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Removing Wiper Scratches out of the Windshield on a 1964 Corvette Class with Mike Phillips
BEFORE Video
Process & After Video
Shortened Version
Before & After Pictures
Below are the before and after pictures from this glass polishing class here at Dr. Beasley's in Stuart, Florida. This is a FREE/BONUS class that takes place the day BEFORE the actual class. There's simply not enough time to ADD this topic to the full schedule of topics we already cover in our classes. I hold these the day before the for anyone that wants to attend and because MOST of the people that historically taking a class I teach are flying here from other states, or other countries.
For example, in this class, Nelson flew here from Bogota, Columbia and Nicolas flew here from Buenos Airs Argentina. I get the car, I get her prepped, if anyone taking the actual class would like to learn how to take scratches out of glass, then it's up to them to figure out their travel schedule and get here.
Here's the victim - an all original 1964 Covette
BEFORE PICTURES
In the picture below, you can EASILY see the wiper scratches as they form an ARC pattern that mimic the way the wiper blades move over the glass. As I type, this car, and thus this original glass windshield are 62 years old. At some point over the last 62 years, the wipers either became worn-out enough to cause scratching, or some kind of airborne debris, like beach sand, (common to coastal towns and the desert), is blown onto the car. This contamination will land on the top portion of the rubber blade and the next time the wipers are turned on, it rubs any dirt or sand over the glass and overtime, you end up with some pretty bad wiper scratches in the glass of the windshield.
Not only are their wiper scratches in an arc pattern, there's also random scratches throughout the windshield.
Passenger Side
The passenger side actually had some scratches that are deep enough, if you drag your fingernail over the scratch, your fingernail will drop INTO the scratch. If this happens, the scratch is deep enough that the only time-efficient method to remove the scratch 100% is to machine sand the entire windshield and then buff out your sanding scratches. I do NOT recommend this for 99.9% of Earth's population. Too risky.
A better plan
When you have deeper scratches in a classic car windshield or even side or back glass, a safer approach is to lower your expectations, decide you'll LIVE with the deeper scratches and then do you best work to machine polish the glass. A thorough machine polishing using a dedicated glass polish with a rayon pad on a rotary polisher will easily remove the millions of shallow scratches and will clear-up the deeper scratches that polishing along will not remove.
More to come....
Mike
BEFORE Video
Process & After Video
Shortened Version
Before & After Pictures
Below are the before and after pictures from this glass polishing class here at Dr. Beasley's in Stuart, Florida. This is a FREE/BONUS class that takes place the day BEFORE the actual class. There's simply not enough time to ADD this topic to the full schedule of topics we already cover in our classes. I hold these the day before the for anyone that wants to attend and because MOST of the people that historically taking a class I teach are flying here from other states, or other countries.
For example, in this class, Nelson flew here from Bogota, Columbia and Nicolas flew here from Buenos Airs Argentina. I get the car, I get her prepped, if anyone taking the actual class would like to learn how to take scratches out of glass, then it's up to them to figure out their travel schedule and get here.
Here's the victim - an all original 1964 Covette
BEFORE PICTURES
In the picture below, you can EASILY see the wiper scratches as they form an ARC pattern that mimic the way the wiper blades move over the glass. As I type, this car, and thus this original glass windshield are 62 years old. At some point over the last 62 years, the wipers either became worn-out enough to cause scratching, or some kind of airborne debris, like beach sand, (common to coastal towns and the desert), is blown onto the car. This contamination will land on the top portion of the rubber blade and the next time the wipers are turned on, it rubs any dirt or sand over the glass and overtime, you end up with some pretty bad wiper scratches in the glass of the windshield.
Not only are their wiper scratches in an arc pattern, there's also random scratches throughout the windshield.
Passenger Side
The passenger side actually had some scratches that are deep enough, if you drag your fingernail over the scratch, your fingernail will drop INTO the scratch. If this happens, the scratch is deep enough that the only time-efficient method to remove the scratch 100% is to machine sand the entire windshield and then buff out your sanding scratches. I do NOT recommend this for 99.9% of Earth's population. Too risky.
A better plan
When you have deeper scratches in a classic car windshield or even side or back glass, a safer approach is to lower your expectations, decide you'll LIVE with the deeper scratches and then do you best work to machine polish the glass. A thorough machine polishing using a dedicated glass polish with a rayon pad on a rotary polisher will easily remove the millions of shallow scratches and will clear-up the deeper scratches that polishing along will not remove.
More to come....
Mike
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