laminated screen in the process ? Or is the tinting on the inside surface ?
http://www.frost.co.uk/full-windscreen- ... r-kit.html

2. Any good ideas how to remove the years old sticky plastic residues from old tax-disc holders on the inside ? I've found that Iso-propyl alcohol ( a.k.a Computer solvent cleaner ) is good for still liquid glue but it doesn't work on the hard dried on stuff.
Thanks Tony.

[xvivalve]

I think you'll find the tint is intrinsic in the glass colour, I doubt it is surface applied.

Methylated Spirit usually shifts dried on glue, but white spirit, cellulose thinners and petrol are all potentials for acting as a solvent.

Failing that, a safety razor blade as a tool carefully used.

[Galileo]

The plastic laminate is in the middle of two sheets of glass, the tint itself will actually be in the glass itself, as such, rather than a surface treatment like aftermarket tints. Professional valeters do window glass polishing, but that would mostly be for very minor light scratches and scuffs.

The product in the link seems a bit expensive to me, and of course depending on how bad it is, I've got away with jewellery polish/Brasso before, on a drill mounted pad.

Edit: Had this sitting on my screen and forgot to press post, sorry for repeating what you have said Alun. Oh, and http://www.maplin.co.uk/p/maplin-label- ... 00ml-n63an might help with the residue, oddly smells of oranges, also old fashioned lighter fluid works a treat too.

[Richard the old one]

I have used it on my wind screen and it worked but the scratch was not very marked that I wished to remove.

[DF]

That's quite cheap kit ,the stuff we use at work is crushed diamond paste and very expensive
And it still takes an age to get a scratch out , your prob better of getting a good second hand screen.

[80Sprint]

I used a kit on my sons Peugeot when the wiper scratched it with a wide arc. It took a lot of work and the glue eventually gave way due to heat build up on the Velcro pad but it did do the job quite well in the end. I could get the name from the garage but just found it on ebay.

[MIG Wielder]

I've got the kit here right now and I'll try it later. Thanks for all the useful and re-assuring comments, particularly about minimising the heat generated. That was one of the points made in the instruction leaflet as well.
I'll let you know how it goes.
Tony.

[lock1506]

I used one of Frosts kits to remove quite a bad scratch on one of my side windows and found it very effective. Just take your time and keep wetting the pad.

[Steve28]

Can these various methods mentioned here also be of use in deleting registration numbers on glass ?

[80Sprint]

Steve

On the assumption you are not trying to clone Triumph's and you just want to use some salvaged glass as a replacement, I think that etching will be too deep for this method.

[Steve28]

Steve

On the assumption you are not trying to clone Triumph's and you just want to use some salvaged glass as a replacement, I think that etching will be too deep for this method.

No cloning going off here lol, its had a s/h door fitted before i got it with a previous reg on it, just thought it would save swapping the window.

[80Sprint]

Just a wiper scratch took me a fair amount of time Steve and I nearly knackered the polishing head. I suspect you could swap the glass quicker than getting rid of etching in the glass.