I have some scratching on my windsheild (from the wipers) very shallow cannot feel with fingernail...I heard verticle strokes with fine steel-wool may take them out...can someone confirm?

Do I use the steel-wool with regular Windex?

Is there a better technique?

Thank you!

 

ouch! wait for the expert but i feel like telling u the ''steel-wool'' idea sounds scary so hang in there.

 

Eastwood makes a polishing kit for windshields, it works well.
Don't even think about the steel wool idea, sounds scary

 

Very fine steel wool would work fine (although I haven't done it). Just make sure to get the finest you can find (probably 000).

 

Thanks everyone...I am going to give the Eastwood product a try...its cheap and not as intimidating as the steel wool!

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I tried the steel wool once, it was a mistake.....

 

while most say steel wool is safe on windows, i've seen it do A LOT of damage if not used properly.


Eastwoods kit is fairly good, i've had success w/ it on a few scratches on stuff. But if it's pretty pitted, it's best to just replace.

 

There is a difference between cleaning the glass and repairing abrasions. To clean the front windshield I have used 0000 steel wool and Sprayway glass cleaner on a 996, a Lexus and a Honda. No damage whatsoever. Many of the pinpoint specks I thought were pits were actually surface contamination and were removed.

Gurureports had a nice article on it if you are interested.

 

Why can't you use the stuff like you would on the paint? Clay bar and compound and polish with a machine.

 

I had to drive behind heavy earth-moving equipment (dump trucks, graders, etc.) when I was commuting into Orlando a few years ago, and the windshield on my E320 was pretty scratched up from having the wipers move sand and dirt around on my windshield while it was raining. I used a random orbital polisher and some polishing compound. It took a couple of tries, but it worked very well in getting the windshield wiper scratches out of that windshield. Obviously if there are specific kits out there that do that, they may be better, but that simple (and cheap!) method worked for me.

 

cause the car polishes and compounds are abbrassive enough for the glass. That said, I clay bar my windows, really cleans them up.