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scratched windshield?

hi can anyone tell me if there is a way to remove scratches from a windshield. someone used some type of a metal object on my cars wind shield there are numerous scratches on the windshield not deep ones. you can run your finger nail over the scratch and not feel them but looking through the shield can drive ya nuts in direct sunlight. can a glass shop buff these out? any way i can do it my self with some kind of product i can buy? thanks

Public Comments

1. The only product they have is called a windshield compound, that may get a small scratch out, but not a deep scratch. It's similar to a rubbing compound but only for windshield use..
2. Some auto glass companies offer this service to buff them out.....I've heard of people using jeweler's rouge which is a kind of rubbing compound with fine abrasives but you may make it worse if you don't have experience. And you can distort the vision through the glass also.
3. get glass coverage then whoops i got a flying brick in my window
4. all the compounds used to remove scratches are abrasives. The idea is to bring the "high" points down to the level of the scratch. The other answers are correct, in the sense you can very easily distort the glass, or put "swirl marks" in it making it worse to look through than the scratches. The only good way to fix the problem is to replace the glass. the technology is getting better, not quite there yet. I have spent more than an hour to remove a single 4" scratch in a windshield... I still discounted the glass just to sell it.