Scratch in glass?

Johnny Utah

Anyone know any reputable companies who specialise in removing scratches from glass?

A quick search brings up this crowd:


http://www.glasspolish.ie/


Anyone tried them?

jock101

If the scratch is fingernail deep, it can't be polished out properly. But new glass if its a side window is about 150 quid including installation. A lot Cheaper if you buy from a scrapyard and fit yourself.

Johnny Utah

I'm not sure if it's deep enough to catch a finger nail..... it's sort of borderline. I think (hope) it can be polished out.

jock101

Get prices for both polish and replacement work and see what the price difference is? Car glass and shop front glass, as shown on that site are very different beasts, You dont want light refraction at night coming from the polished section, like you get when the glass is dirty with grease! Thats just as annoying as a scratch?

Johnny Utah

jock101 wrote: »

Get prices for both polish and replacement work and see what the price difference is? Car glass and shop front glass, as shown on that site are very different beasts, You dont want light refraction at night coming from the polished section, like you get when the glass is dirty with grease! Thats just as annoying as a scratch?

Thanks for the advice.


Cost isn't really an issue, but I don't really want to replace the window if I don't have to because I believe that once the door card is taken off, it can never be put back on like it was in the factory and the soundproofing/waterproofing seals etc are much weaker thereafter.

The last thing I want is to have a loose door card which rattles over every bump in the road.

Johnny Utah

Anyone know of a company that can polish a scratch out of glass.

(I tried autoglass, but they informed me that they don't polish glass at all; autoglass just replace the damaged glass.)

jd6677

You could get a quote from these guys:

http://www.novusglassrestoration.ie

I got my windscreen done a few months ago. It had light scratches caused by grit/dirt under the wiper blades. They done a very good job and cost around €100 iirc.

Esel

Can you post a picture of the scratch? How extensive/deep is it? There have been threads here recently about restoring badly pitted/opaque headlamp glass yourself using three grades of fine paper. Google might help in this regard too..

Seperate

esel wrote: »

Can you post a picture of the scratch? How extensive/deep is it? There have been threads here recently about restoring badly pitted/opaque headlamp glass yourself using three grades of fine paper. Google might help in this regard too..

Headlamp 'glass' is usually just a strong plastic.

Poish for plastics/paint generally dont have much (/any) effect on glass.