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General => Detailing => Topic started by: lewi on 07 July 2010, 20:54
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Hey,
I have literally 1000's of tiny white dot's all over the windscreen that i really only noticed after i cleaned it properly with glass cleaner!
They really only show up in the sun and then visibility is really really crap! Which isn't good.
Now i do need to change the windscreen eventually but that's a cost i could do without and is only a problem with the evening and morning sun.
There must be a way to get these thing's off? Polish them off? wire wool?
My first thought was stone chips but there are 1000's of them all over the windscreen and the 3 cracks and 2 stone chips are completely different (hence why it needs changing) BUT it's still LEGAL :D
Ideas?
Thanks
Lewi
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If you have some you could try some detailing clay on the screen ?
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If you have some you could try some detailing clay on the screen ?
I literally have nothing except glass cleaner!
Was going to lightly tint all the windows and add a normal looking blue tint sun block on the windscreen but wanted to clean them all up before i went through all that trouble!
But the problem is on the outside and only on that window (except a few wiper scratches on the back).
If the clay will work (and if they sell it locally here) then will go and get some.
Lewi
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Where are you mate ?
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hmmm... tricky one... what glass cleaner were you using?
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Where are you mate ?
France! LOL any help :P
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hmmm... tricky one... what glass cleaner were you using?
Some 3 in 1 window cleaner that you usually use on your house windows!
It's not because of the cleaner but i think i am just noticing it more now since it is not caked in mud, dust and streaks too! Plus all the other windows are perfectly clean, just this damn front one.
Lewi
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hmmm... tricky one... what glass cleaner were you using?
Some 3 in 1 window cleaner that you usually use on your house windows!
It's not because of the cleaner but i think i am just noticing it more now since it is not caked in mud, dust and streaks too! Plus all the other windows are perfectly clean, just this damn front one.
Lewi
try a window cutting polish, by hand, might help... then if you can use a pressure washer as all the small bits of polish can stick in the minor abrasions in the glass... then.. if you can afford it, try a window sealant
might also suggest a bit of white vinegar on a tissue... as it is slightly acidic it will eat away any deposits and hard water scale... do not use white vinegar on your paintwork though!
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could be tree sap? i would think clay would get rid of it if so?
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Have they painted anything near you ?
Sounds like overspray.
It happened at my work where the painters were using a spray gun and it was windy and about 150 cars got paint all over them.
Is it on your front bumper?
Can you pick it off with your fingernail?
Try claying it.
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Have they painted anything near you ?
Sounds like overspray.
It happened at my work where the painters were using a spray gun and it was windy and about 150 cars got paint all over them.
Is it on your front bumper?
Can you pick it off with your fingernail?
Try claying it.
Hey,
It was there when i brought the car but i haven't found it anywhere else!
Lewi
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hmmm... tricky one... what glass cleaner were you using?
Some 3 in 1 window cleaner that you usually use on your house windows!
It's not because of the cleaner but i think i am just noticing it more now since it is not caked in mud, dust and streaks too! Plus all the other windows are perfectly clean, just this damn front one.
Lewi
try a window cutting polish, by hand, might help... then if you can use a pressure washer as all the small bits of polish can stick in the minor abrasions in the glass... then.. if you can afford it, try a window sealant
might also suggest a bit of white vinegar on a tissue... as it is slightly acidic it will eat away any deposits and hard water scale... do not use white vinegar on your paintwork though!
Will try the cheaper option of the white vinegar and then look into a window cutting polish!
Have been trying to find a window sealant that will last longer than Rain X and deliver's to france but so far it's looking difficult!
Thanks and will let you know how the vinegar goes.
Lewi
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Have been trying to find a window sealant that will last longer than Rain X and deliver's to france but so far it's looking difficult!
Lewi
problem solved ;)
http://www.cleanyourcar.co.uk/engine-and-exterior/carlack-glass-sealing-kit/prod_348.html (http://www.cleanyourcar.co.uk/engine-and-exterior/carlack-glass-sealing-kit/prod_348.html)
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Does your insurance cover windscreen replacement?
:undecided:
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Does your insurance cover windscreen replacement?
:undecided:
Yep but you have to pay about £50 one time fee as well as getting a brand new one over a second hand good condition one. Annoying!
I tried the vinegar and apart from getting the bugs off which a normal wash would have done and some mud it made no effect.
So i found the smoothest finger on my hand (not many since all the sanding etc i have been doing) and ran it across the screen... seems like they are in fact tiny tiny tiny chips in the glass!
Very weird as there are thousands and thousands of them all over but i am guessing no sealant or buffing etc will cure it for the moment right?
Lewi
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DO you golf?
If so pretend the windscreen is the hole and start chipping away.
Or get a Hammer.
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DO you golf?
If so pretend the windscreen is the hole and start chipping away.
Or get a Hammer.
What good would that do?
My insurance company doesn't come out and look at it! Already had a new windscreen on a rental car (that sucked) due to a tiny stone chip but right in front of the drivers view point.
Lewi