Re: NE 1 have the secret about car windows?
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08/27/14 01:26 AM
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Try a razor blade and finish it up with steel wool. Used to remove overspray off windows at the body shop.
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Re: NE 1 have the secret about car windows?
[Re: Grizzly]
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08/27/14 09:53 AM
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Try a razor blade and finish it up with steel wool.
Used to remove overspray off windows at the body shop.
This is a sure way to destroy your glass permanently.. Do not do this.
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Re: NE 1 have the secret about car windows?
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08/27/14 10:58 AM
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Diamondite Glasswork Restorer Brand new cars are prone to "Vinyl Fog", that's where you get a nasty film build-up of all the icky substances used to make the high plastic content of modern cars out-gassing inside the car and while the film is probably on all surfaces you see it on the window. One tip for getting windows clean is switch to a clean, dry microfiber after making the initial wipe to remove the film and glass cleaner. If you continue using the same cloth your removed the film and glass cleaner with then the chance that you will simply transfer this gunk back onto the window is always a possibility.
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Re: NE 1 have the secret about car windows?
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08/27/14 12:48 PM
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Try a razor blade and finish it up with steel wool.
Used to remove overspray off windows at the body shop.
This is a sure way to destroy your glass permanently.. Do not do this.
Sure way, I don't think so... A razor blade and the right steel wool won't hurt the glass as at all.
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Re: NE 1 have the secret about car windows?
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Used razor blades all the time without damaging glass, I guess some of you guys never painted house windows or did paint touch up on cars.
Never, ever use scotch-brite.
(steel wool have no opinion, I have used it on chrome and stainless for polishing with great success.)
I caught a new recon guy using green scotch-brite to remove shoe polish off a windshield and it had to be replaced. dunderhead.
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Re: NE 1 have the secret about car windows?
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Obviously, you two have never tried it or worked in a body shop.
Gosh you are correct, I have never worked in a body shop before.. Worked in the glass business for over 35 years though.. AND replaced alot of glass at body shops that did this.....
I have been the rep on a BRAND NEW home complaint where the painter did this to remove overspray. Told us we ( my company) had sent "faulty glass" ( the not my fault syndrome) . Needed to replace EVERY PIECE OF GLASS IN THE BRAND NEW WINDOWS IN THE BRAND NEW HOUSE due to the use of steel wool....
Sure wish a "body man" had been there to straighten me out...
But I must be full of it cause I don't work in a body shop..LOL
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Re: NE 1 have the secret about car windows?
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08/28/14 12:33 AM
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Obviously, you two have never tried it or worked in a body shop.
Gosh you are correct, I have never worked in a body shop before.. Worked in the glass business for over 35 years though.. AND replaced alot of glass at body shops that did this.....
I have been the rep on a BRAND NEW home complaint where the painter did this to remove overspray. Told us we ( my company) had sent "faulty glass" ( the not my fault syndrome) . Needed to replace EVERY PIECE OF GLASS IN THE BRAND NEW WINDOWS IN THE BRAND NEW HOUSE due to the use of steel wool....
Sure wish a "body man" had been there to straighten me out...
But I must be full of it cause I don't work in a body shop..LOL
There are different grades to steel wool. You didnt state what grade the Painter used on the New House windows. I guess you didnt know, if you did you should of used that info to help state your position. But , you didnt, so you dont know do you.
Steel wool is fine on glass if the grade is fine enough. .0000 is great Great on Chrome and Stainless too. Test it out for yourself on a small spot if you want. to steel wool.
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Re: NE 1 have the secret about car windows?
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08/28/14 08:58 PM
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I've used Glass Wax for over 40 years, by far the best product ever for those tough Armor All fumes fogged up car windows. However out of production, but at times found on EBay. I still have a couple go cans of it. Must be used according to instructions,,,but interior windows. Perfecto! Perhaps one of these products from Amazon might do well,,,,you truly need a something beyond Windex and like products to do a good job if you are dealing with smoked up or Armor All fogged windows,,,although for light duty, Invisible Glass and excellent waffle weave microfiber cloth be pretty darn good. Use your remaining Armor All to kill that crab grass in your lawn that Round-up can't seem to touch. Never ever use it in a car interior. Use something like 303 Protectant instead. http://www.amazon.com/s/?ie=UTF8&key...sl_5jctkdd10c_eHere is a link to a happy user of a Glass Wax. Worth some effort to find. http://www.annsentitledlife.com/anns-life/best-window-cleaner-ever/Although careful use of razor blades is ok to take paint or adhesive off a window,,,,I would never use steel wool of any kind. Do a piece of glass with it, hold it up to the sun, it's like holograph city,,,would be like washing your car with Ajax. Additionally some glass is softer than others,,,some may hold up ok, others not,,,why take the chance when there are other less aggressive means. Just as with paint finish restoration, use the least aggressive product first.
Last edited by Sxrxrnr; 08/28/14 09:07 PM.
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